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LIVING LEGENDS OF MOTORCYCLING

“A disc brake? Holy cow, this was a revolution” #29 1969 Honda CB750 Where did it come from? The Isle of Man, via Detroit. Sort of. In the sixties Honda’s showroom presence was overwhelmingly small commuter bikes, with a reputation for reliability and sound engineering. But it was also developing cutting-edge racing tech — laughed at when it turned up to the TT in 1959 yet within two years, it was winning GPs, TTs and world titles. When Soichiro Honda planned to expand, he looked at the way the US car giants structured their ranges, from budget models to luxury and performance versions. Combine those three elements and the result was the CB750 — solidly engineered, using lessons from the multi-cylinder race bikes (but dumbed down for production), and designed as the flagship…

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RiDE United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2018

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