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Bought mine in 1973 when they first came out and I just turned 20 years old. Man I was on top of the world. Best time of my life.

June 6, 1973 - I bought my Z1. Still have it. Stopped riding it at 107,000 mile. All stock except for the seat and top end motor mount. Still have November,1972 CYCLE magazine. Front cover, Kawasaki Z1903, "Every inch a king."

That sound brings back so many memories to so many people

I have them both and I also love them both. Fantastic legendary bikes which even today are perfectly happy on the road... after 40 years!

I just can't get enough of this video! Coming from a 22 year old driving a Suzuki GS550E from 1980 :)

Proud owner of a 75’ Z1b. My buddy had a CB 750 which was a nice bike. Until I showed up on a Z1. Z1 styling was and still is one of the beautiful bikes ever made. My Z1 ate his 750 up. I could do in fourth gear his top speed. I’ve had mine which is still in stock; form other than a 4/1 header exhaust to a 145 mph indicated and almost 2 sec quicker in a quarter. I will never sell it ...... well maybe when I’m 85. 😎

I owned both these bikes I bought a new CB750 in 1971, I bought new in 1974 the Z1 900, I loved both these bikes, In 1983 i bought new a V65 MAGNA very fast at the time. Thank you for the video! Great memories for me.

I love old Japanese motorcycles!

Would love to have both of them, thanks for taking the time to share this video with us. Brings back a lot of memories of my youth.

I owned the Honda CB750 new back in the day, traded it on the New Z1 900, hard to choose the better looking bike, but the Z1 900 was the better choice, for me

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I went to a Z1 from a Honda CB500 and the Z1 was a beast to keep on the road. Chains and sprockets were an annual item. Every other year all the pipes had to be replaced. I didn’t have many brake pad changes. Loved the bike but I should have saved my $ and fixed up the CB500. It was easier to maintain, less heavy and handled better.

I've had a lot of bikes over the last 50 years, including Harleys, Hondas, Suzukis, Yamahas and Kawasakis. A BSA 2 Bridgstones, Honda CBX 6 cylinder. At present I have a 96 Sportster 1200S and a CBR Super Blackbird 1100xx BUT I still drool over these bikes.

I owned a 76 CB750 Four, same color. My buddy had a blue one. On the freeway, at 70 MPH together those motors would produce a rhythmic hum that was amazing to hear and feel. So cool....later, I upgraded to an 82 Kawasaki LTD1000, and that was an astoundingly sweet machine, the only bike I ever owned that could scare me everytime I rode it. Still, the CB750 had a power train that made you feel like you were superman.

I have a 1975 Z1 sitting in my garage right now that I've been meaning to restore but just haven't done it yet. Reason being it is hard to find anyone that knows how to work on the motor of the classic bikes such as this one. I've logged many miles on it and it is a pure joy to ride. Leaving it sitting for 3 years without proper storage has cost me dearly. Would love to hear the roar of those 4 cylinders again.

My first bike was a 1979 GS 750. Loved it

When Venezuela was a rich country in the 70s in the city of Caracas was one of the best-selling bikes at that time I had a Honda 750cc motorcycle and sold it to buy the Kawasaki 900cc was a very fast motorcycle for its time I I put an exhaust pipe 4 en1 was very beautiful the sound the problem of this motorcycle Kawasaki was his engine was very delicate for five years gave me many problems with the engine after I sold it and I bought a Ducati 900cc ss that also had engine problems In those days the engines of these bikes were not like those of today. At this moment I live in Spain and I have a Yamaha Facer fz6 that has 98 hp and weighs very little now I am 66 years old and I still enjoy motorcycles after many years. Greetings to all

My first introduction to a CB750 was through the sound of one whizzing by in 1969. Even as a kid I was mesmorized by the sound. My dad was a European auto mechanic and what I heard was more Ferrari than motorcycle. When I was older and had the money I bought a like new 1973 K3 750 and I was the coolest kid on the block....until the next kid showed up on a Z1 900! A few years later I got one of those. Cool kid on the block again...till the Suzuki GS 1000 showed up! Then I got some of those and worked my way to the drag strip. Did well there but none ever had the soul of my Honda or Kawasaki.

Had both of them. Good bikes. Couldn't fault them for their day.

Bikes from my era, really like your videos, cheers.

I own a stock '73 Z1 and a '69 CB750 K0 diecast amongst other classic Japanese bikes. Both restored by myself so I actually have an emotional investment in them.

