The CB750 spawned the term ‘UJM’ (Universal Japanese Motorcycle). It was the first ‘super bike’—and its engine became popular for all kinds of sport bikes. It’s been named, in various ways, as one of the greatest motorcycles ever made by a wide variety of sources. It’s in the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Legendary racer Dick Mann won Daytona on his.
What more is there to know? The Honda CB750 is the inline-four that changed the game for both riders and builders. Introduced in 1969 and iterated for over three decades, the CB750 has been bent into every style you can imagine and has shined in every one of them. The builds covered here are just a very few of the possibilities, and several of those have been featured in the Bike EXIF calendar.
The Motor Co. releases their shiniest special edition yet—the Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Gray Ghost—while a well-established Japanese workshop turns a Honda CB750 Custom into a sharp café racer. Our weekly dose of motorcycle goodness also features a rare Voxan Café Racer prototype and a charming custom Triumph Bonneville T100.
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The exact definition of ‘café racer‘ is often debated, but it holds a special meaning for Kenji Heianzan, founder of the Japanese workshop Minami Motorcycle. “We pursue what we call the ‘Way of the Café,’” he tells us. “It’s a philosophy that values quiet confidence, balance, and street presence, without pretense.” Minami Motorcycle is a…
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We’ve cast our net wide this week to bring you four very different motorcycles from four different countries. Portugal offers up a Yamaha XSR700 street scrambler, Canada sends us a tasty Honda CB750 restomod, and Italy shows off the new Ducati Panigale V4 Tricolore Italia. Finally, we ogle an as-new 1991 Bimota TESI 1D 904…
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The leaves are falling (in my hemisphere anyway), and in addition to running up our odometers in the coming weeks, fall also means another one of Bonhams’ remarkable Autumn Stafford Sales. The current tally for the 2024 sale is up to 183 Lots, consisting of all types of vintage motorcycles and projects, and the live…
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Argentina’s LBC Motorcycles leads the charge this week, with a HRC-themed Honda CB750 street tracker. We then look at the redesigned Ducati…
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Back in 1969, the Honda CB750 was considered the pinnacle of motorcycle performance. But it’s the way that the CB evolved over…
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Is there no end to AC Sanctuary’s brilliance? We profile a Kawasaki ZRX1200R from the masters of Japanese muscle, then pivot to…
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A brilliant assortment of 38 classic motorcycles and a boatload of memorabilia is set to cross the block at Gooding & Company’s…
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Just when we think that the Honda CB750’s popularity is waning, we’re hit with another stellar custom build based on the venerable…
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We’ve heard countless stories of custom motorcycle projects stalling, but the tale of this Honda CB750F café racer takes the cake. Its…
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Despite the shop’s name, there’s nothing scrappy about the custom bikes that roll out of Portugal’s Rusty Wrench Motorcycles. This slammed Honda…
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By Chris Kelland’s admission, he and his partner Elijah Reese will “build bikes for anyone that wants to throw bundles of cash…
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