Had a 550 Four for a few years. The bike just purrs and never needed anything but love and adoration. Honda is legendary…

79 I had an unrestricted FS1E. Didn’t know at the time that it would turn into a collectors item. Just in my short ownership, my machine had several seizures and a rebore. It did little to prepare me for the insanity of the RD250LC that followed at 17. It's very easy to remember these old bikes through rose tinted glasses.

Back in 1972/3 i sold my Suzuki 250cc Super Six , and purchased a new Suzuki T500R , in candy lavender and white at a price of £499 from a dealer near Boston in Lincolshire ,being based at RAF CONINGSBY there were a few lad`s there with some of the bikes shown here ....Those were the days .....

If you are saying that the cb750 four is an "over rated" bike, it is obvious you have never owned one. Lets not forget the time of its research and development, the mid 60's, it was of it's time and served its purpose massively. During the r+d period it was redlined for 20 hours non stop on a test bed with no blow up. The model went on to have a very good shelf life for the time and its testament to its greatly deserved "classic" status is the fact that it is one of the classics that always commands and gets a high price. One of the greatest bikes ever built. Oh and the Z1 is over rated now??? really???

That 750 Honda is definitely not overrated my dear!

It's the colours of the 70s that stand out for me. The pink of that Suzuki or the yellow of the FS1E. Lovely.

You are spot on about the Suzy GS750/1000 being a better alternative. It was a sleeper, and very solid. It had handling way ahead of its time. Any of the 70s and early 80s Kawasakis had near- dangerous handling. 2 of my mates died in mild cornering wobbles when they hit a bump. The Suzy would not kill you like that.

Back in 1978 I got into a race with two 750/4’s. I was surprised that my 1975 Norton Commander 850 took care of both bikes. The Suzuki you showed was called the water bottle here in Australia. I built from the ground up a 650 Yam Special. I bought a burnt out wreck for $25 in 1977. It was a 76 model and when I’d finished building it up it cost me $300 ( which was a lot of money back then. Some said it was a Japanese BSA ( which I disputed lol ). I ended up selling it in 1980 for $1,200. That bike was and is quicker than the modern day Yamaha 650’s. I rode a Z1 once and yes I felt like a sail when she got up and going. Fortunately you could buy bikini fairings for the bike. Oh and it scare the crap out of me because the single front disc couldn’t really pull you up once she lifted her skirt. As per usual I do/did enjoy your videos.

I think the Suzuki GS1000 is the real deal. I bought a running 78 last year in Austin , Texas for $900 with a bunch of extra parts that I sold for more than that. So I basically got a free bone stock bike with nice original mufflers. I love these bikes s they re really comfy and outperform the KZ models . The Seat may be one of the best I’ve ever sat on for a long trip. These bikes never got the respect they deserved on the street but they kicked but on the track

Anyone remember the small 'Used bike mags?' Real reviews from owners of bikes. It was noticeable how many Japanese bikes, although reliable, seemed to wear out quickly. There was a article many years back, where it said, Honda used very poor quality alloy.

First CB750 I saw (the gold/ orange one) was in Glasgow in the early weeks of its release. Was ridden by an old guy with a pipe in his mouth, a dispatch riders coat and a pudding basin helmet and a WW2 gas mask shoulder bag that was commonly used to take your “piece” to work. (Piece = lunch sandwiches). High handlebar screen too. Looked so incongruous I wondered if it was a put up job to get people double taking the bike to boost sales. The dealer there then was Rattrays, they used to make a famous built to fit bicycle called the Flying Scot.

Honda CB750 had issues with the oil ways in the cam block getting clogged and seizing the cam , a mate brought one that had sat for three years, and he didn't follow my advice to change the oil. It ended with half the cam seized and snapped, leaving the inlet value open while he was riding and burnt the bike to the ground..... also K5 and later has an extra bolt added around the cam chain tunnel.....