Really good video, please upload more..waiting for new

I own the zephyr 750 tribute bike kawa came out with in the early 90s and I love it better than my 2018 z900

In 1974 my father owned a 1974 CB 750 K4, and I was riding a 1973 350 Four, looking to upgrade. I was 19 years old. My brother bought a 1974 Z1, that at the time I refused to believe could be better than the Honda. After riding the 2 bikes, I had to accept the truth. The Z1 was better than the CB by any metric. Faster, stopped better, handled better (although I wouldn't call either bike a good handling machine). It decimated the Honda in roll on contests. I wish I had each bike in my collection.

I was so glad to be there when they both were released. Never forgot the first time I rode both.😃

2 of the greatest bikes made in the 20th century. I worked at a Honda shop when the Z1 was introduced. Yes, it was bigger and faster than the CB 750. BUT-The 1969 and 1970 Honda Four bikes were both pretty close to the Z1 in the 1/4 mile. A friend had a 1970 K0 that ran in the 12s, 12.90 to my 1975 Z1s 12.75. The early Hondas were much more powerful that the K2 models, and each year thereafter.

Love both of these bikes, but that "kawi" is a good looking bike!

beautiful video!!

Man!! I miss my 73 Z1 900 I remember cruising to southaven Michigan,just riding up and down the coast line with my girlfriend on my fatman seat fun days 🤙😷,God bless you for the video 👍🤩

Kawasaki 900 one of the best looking bikes ever! Love it much

Thanks for a brilliant video Brightside Media, two gorgeous excamples of motorcycling icons, gotta love the sound of that Z1 when you open it up, no need for after market pipes! Is there a video showing what else is in that building??

Great video great editing! Cheers from the Finger Lakes!

Awesome video. Amazing job.👍👍

That's awesome bro! 👏 👏 👏 👏 Thank you from 🇧🇷

Great video!

Both motorcycles are absolute beasts. Gorgeous bikes. Both are beautiful.

Nice video! Thanks for sharing

Rode a 1972 Honda 750 every day for two years. I loved it! Sold it for the same price I had paid for it two years earlier! That says alot about the value and appeal.

Bring back the good old days.. Great teacher onizuka bike.. 😂

need more retro designs with modern tech, need more 4 cylinder screamers.

I'd love to have both those bikes.

I haven't ridden either of them but, on pure looks, I'd go with the Honda every day of the week.

One is not better than the other, I have owned them all, they were all great for theire time

Great work! Thank you, guys for this stunning video clip. I love the sound of the Z900, Frankenstein's daugther :-)

I love those 4 into 4 pipes.

My 2 favourite classic bikes of all time

Honda 750 the bike that changed every thing.

Great looking bikes, both of them

Im totally Hondaguy. Except: Z1, ZRX1200R (green one) and the new Z900RS. They just nailed it. Z1 lines are so great.

Beautiful.

Amazing. Congratulations

I owned both bikes and this article is very accurate, the Honda was very nicely made, but a very heavy slug. A lot of kids were killed on them because they took ages to wind up and ages to stop. Both bikes had terrible handling and suspension, but the Z1 had immense horsepower and torque which utterly murdered the Honda. I used to easily blow the CB750 into the weeds with my Kawasaki 500 Mach 3, then later I annihilated them with my Z1B. I always think of the original CB750 as a old geriatric English gentleman, so polite and distinguished, and so slow with his walking cane ;-) I love Honda tho, and have owned several, including the one in my garage right now, a 1994 CBR900RR which I've owned for the last 20 years. It's definitely not slow. Now I'm the one getting geriatric, ain't life grand!

Bought a late '73 (titled '74) Z1 900 brand new for $2,300 and change . Probably more bike than my inexperienced 19 yr. old ass needed - what a great learning curve though ! Rode that thing through snow , rain , sleet and around the Great Lakes , to Florida and across Texas wide open , to California . Had later bikes ('76 Kaw 750 and '82 Kaw 1000 shaftdrive) and while they were good , nothing like that first love ! :) :)

The CB-750 came out in 1969 and while the Z-1 was "introduced" in 1972, you couldn't really buy one until 1973, 4 years after the Honda. That isn't "a whisker" ahead as the video describes. Honda crushed the industry with the release of the CB-750. The Honda was a better all around bike, even though the Kawasaki had been able to use the bike as a template for the Z-1. Honda probably could have just bored and stroked the CB and competed directly on performance with the air cooled Z-1. Instead they developed the GL-1000, water cooled, triple disk wonder, and developed the twin cam air-cooled series that eventually displaced 1100 cc. The Z-1 was not a better bike but, because we're talking American riders, faster was the deal. Kawasaki actually detuned the H-2 so the Z-1 would have a faster quarter mile time and Kawasaki knew that the 2 strokes were on the way out. As for styling, at the time all the young men liked the flared tail piece of the Z-1 but the Honda is a timeless classic and has aged way better.

