@@briangwynn3592I can't tell if your joking or being serious. There is no way it should cost more than 10k to restore it especially if hes doing alot of the work himself.
@@davidbgooch9587 Why would you restore it in the first place... It's ugly as sin, and will NEVER be worth more than it cost to get it back to original condition.
@@lukes2219the one that sold for 148k and 200k is the same bike. It's one of 4 prototypes that were build in 68 to sent to US dealers for them to use a showroom models. It's an extremely rare bike. That's why it sold for so much. Most of these bikes sell for 35-45000 restored.
The K0 series 750's are a bit rare, but nowhere near $100K worth. If it's in pristine condition with low mileage and all original parts... maybe $25,000. Rebuilt or restored doesn't count. (P.S. That's not a K0 if it has a painted front rotor mount, and that goofy unibody kit.) ;-)
1979 CB750s are 100kAU, but all others are around 20k. So his price is inflated but crazy. In the 80s-90s you could get the same bike for $1000, that's crazy...
Driving down the road and you saw that.. laying on its side, missing a bunch of parts, likely laying behind a bunch of stuff in a scrap yard.. you must have freaking awesome eyes.. lol
I was thinking the same thing, and how he could even tell it was a 750 from so far away. Driving by I probably would’ve thought it’s just another cb250 that’s seen better days
I also found a 100 grand in a junkyard. It was the rusted out trunk lid hinge of a 69 barracuda. All I need is the rest of the car and 500 hours of paint& body work.
The early CB750s were sand cast motors , that’s where the value and rarity comes from , I don’t know much about them but they are definitely more desirable and valuable
Actually, it might be. CB750 engines starting with 1 mean it's a sandcast. Sandcasts go for crazy high on the market, so he might've hit the jackpot on this one.
My first big bore bike, A CB750. around 1988 or so! It ended up built with the Yoshimura 903cc racing only big bore stroker kit, new heads, cams, crank, rods, cylinders, More... a dry clutch conversion, Mechanical methanol injection. I made SO MUCH money in the Chicago suburbs street racing In late 80's. People in built cars had NO idea what a real bike could do. I also owned a CB750, CB550, CB400, And a lil screamer CB350 4cylinder which i still have today. Earned a KHI sponsorship in Motocross. P.S I was a tool and die maker by day. And performance machinist on the side (still) Or I would never be able to have/build those kinda things without making half myself. Long post.
Back in the day, if you wanted to go fast, you had to build it. Now, you walk into a dealer with $8k and you can warp speed yourself to a hospital in less time than it takes to fuel it up.
@@erickwoodland2612 lol the surface rust the fraim is fine still all black at the end of video and even if there was a place that was cheese you cut it out and weld in a new one ...everything is fixable ,,,just because you don't know how doesn't mean its not possible
@user-fc1zs1wh9g a full coating of surface rust can actually preserve the metal. Deep rust will eat away the frame, but the surface stuff can act as a protective layer that keeps rust penetration at bay. Scrape it off and re-coat the metal, should be fine.
@user-fc1zs1wh9g you must be five. Did you hear how rare it is ? New parts are unavailable. Parts for that bike are worth more than their weight in gold. "If" you actually find a part for sell, it going to be VERY expensive. Most likely will cost over 50-60 k in parts.
Yeah - but you have a 1941 Ford! Most people spend 6 years paying for something only to have the same boring POS as the rest of the population. Take your time and you'll have it done one day. These things tend to take time and consume LOTS of it.
The comments here show exactly why such a rare bike could end up being scrapped; Only one in 10.000 people will know a sandcast CB 750 from a regular one.. That is why you still can find gems hiding in barns around the world, people are not aware of the treassures they have..
According to my many seconds of extensive research (reading the comment above you) this is not a regular CB750 but a sandcast version. Don't ask me what that means though. It's amazing what you can learn just by reading the comment that you are replying to.
I had a trashed ‘74 Z1 Jaffa I bought in the 80s. It cost me a shit load to restore and my first wife made me sell it after we got married. Down the road we got divorced so obviously I got the short end of the stick.