I had several Honda CB 750s and I loved them. I had a Z1 900, as well. My fav was a 1980 Yamaha SX 650 of all the bikes I had

Can't believe I came across a video that included the FS-1. I was just given one. Brand new in the crate. It has Auto Lube.

The Hondas weren't has robust as history portrays. I had a CB 400 Four, it needed major work by 20,000 miles. I bought a CB 500 Four from a dealer, but it never ran right, they ended up completely rebuilding the engine. Later I had a Suzuki GS750. Superb. Handled great with Ace bars on, engine was bulletproof. I bought a CB 750 Four F2 from a well known dealer (Padgetts), They wouldn't bring it out to let me hear it running, stating it would mean moving a lot of stock, but it wouldn't be in the showroom if not right. Bought it (13,000 miles), 1/4 down road it broke down. Sounded like a, bag of nails. After a few attempts at putting it right they eventually rebuilt the engine. Though it was never right. Pxed it for a car. The Yamaha XS650, always regretted not buying a 650B model. But didn't know much about them, so bought the 400 Four. In hindsight should have bought the Yam.

I owned a FS1/E DX but have to agree they are way over priced. The common phrase used by bike mag road testers of the 70's Japanese bikes was 'hinged in the middle' to describe the wallowing handling. You are right, the GS750 is an underrated machine, I remember being flat out on my T140V Bonnie as my mate over took me on his GS750 he changed gear. I ended up with a GS750 soon after...

I had a Honda CB750 F1 in the early 2,000's. In that pale yellow. Bought it from ebay complete minus carbs for £350! Some of the people on the forums were right up their backsides. I told them I used Wilko 20/50 oil & they went mad ! Also I don't understand the Sandgate owners who think they are a different breed of owner. Got rid of it as I realized I liked my XT 500 more (which l still have & thrash)

Great collection of bikes indeed. I miss those days. Thank you for sharing and bringing back so many fond memories. Take care guys and ride safe. Cheers

'Reliable and smooth' would sell the CB750 to most riders, fed up of the unreliability and vibration of British bike of the time...

What do you think of the Yamaha XJ 900f, they are old now not so popular but I like mine.

My CB550F is coming uo 200,000kms with out any major problems My arse has done 130,000kms and rising...... Good overall video!

I can recall, back in the 1970s, walking into a motorcycle shop and seeing a brand new Norton Commando 850..... It had just 5 miles on the clock... however, underneath was an oil drip tray, which had a puddle of new oil in it. When I asked the salesman about the drip tray he said.. "Oh they all leak a bit of oil... in fact, if there is no oil in the drip tray, there is none in the bike either" - I didn't purchase it.

Trip down memory lane! Loved it!!! Please do an episode featuring the Honda X11, a great bike which had "Marmite" reviews! Great work, thanks!!!!

My new 1977 XS650 was probably the best all round bike I’ve ever owned, I’m now 65, I also owned a GT500, if you were lucky you could pass two petrol stations before needing to refuel, my mate rode the 500 and I was on the 650, we rode the full length of Wales, he fueled up more than twice for every tank I used

I’ve still got a complete rotary inlet FS1 engine block lying around here. I even own a matching aftermarket water cooled cylinder head (!) which I at the time put on my Zuendapp in stead. This was possible because the spacing of the cylinder bolts is the same. One only had to use the longer bolts from Zuendapp’s own watercooled TT model. Why go through the hassle? At that time watercooling was the ultimate. It worked perfectly!

Great video. Another in a series of overrateds would be very welcome.

Another of your excellent, interesting and well scripted video's....thank you!

All great bikes, ive rode many of them.matter of fact a friend had a 1968 suzuki 50cc, what a cool machine.it was very powerful for a 50cc. All those bikes shown command big bucks in USA, if in good condition.thanks for eye candy .

Very enjoyable video thanks.