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THANK GOODNESS FOR DISC BRAKES

Currently own the 93 CB750 with 4 /1 exhaust for throatier sound and geared for punch off the line. The cruiser positioning with sport bike power is a great combination. Gotta Love a bike If you can cruise 85 in 5th gear with throttle to accelerate. But if you were to drop it to 4th gear and twist the throttle, that's when you might hear the throat-clearing sound of that single exhaust pipe whir a high pitch banchee cry of acceleration.

I've ridden then both and I've got a soft spot for both. The Kawasaki is just more in a good way. While the Honda is sophisticated. If you ever get the chance to ride the Honda just listen to it idle then blip the throttle. It sounds like a Farrari. What I remember from a article in the 1969 Cycle magazine (I think) road the bike down on Sunset Blvd and revved the engine, it almost stopped traffic. You see there was only single and twin engine bikes at the time. Nobody had heard that sound before. Thanks

I never owned a CB750/4 but I did own a Z1. I did have a CB500/4 though, my first big bike. Looking back, I loved the Honda more than the Kawasaki.

I'd love either one of these bikes but as a former S3 400 triple owner I'd have to go for the Z1😎

it is a shame Kawasaki doesn't make a retro naked 4 cylinder anymore. I notice Honda is making the CB1100 in a retro design now.

Both bikes are breathtakingly beautiful Superb Japanese design. And conception.

I ride a CB750. It owns the road. Makes a beautiful rumbling growl, and is a darn sight cooler than I’ll ever be.

A couple of beauties!

I love both, but the Z1 speaks to me.

I'd love to buy either one of these bikes. My First bike back in 1980 was an Orange 1971 Honda CB750-Four. A few years later I purchased a Black 1981 Kawasaki 1000-LTD. Both Bikes were awesome. One of the things that were great about these bikes is that they had the "Standard" style foot peg relationship to your feet and not the fully rearward foot peg position like the modern "Crotch-Rocket" style bikes. The Kawasaki might have been a bit faster, but the Honda was a more Stable Ride.

BOTH GREAT BIKES

Great video and made me realise even more that I made the right decision because I just bought 2020 z900rs

Honda CB 750 Four Urknall des Jahrhunderts - Ja, bereits 1969 kam das Kultmotorrad auf die Welt. Damals, als die Verkaufszahlen von Motorrädern alles andere als rosig waren, weil jeder lieber ein Auto fahren wollte. BMW dachte sogar daran, die Zweiradproduktion komplett einzustellen. Zu dieser Zeit begeisterte Honda schon auf den Rennstrecken der Welt und mit diversen Serienmotorrädern. Vorgestellt wurde die CB 750 Four im Jahr 1968. Mit Details, die aufhorchen ließen: Vierzylinder-Motor, 67 PS, 736 Kubik, Scheibenbremse und ein Merkmal, dass bis heute noch alle Motorradfahrer begeistert: die 4 in 4 Auspuffanlage.Die ersten Modelle der CB 750 Four hatten einen Motor, dessen Gehäuse im Sandgussverfahren hergestellt wurde. Dies sind heute die am meisten gesuchten und auch teuersten Modelle der Baureihe. Für eine Sandguss werden schon mal Preise von mehr als 40.000 Euro aufgerufen, je nach Zustand und Originalität auch weit darüber.

Timeless...

My husband had his 1971 750e model built to an 836cc with a three-quarter race cam. These could be built to a 1000cc. He had it on a Denver chopper frame. Could do 135 mph. You could only do it to the 750e because the cases & cylinders walls were thicker. Later models could not be bored out.

Kawasaki was late to the party. The same is true of the 2017 z900. But as was true of the Z1 and the new z900...they were worth the wait.

Both beautiful motorcycles

Just seeing these bikes being ridden, brings up the fact that the late 60's the full 70's were the best years to live as a bike rider. For so many reasons other than merely the models available. The culture was so much different from today. The 'all' of it.

i had a CB 750 ,bought it in 73 new ,built it twice . 1st as an 811 2nd was 836 both times it was crazy fast. rode it across country..only chain lube and gas. how can you beat that ? . liked the Z but never bought one . the built honda was faster and i think more reliable . just my opinion .