Partly who is riding it but my cb blew off a kz 1000 . We were racing 2 Hondas and 1 Kawasaki. I won but at start I pegged it. Wide fucking open. They didn't have a chance plus it raced after I sold it. Great milage and lasts built well. Probably still running.
What have you been smoking? I want some. They aren't 100000.oo . No way ever hear of 6 speed 360 made in 70 s I believe. That one is rare. It was good but Please Show me I am wrong..
Rare in this case does not mean good or better. The sandcast engine cases are more fragile and prone to cracking than the later die cast ones. But, since it's "rare" and people are nuts, they think it's worth more.
You clearly missed the point of why these are more valuable than the average 750 though... the one he is looking at was sandcasted by hand and they only made 7414 of them...LOL the ones you see selling at 1500 are the moulded ones they made later...
Sounds to me like we do should be exporting them. To be honest I can't believe the price's on shit box bikes here and certainly can't justify the price on many of our cars here. It's gone crazy and I kinda expect a lot of people losing money on them when the nostalgia factor wears off as the younger generations come up and the older enthusiasts depart the earth. Lot of people have bought them for top dollar thinking they're an investment going to keep going up.
@@tonymarshall9670 At the same time it is a buyers market. People may be asking big bucks but the bikes don't sell. Only really cheap ones do... and people seem to be dragging those "will never happen" projects out of the sheds to make a few $$$.
@@thomask.8533 yeah I've noticed that. I've had my eye on an 84 Yamaha trials bike. It's on many bike sites been there for months price has dropped over a grand and still sitting. Other trials from 74 are complete wrecks and they're asking 6 and up for them. I'm only interested in the 84 style model. Not to collect it's to be ridden. I wouldn't ride anything older or newer.
@@thomask.8533 you're right. I've been watching an 84 Yamaha trials bike for a few months. It's on plenty sites. It's dropped over a grand and still sitting. Obviously no one else is interested in it. It's his project he bought to do with his son who has no interest and obviously he's not that keen either. Shed for the last five years. His original price was rediculous yet 74 trials are over double his original price and they're complete rusted wrecks. I'm only interested in the one model so I can ride it. I won't pay his price. I understand it's a hard to find but he bought it as a father son project and son has zero interest so it's been in the shed five years. Like you said it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
I was around when the CB 750 first hit the road and everyone knew that the first batch were pure junk. they were referred to as "pot metal" because the engine cases had a high tendency to crack.
I had never heard that before and I'm a big fan of these motorcycles. I bought my CB 750 new in 1969. I guess by then they must have had the problem worked out because I practically lived on that motorcycle, eventually putting close to 125,000 miles on it over the years. For many years I didn't even own a car. Loved that bike. ❤
The "case" problem was spotted and corrected. It required a simple chain guard in the counter shaft sprocket. The early pre-K model would spit a broken drive chain into the engine case in front of the counter shaft sprocket, destroying the cases. Nothing to do with the fact the cases were sand cast.
@@1badombre82 Motorcycle restoration is cheap and easy compared to cars. He'll probably put a couple thousand dollars into the thing and sell it for more than most people make in a year.
@@Impactjunky I own this bike only not a sandcast. The parts are about as expensive as it gets when you want original parts in prestine shape. And the bikes that sell for that are all the original parts. Basically all he found was a sandcast engine and possibly matching numbers frame with a salvage title. Collectors are going to know that
@@flyingkaratechop yes, these w*nkers didn't do their research. Took me less than a minute to find out about the rarity of these sandcast Honda engines.
I had a 78-79 Kawasaki KZ 1000 and that was a bad ass f ing bike , and believe it or not i only give $75 dollars for it , was complete , it had been sitting in a shed for years, i cleaned the carbs , bought a battery for it , when she fired up it sounded like something outa hell, lol , the man i got it from said it had belonged to his son who had passed away several years earlier so the bike just sit there until i ran across it !!! I loved that bike, although I thought i was going to get killed on it , came close a couple times lol !!!