My XS 650 was a constant companion. The Kirkers, enhanced spark and drag bars without the stock bar end weights to dampen vibrations were all that honey needed to turn it into perfection.

The Yamaha XS650 seen here us a very late model 'chopper' variant designed for the American Harley sensibilities. I think it is cool but maybe harder to the eye with its small fat back wheel, chopper(ish) seat, mag wheels, etc., but the earlier XSs were much nicer Brit looking machines. Taller and leaner, with a conventional seating plan. The early green and gold models with front drums and spoked wheels look classic.

You got stones, hoss! Bold choices but fair. The over inflated prices on the CB750 is why I bought a 79 CB650 to park next to my CB350, which is my daily ride. Excellent work as always, buddy.

I recall binning into a Armco fence at 2am a borrowed Jaffa Kawa Z1 in 1974 ...oh what a night... cheers

My enduring memory of the original CB750s. I liked the electric start & no oil streaks, but it didn't stop & went round corners like a wet noodle.

Never want to ride a GT750 kettle again. Worst speed wobble at 90mph I have ever experienced. I still get a cold shiver 40 years on thinking of that day.

Great video I went with the CB500 vs the 750 for my representative collection. A sweeter bike.

Yet another outstanding video. Thank you.

I had an FS1E dx...paid 400 quid for it, back in the day. It also only 400 miles on it...wish I'd kept the bloody thing. Strangely at 62, I also have an RXS100....what a cracking little bike and will do 65mph, sounds great with the spanny on it and it's worth about 1500 quid! It's original apart from the exhaust and really is a cheap usable classic...just turned 40, so will be tax and mot exempt very soon 👍

I had a Honda cb550 café racer as my only bike for 13 years. It handled very well and was faster than many bigger bikes.

what opinion polls are you using?

Interesting that you used the term "overrated" as an apparent synonym for "overpriced" at least as concerns their present day collector value. Moreover, when justifying the argument based on an examination of their contemporaries, you pointed to Nortons, Lavardas and Triumph as having at least equal if not better performance. I won't argue that the European bikes were (in some cases) lighter weight, more powerful or maybe better handling. But the important factor here is the game changing nature of the Japanese bikes' impact on the US and global markets in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Mass produced, yet higher build quality (on average) than European contemporaries. Generally, MUCH more reliable and longer service life. Highly innovate designs with ground breaking technologies. I'm not being overly critical here as I thoroughly enjoy your channel and am grateful for the content and the work you put in... but, in this case the underlying thesis feels flawed or misses the mark. The big road bikes mentioned are all justifiably iconic and frankly, probably worth exactly what collectors are willing to pay.

Cb750 is awesome just because it was the first modern bike changing the market.😊

I bought a new T140D in 1979, handled brilliantly, but so unreliable, kill switch nearly killed me! I swapped it for a GS550, totally reliable.

Had a Yamaha TX750 import from Fort Worth Texas back in the late 80's (even had red indicator lenses on the back) and had mates with Triumph Bonnies and XS650's swapped bikes with both on occasssions and the impressions I got was the TX had the power delivery of a Bonnie (the XS has a big heavy crank to rev whereas the TX & Bonnie pick up noticeably quicker) but without the vibration a bit like a more powerful 400/450 Superdream (nice trick is to put 6 speed box out of a superdream 250n in a 400 dream ), had T/GT 500's, T's are nice but need the maintenance (points & plugs) to get the best whereas GT's are softer and easier to live with.

Nice 1980's Harris T140 Bonneville there at 07.15 - I've got one those beauties in my stable and it's both very smooth to ride and totally reliable - Other myth-busted is l've also got 3 Japanese bikes of roughly the same vintage in the shed and the Harris is the only one that doesn't leak oil.

In 1972 a friend and I took my Honda K1 ( his BMW 69RS broke ) from Heidelberg to Imola Italy for the first 750 race on the continent. 1 tent, 2 sleeping bags and everything else was strapped to the Honda. Still cruised down the autobahn in the fast lane when asked to. Put 50,000 miles on that bike, never left me stranded.