Classic and nice bike

2 beautiful bikes

I had that Z1. Great bike. Fun and fast. But handling was dangerous. It would wobble and do scary things. People tried changing swing arm bushings and things like that. But it went straight pretty good. So I did 4 into 1 exhaust and rejetting carbs. Ended up going to Harley. Still ride my Harleys but have Busa too!

I've owned a lot of different makes and models of motorcycles over the years, but the Z1 I bought in 1974 remains my favorite. Sure wish I still had it. I sold it ten years later to a guy who traveled the country buying up old Z1's to sell back to Japanese buyers -- it seems that in the beginning all the Z1's were shipped to the U.S., so, due to their rarity in Japan, had become expensive collectors items there.

in december of 18 i inherited a 76 kz900, a survivor of the ef5 tornado that tore up OKC. in the process of a partial restoration. Cant wait till its done. engine has been fired(1st attempt after fuel system cleaning and conversion to electronic ignition)...anxiety is tough. I love my 09 Concours 14, but the KZ is my lifelong dream.

Ah, that sound at 3:15!

Both great motorcycles! As a mechanic back in the day and working on both the Kaw was much easier for major work, but Honda easier to tune. Even though the Honda was smaller engine and one cam you had to pull the motor to do top end work/gasket leaks etc. Top end can be pulled in frame on the Z1. When Honda went to twin cam 750 it still required engine pull for top end.

Let The Good Time’s Roll

OOOHHHYES 2 GREAT BIKES

The H2 750 what a beast and so light!

かっこいいなぁ ２台とも名車中の名車だよ。

Well done.

I have an 82 1100 Kawasaki kz. And it's a rocket!!!

Oh how I remember these two ! There was an M C clubhouse down the street from where I worked and these guys were into mainly Japanese bikes. Jones street (where the clubhouse was situated) was in an industrial area of Newark and was about a half a mile long straightaway stoplight to stoplight. Needless to say, perfect for drag racing. I'll never forget sitting behind a Honda 750 and a Kawasaki 900 at a stoplight on Jones st. And when it turned green, BAM they were gone ! PS, I miss the 70's and the bikes then.

I ride that Honda 750 four alonnng time....I agree the Kawasaki was & Still is Beautiful"""💕☮️⚠️🌎

That z1 looks sexy for such an old bike. I will get em in my 93 750 nighthawk 😇 but that z1 sounds great.

The '91 Honda 750 Nighthawk was the best all purpose motorcycle I ever owned. 100% reliable until I sold it in 2016 with 50K miles. Comfortable for longer rides with a change to better rear shocks, a plexifairing, and velour covering on the seat. Most powerful bike I owned was an '85 Suz 1200 Madura. I was no racer, but I read a story once of a guy who tuned his up, some minor mods, and would park it outside of Yamaha shops looking for V-Max's to race, with a $100 bill taped to the handlebar. Most fun bike I had was a '74 Kaw H2. After my brother got it, he tuned it up, did some other minor mods to the exhaust and such, and could ride it much better than I could. A screaming, smoking, raging, radical handful, it could beat most other relatively stock bikes of the time. A heavily modified Triumph Trident beat it. It would take a stock Z1 off the line and through the gears, but the Z would slowly catch up and walk away. He beat me on my next bike, a '75 Suz GT750, no sweat at all. My best trail bike, a Yamaha '90 TW200 Trailway. No speed demon, but dead reliable, comfortable, and would go through anything. My best touring bike, an '83 Honda Aspencade. Magnificent on the highway, ponderous off the freeway.

Kawasaki's engineering department was having a picnic on the side of the road when a CB750 blew by them. Holy sh!t Ralph, did you see that ? Those basdirds, were gonna get em for this. Both bikes are great.

Excellent vid. Now subed

i`m a Honda man, always have been and always will be....but god damn that Z1 sounds SWEET!!!!

Suzuki had one as well. Any one of them would have been a great ride!

Moto bellissime piene di fascino cromature , moto che negli anni 70 anno fatto sognare ed impazzire i giovani di allora e che comunque anche oggi vedendo qualche esemplare da subito all'occhio x la sua particolarità estetica

I would have drooled if I owned either one of them😁😁😁😁

rode a mates Dunstall with a 750 honda motor....handled like a dream. That was 1975. Now riding a zx14r. In my mind a retro bike must have low down grunt. A 4 cylinder really pushes the power into the back wheel like the heavy hand of jeohovah