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Capacity : 750
Model : CB K2 à K5
Production : 1972 - 1974
Category : (R) Street Bike

HONDA

CB 750 K2 – 1972

A gamble that paid off

If you had to sum up the history of the contemporary motorcycle in a single model, the Honda 750 would be the ideal candidate. Still passing through a long period of crisis, most motorcycle factories around the world were in desperate straits, only surviving by face-lifting their old models. The Japanese, on the other hand, continued their irresistible expansion with a clearly defined marketing strategy, the will to succeed, and ample means to invest, which brought rich returns.

A New Role for the Motorcycle

Soichiro Honda's stroke of genius was this fabulous 750, though its launch in 1968 was in fact an immense gamble. The utility motorcycle was in the process of disappearing, supplanted by increasingly affordable automobiles. Sports motorcycles, which only appealed to an elite clique of enthusiasts, represented a rapidly-shrinking sector with an often negative image. Unfazed, Honda applied the latest technology to invent a new style: the leisure motorcycle. Ignoring the diehards, the 750 Honda had all the right features to attract a wider public who wanted to get away from it all. Four cylinders gave the 750 a macho image yet it was a clean, reliable, enjoyable motorcycle.

Unprecedented Success

Its success was unprecedented, from the KO to the single-overhead-camshaft version, the F2 of 1978. The 1972 version of the K2, recognizable by a panel of warning lights behind the speed and tachometer dials, was followed some three years by the K6.

SPECIFICATIONS

Engine: 763cc (61x63 mm) air-cooled foucylinder four-stroke; dry-sump lubrication

Power Rating: 67 hp @ 8000 rpm

Valves: overhead camshaft

Fuel System: four 28mm carburetors

Transmission: 5-speed; final drive by chain

Suspension: telescopic fork (front); swinging fork (rear)

Brakes: disk (front); drum (rear)

Wheels: 3.25x19 inch (front); 4.00x18 inch (rear)

Weight: 242 lb

Maximum Speed: 117 mph

Four cylinders and a disk brake: it was a formula that would revolutinize the motorcycling world.




Le fichier Moto Passion réalisé par François-Marie Dumas réunit près de deux mille photos accompagnées d'un historique très complet des machines présentées.
Il sera progressivement mis à jour ici et toute information complémentaire est la bienvenue sur info@moto-collection.org.

Cette documentation unique, qui constitue sans doute l'encyclopédie la plus exhaustive jamais écrite sur l'histoire de la moto, a été réalisée avec l'assistance de nombreux spécialistes dont principalement Didier Ganneau, Christophe Gaime, Mick Woollett, Jean Goyard, Bernard Salvat, Christian Rey, Yves Campion, Helmut Krackowizer, Michael Dregni, Michel Montange, etc. que je remercie ici.

Disponible sur demande :
- Les fiches originales sur papier
- Les photos et archives signées de mon nom en haute définition ou les documents originaux.
Me contacter sur info@moto-collection.org pour les conditions et droits d'utilisation.