Dude also has stock light blue 75 Kawi H2 750. Original and mint, low miles. Turned a guy down who offered $25,000 Canadian.

In 1977 , my older brother and his girl both bought one each, 1973 rd 60 left over at Franks Yamaha in Hudson MA they got tired of them very quickly and I bought them both for pennies on the dollar. being a junior in High School I rode them all over including down the hall at the local high school, past the library , the principal's office, and down a short set of stairs to the field house and out of the building, but I digress I learned how to ride a motorcycle pretty dan good. I ran that for 3 years and just parked them in the family garage where other siblings took over. That in time was replaced by the big kawi's of the time 1979 SR 650 then a 81 csr 1000 but I fondly look back on those little rd screamers as my Friend John used to call them..

Cracking honest review 👍 Memories eh 🙄🤗❤️

To my knowledge the Z-1 900 also had a roller bearing crank, which the Honda 750 did not. Another poster talked about wobble on the kawi. Yes I got a high sped wobble in the rain once, Miraculously, it quit. BUT I took the damper off an H-2 and put it on the Z-1, which had the fitting for it from the factory. No idea why it wasn't installed at the factory like the H-2

Mr Difazzio gave me the lecture about my bike being illegal for a 16 year old on L plates. Maybe due to looking similar to the Honda cub range is why I never got attention from the old Bill. The Yamaha U50 (not the later V50) of 1971 was kickstart and unrestricted. Laid out flat, down a steep hill, I could hit 60 mph. Next was a Suzuki A100. Great bike that took me all over the country and my ride to work bike. Top speed I recorded was 82 mph but given the optimistic nature of Japanese speedo's back then, I only claim 70, which was pretty good with my bird on the back. That too was like a push bike with an engine. Disc valve inlet and oil mixed via the pump, which I became intimate with, thanks to Duckhams 2 stroke oil.

First bike was an FS1E…I was uncatchable on it 😂 I even fitted clip ons at one stage, claiming it added 3 mph to the top speed Happydays.

Out here in Canada, nice XS650s are not yet overpriced yet. I was just on Marketplace and there are a couple of nice-looking examples on offer for $2500Cdn, but if you want to spend even less for a similar Japanese twin you can look for the very rare Suzuki GR650 Tempter. They were only offered for a couple of model years and sat unsold in showrooms for many years afterward, but in this case rarity does not mean inflated prices: a proper running example will set you back half of what an XS650 will.

My eldest stepson had a disc-braked Suzuki 750 water-bottle; a nice bike, but, as you say, thirsty when the throttle gets wrung. One thing noticeable is that these bike, with the exception of the tiddlers, all had comfortable seats, for both the rider and the passenger. Regrettably, the same can't be said of most modern bikes.

My GS1000G is an absolute fine touring machine with bulletproof engine. And they don't cost 30K either. I had a Z1 back in the 80s and didn't like it much due to the handling. The GS1000 16V motor dominated drag racing for years and is a better platform.

When these bikes first came out, my mates and I thought they were the ants pants. My first ride on a CB750 was a massive disappointment. My little RD250 left them in the dust up to 100kph and left them for dead through the corners. Both the CB750 and the Kawasaki Z900 had the nasty habit of tank slapping going above 160kph going in a straight line. [Why steering dampers became popular - yeah, a steering damper ought to do it . . . . not] As for the Suzuki 750 'water bottles'; very fast on the straights but diabolically bad through the bends. Aka 'widow makers'.

Something to consider over across the pond you folks had/have different bikes than here in the US. The dual purpose bikes of the 70's are second to none. I wish they would make them again. The simplicity of the bikes with wanted fun and performance. No bikes today are like they were. I have a '78 GS750E and I'll take it over any new bike. It has a personality and it works damn good.