I love old school bikes, they are super simple to work on and you can even make parts yourself at this point if you have fabrication experience. But I find that they really just need to be cleaned of gunk / rust, every rubber piece needs replacing (gaskets especially) and all cables need replacing, but damn isn’t it a fun project. Great bike man!
Here in the USA we have places called “bike yards” where they have hundreds of motorcycles out in a big field that are just for parts, I can go and take whatever parts I need for the bike I’m looking for and they sell them really cheap considering they have been outside for a long time, but for covers and things like that it’s great. I personally just make an offer on the whole bike and trailer it home, having a few parts bikes is huge! Especially for older ones
was a mechanic on one. My friend and drummer was hut head on by a drunk driver on the machine the day aftet he picked it up from me. The selller, also good friends took it hard. The events overall made it tough. Long ago, but never forgotten.
Kawasaki h2 750 triple two-stroke known as the widowmaker would roll that thing up and smoke it CB stands for city bike unlike let's say like an R.D. 350 Yamaha known as the giant killer R.D. standing for racing development. It is a 750 though. I'll give you that. It's my little brother's dream bike. He ended up with the CB350 1973 and I ended up with the 73 Yamaha RD 350 she has had some work done to her so she's probably a 360 to 380 somewhere in there and I'll blow him out of the water on one wheel but it's not just the motor. You can just look at different parts of the bike until one was made for racing and one was made for everyday commutes
Nice. Always wanted a sandcast but i had 78 CB750F with drop bars, a Bimota style seat and tank, cb900ss rear shocks and upgraded fork springs with all the bolts ons i could get. I rode that thing from the atlantic to the pacific in a week 20 years ago. Not a single problem. Then some dumbass turned into me and ended up cracking the block while riding down Sunset. Parted the whole thing out. Such a fun bike that can actually hang alright with newer bikes when tuned well. Knee dragging with sparks shooting off the foot pegs😂
Honda's biggest selling bike was the CB 350. 625,000 were sold. The re CB 450 was a sales flop only 45,000 sold. They weren't sure if the CB750 would sell. That's why they didn't make dies for die castings. When it surprised them by selling out they spent the money on production machinery. The government of Japan arranged a deal for a factory just to make CB 750's. One came off the assembly line every 3 minutes. One of the motorcycle magazines had an article about it. He's going to lose his shirt. 100 K no way. Just the exhaust system is $2,500.
@@rellik136 100K no way .25 K like the ones for sale. Many sand cast engines had chains break cases which were replaced with die cast cases.Only the cylinders would still be sand cast. Also the new cases would not be stamped. Fools gold.🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
@frankmarkovcijr5459 what? Lol u assuming a lot right there. And replaced cases are marked lol I have a vintage motorcycle collection and 3 CB's all with original cases. Hell even my cl has original cases.
@@rellik136 Chains were not up to snuff and would break cases so replacement cases were die cast. New replacement cases were not stamped at the factory but we're done at the dealers for the most part. Many dealers didn't get bike untill the die casting were produced. Still l say 100K no way. But a fool and his money 💰 as they say.🤑🤑 We are talking about CB750 a CL is not a 750 designation. 350&450 didn't make enough power to break chains . After all the guys in Australia with 3 restored bikes or original low mileage examples are asking $25,000 .Heck someone could buy all 3 and still be better off. Just like tires had to keep up so did chains. Kawasaki replaced chains and sprockets under warranty as well.
They aren't. People can list a bike for whatever they want, but that doesn't mean they'll get it. A quick Google shows most sandcast CB750s going for about 40-50K. So, less than half what old boy is claiming.
Lol. If you were in Alabama, I'd offer to take it to my college auto collision repair course, and we'd be able to strip it, remove the rust, and get it a clean paint job for the cost of paint only lol. And I know the class would love it.
