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Knockout Punch
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Honda CB750 K0
David Morris
02/01/2007
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Photography by Cordero Studios/corderostudios.com
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For today’s enthusiast, the term “Superbike” equals aircraft-quality
technology combined with almost guilt-free user-friendliness. Thirty-eight years
ago, as every major manufacturer fielded its own hairy-chested beast, Honda
transformed the motorcycle world with its suave and sophisticated knockout
punch: the CB750 K0. Boasting an overhead cam, four cylinders with matching
megaphone pipes, and a front disc brake, the bike brashly leveraged the
company’s GP-winning engineering. Smaller, low mass pistons that ran at high rpm
earned it 67 hp, leaving Norton, Triumph, and BSA twins and triples for dead.
Winning the Daytona 200 on its first attempt, the CB750 soon became, and
remains, an object of desire for discerning speed demons.The Honda’s build
quality and smoothness were simply unmatched.
 AMA Marketing VP Mark Mederski, an owner of a museum-quality CB750 K0 shares a
telling anecdote. “The dealer sales trick was to stand a nickel on its edge on
the engine cases with the thing running,” he remembers. “If the carbs were in
sync, even at idle, the nickel wouldn’t fall over.” The example shown here was
the winner of the Best Japanese Bike category at the RRMC Concours d’Elegance
and is owned by Kaming Ko, whose last name echoes the first CB750’s suffix. (Click image to enlarge)
powersports.honda.com
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