I had a 1972 XS 650 and it ran forever. My Triumphs had 1940s technology in the early 1970s . The Triumph was prone to break downs at any time but the Triumph is and was my favorite Bikes and I have had a lot of them. So I guess a Bike doesn't have to be perfect to be the Bike any of us.

A 1976 GT750 was my first street bike. Rode it to high school; as the only guy with a bike it made me just cool enough not to get hassled by anyone. That bike is long gone but I've had various GT's in my garage ever since

I had a honda cb750K2 a great bike loved it,had later model F2 then the CB 900 bol,dor F2C which I love and still ride to this day.Put a yushimura kit in the 750 anf hang on..Best bikes I've ever ridden long trips in Australia.

I owned a 72 XS650 red and white beauty. If I can remember correctly a 77 cb 550 fun bike. And a KZ1 1000 ltd fast with questionable brakes. 😅. Two wheels are fun .I bought a triumph thruxton 900 last year needed a fountain of youth. 😊

The Suzuki Water Buffalo shared a lot of its electrics with the Honda 750. Both of those bikes were not overrated. I owned several of both and would own either again, except now the prices are through the roof for good examples. And say what you want, but the Honda 750 changed the face of motorcycling big time. People wanted them instead of troublesome English bikes and Harleys. And the Hondas never had a reliability problem if they were maintained, and if you think otherwise , you weren't there at the time.

I had a Yamaha 400 enduro back in 1976,it was junk right from the factory. Technicians couldn’t figure out why it kept burning out head lights. My friends rode their Hondas while my bike sat in the shop

I had the g t seven fifty. It was friggin wicked. If doing 35mph and hit a small divet or pot hole, the slight jolt in my Wrist, it would try to stand up with me. You had to be vary Mindful. It would smoke my XS 1100 special in a Quarter mile. The kawasaki seven fifty two stroke version, FASTER! 14 YEARS fastest Production bike until 1986 with the v max. And on that little bitty 3" tire. But your average rider couldn't ride well enough to get everything out of it. But being good enough didn't mean you were smart.

The xs650 engine was two cylinders sliced of the Toyota six cylinder engine Yamaha designed for Toyota's sportscar.

Having had both as a teenager, the only thing the fizzie had over the AP was being more tunable and that's it. Otherwise the AP was more reliable (auto oil) and had a 5 speed box. Dood you're being a tiny bit hard on the Z1 but otherwise I agree 100% for once 😀

Video on the gl1000 75 to 78

I could never understand the fuss over the Yamaha fs1-e? my mate at college road a mid- 1970's Suzuki g.t 50, 5-speed gearbox, disc front brake and 8 mph faster than said fizzie?

a more powerful alternative to the fs1e could be the yb100 , the engine interchangeable with the 50cc ped .

Well, I started in '78 with a red AP50 and here I am 46 years later with an amazing Yamaha Niken. Just wow.

I’ve been riding these bikes since 1963. The British parallel twin was nearing peak development at this time. Many consider my 1970 Triumph Bonneville 650 to be the peak: lightweight, superb handling, and compact. For most any sort of competition that involved corners, it would run away from the Japanese twins. But the excessive vibration, unreliability, and short service life of the engine limited the bike’s everyday usefulness for most riders. Any trip on American freeways was dreaded. The Japanese were able to engineer reliability and comfort into the platform. The addition of electric start was perhaps the nail in the coffin for British twins. The XS 650 was considered to be a refined version of the concept, and although heavier and lacking the nimbleness of the Triumph, was far more comfortable, reliable, and suited for the American market. Kenny Roberts did well on racing versions fitted with an appropriate chassis. Not everyone uses ultimate performance as the prime consideration in bike purchase. I owned many bikes from both countries, but when planning for a multi day ride it was always on a Japanese bike. I stopped too many times on my Brit bikes on the freeway collecting parts that had fallen off to consider riding them far from home.

There's no way the CB750 was overrated. You said it in the first sentence.

Agree about the cb550, great value and a great bike, a goldilocks of a bike, for some reason the 400/4 seems to get a bigger following even though it's slower than a 400 superdream? I have no idea why people buy 2 strokes especially the GT750, I had one back in the day and like you say the fuel economy was rubbish and as with all my Suzuki 2 strokes it seized due to the pump failing. As for the FS1E why are old overweight blokes thinking it could possibly be a good idea to buy and try riding around on these bikes, they were dangerous back when we were 16 and are deadly now, obviously they are going to loose a lot of money once the market moves on a few years and nobody has any historic reason to want to buy one. As for the Kawasaki Z900 yes it's a legendary bike like the Le mans mk1 or Laverda Jota so I can actually understand the prices on this one, for me I'd buy a Z650 which was a better handling bike and genuinely nice to ride, I had one back in 1981 and it was a wheelie machine and looked super cool in Kawasaki green, not too expensive to buy nowadays, somewhere between £3000- £5000 for a really good one or I guess you just buy the new retro Z900rs if you don't want a classic. I really enjoy your videos, you must spend a lot of time researching and coming up with ideas, keep them coming.

I owned a CB750K1 with 4 into 1 hanco trumpet and oversized main jets and sports airfilters, air cap fork upgrade and Marzocchi rear shocks, what a beast :).

OK... I am an old fart, so my experiences and opinions may be tainted. But I am also a retired motorcycle dealer, so those same opinions do have a bit of weight behind them. The CB750 was such a ground-breaking bike, changing the motorcycling world in one fell swoop. BUT, it was produced in such prodigious quantities that I cannot take it seriously as a collector's item commanding eye-watering prices. Great engine, in an average bike. 550 was in many ways better, as you state, and a REALLY sweet package, almost as quick/fast due to the lower weight. Suzuki's Water Buffalo was a stunner, albeit heavy and certainly not nimble. But they did truly last forever...and I know, as I was a dealer for them. Unless you're a hard-core classic tourer, the Buffalo isn't a sensible choice. I have had several 500 Titans and would always choose that bike over the 750. The Yammer was the "modern" twin, with electric start and Japanese reliability and oil-tightness. But it was behind the multi-cylinder times when new. And again, I can't accept the current values...I'd opt for a CB450. The only thing I can criticize about the Z1 is that they've become stupidly expensive. I'd go for a Suzy 1000 or 1100, especially the early-1980 ones. I know nothing about the Yammer tiddlers...gimme a Honda CB200 with the cable-operated disc brake instead. Now, for my sleeper...ANY CB350 Honda, which don't seem to have become overpriced, yet...

We are spoiled here in the States because we can still find these bikes with the exception of the KZs really cheap. I rode a 650 Yammie Twin for years . What a great dependable bike although they are heavy turds which handle a bowl of mush. The best ones to get are the early ones and forget about the Specials. I don’t think they are overrated maybe overpriced. Too bad Yamaha kept making them with improvements. They were retro when retro wasn’t cool. But the XS650 are hard to find here now because of the Street Tracker craze , which I think has subsided. It’s hard to find just a plain old 650 that someone hasn’t butchered into a Kenny Roberts lookalike

I owned a 67 305 Honda scrambler then -- a 71 750 Honda -- then a 79 KZ 1000 -- I loved them all !!

Excellent video !! I had everyone of the big bikes shown except the Suzuki Water Buffalo and the Z900 Kawasaki! Instead I had the Titan 500 ! I am glad that Kawasaki reintroduced yhe Z1 ! My bike of choice would be the W800 Cafe ! I always wanted a Norton with a 65 hp combat engine ! Say la Vie ! 🙏👍

Can't go wrong with the suzuki gs fours, brilliant solid bikes without the hype!

my m8 over the road (in his 70's) has almost finished restoring a 1972 750 four, although it looks a bit different to the one here, it has lower sporty bars for one, and i was joking saying i'll have to have a go on it when finished. po faced he said i wouldnt make it to the bottom of the street before it spat me off lol, as i havent got enough experience, and i believe him

Hi Bikerdood not sure what happened to my previous comment. My T500 has popped up on couple of your videos, I was at Bridgenorth last summer. You are welcome to do a video road test on it if you want, just reply and we can make arrangements.

Not a bike you spoke about but i would love a CB750FD to go with my CB900FD.

I've got the GT 750 had for 40 plus years and I bought a Z1000 before the price went up both used on the road

The CB"550 preferable to the CB750 was actually a CB500, four silencers confirm it.

I still have my 1983 CB1100FD in lovely condition after all these years. Having owned many modern bikes the 1100F rides like a bucket of sh#t, it's not fast & can't stop - but it is so beautiful!!

If I had known that the CBX wouldn't sell well I would have went shopping to see if I could get an okay price. I just figured such an awesome bike would be marked way up.

LOL!!! "Overrated"??? The Honda CB 750, the Suzuki GT 750 and the Kawasaki Z1 900??? Those three sit on TOP of my DREAM BIKE list. These bikes are ICONIC FOR A REASON. They were WAY, WAY more groundbreaking and reliable than anything that came out of your beloved UK (sour grapes much?).

Nobody on KZfaq has done a video on the Honda Hurricane 1000, 750 and 600. A deep dive will uncover some interesting facts.

I ride a 1980 Yamaha xs850 tripple, definitely a chunkster but its a rare animal.

The GT 750 was a very fast bike with full roller bearing internals. Mid range acceleration was something else and it became the basis of the legendary race bike ridden by Barry Shean which conquered everything.

I had 750 four a 550 four k. Wish I had kept mine. Would love a Z1 but pricey these days.

The Z1's not overrated. It's severely overrated. The CB750 wasn't trying to be sporty, an endeavor in which it succeeded entirely. It was the CB750 that first made me wonder if the industry could even produce a 500lb bike that would handle. It was the Z1 that convinced me they couldn't.

Had a lovely xs 650 ,,found in back of bike shop ,,was young ,,well younger,,so i sold it ,,

Interesting about the 750 suzi 2 stroke. You say handling not as good as later machines. One thing I noticed early on was that Norton riders who used to go on endlessly about handling were the ones who bought that bike. It seemed a massive jump in weight and look. Ask them what they had previous and it was often a Norton commando or similar. Was there something in common between the handling of Nortons and the big Suzi smokers? You wouldn't think so from looking at them.

I remember my 750/4 it was a nice bike. The guy i sold it to, asked me "are you sure you don't want more money from me?"

I had to laugh at the comparisons of the British bikes to the Japanese bikes yes some of the British bike’s might have been slightly faster and some were even great looking, I love the nortons but the thing that made the Japanese bike’s stand out was their quality they were as dependable as a rock whereas the Norton owner when invited for a cruise or challenged to a race always had the same answer- as soon as I get it running again 😂😂😂

Had a Honda f2, liked it but found it heavy and not that fast compared to the gs550 I had prior.

The 550 Honda four was not contempory with the 750 till much later the 500 four survived for many years and were very popular

I always hankered for Yamaha's 650 when I was young and I eventually bought a TX650. It looked great but I distinctly remember one day being very unimpressed as I overtook a car and it just seemed a bit weak and unimpressive. Not as sweet as my CB500 I owned a few years earlier. Never wanted a parallel twin again. I had a Ducati 750 F1 later and there is just no comparison to those bikes. 90 degree V twin good, parallel twin bad! Although maybe me and Yamaha just don't get on as the only new bike I bought was an XT500 scrambler which was really disappointing. I thought my Honda XL250 was better. Bigger is not always better for some people.

How about a video on mid range touring bikes from the 1990's. For those of us who cannot afford a Goldwing... :)