By far not the rarest Honda but if it truly is one of the first 1969 models built with the sandcast engine cases it does have some added value but in that condition, its a long way off from ever bringing any real money. As a rider, the later models were less problematic and took less maintenance to keep them going. For those interested, the first 7,414 CB 750's built in 1969 used a sand cast block, not because it was better, they just didn't plan on making enough of them to justify setting up to die cast them in larger numbers. When they realized the bikes were selling 20 times faster than they had expected, they set up and switched to die casting the engine castings.
Hell it was mine but I have no idea what type or if built. I liked it paid for it did my own tune ups and carb synchs 4 of but I used mercury tube. All I did was drive the stuffings out of it and it was custom hardtail frame 10 over wide glide front end Beautiful black and chrome and not much beat it. That kawasaki I Beat wasn't stock it was punched to 1074 . My friend was a highway patrol mechanic and built it as well as drove it racing Arturo and myself. I blew their doors off we All came close to dying But that's racing. RIP Eric Ferguson Best Friend one could have. Great Mechanic as well. He got kicked in the head by a six foot seven inch black panther for me. Actually He was jumped by a few huey and jesse cs type punk chumps. They came to my house to rip me Eric had stayed the night and was sleeping in one of my bedrooms. They came in and jesse nailed Him sleeping. Maybe there are some good Still All punk panthers I have met aren't worth garbage. I mean to offend two of those I will never forget that. Anyone else Walk on this should not be for you
Arturo had another stock 750 Honda no idea type but He was Last He built my Honda took about 10 years and everything He could get. He got a lot it was a Helluva bike. Hells Angel President almost killed me over it But let it go and We became Friends. He's great people I really liked Him again RIP Irish wherever You are I'm seeing Your grin back in the saddle again. Knowing You are great people thats a lasting Grin Happiness is for all good hearts.
the find of a lifetime ..been to several auctions where these went for stupid money ...don't scrimp on the rebuild this class of investor collector demands the highest quality for those BIG bucks ...jealous as hell been looking for one of these for over 25 years
Sandcast (model K0) is special in many ways. Black kill switch... later they were red Sidecovers are K0 specific Seat has a little raised corner on end. Nickname is DUCK BILL SEAT Unpainted front disc caliper.. later they were black Gauges are K0 specific Has a 4 onto one cable pull system for throttle that's a bear to get all 4 carbs to pull same slide height. Later they went to a actual lever And much more..
Still only worth maybe 15-20k restored. Unrestored 0 miles original? Then proces can go nuts But itll be 10grand to restore this thrasher high mileage version. If case isnt cracked already
After a 30 minute dive with the stamp number, you have a bike worth $20,000 if everything was like new original. Rebuilt from the pile of corrosion you have, you might get $5,000 from the right guy.
Maybe 10k if he restores it perfectly. It must be 0 miles survivor to have any real value. Itll be 10grand cost to restore right so unless he is gona ride it for fun its not valuable in anyway really
Yeah the old water boilers where a good bike bit not 100k worth. My old boss spent 10 years restarting it to new and he has it in his shop. I heard it running and it was crisp
I had one hanging round my shop and did an emergency to help family in another state packing my brother. Plus 100 mph all the way. The clutch was slipping real bad and I just checked it in a ditch and left it there. I'm an HD rider and didn't care. It was a 1971 CB 750. Wish I kept it now. I guess.😮
Envious over here!.Wow! Lucky find, rare original super-bike you have there, very high value. I picked up a '72 for $500 in great condition, needed some attention, had not been touched in over 20 years.
That’s never going back together! Kidding. I took apart my first Harley at 25 years old with no experience. This was early days of RUclips so forums provided the most knowledge. Everyone told me it would never go back together but I figured it out and had a nice little custom that I still see being ridden around town with no changes since I had it. Best of luck with your project!
They made 7500 of these, they aren't that rare. Ultra perfect unrestored or perfectly restored (as in all original NOS parts, which would cost a fortune) go for big money, but this one will be worth far less due to the condition it's starting out in. You can buy one of these at the moment for around £20,000 in the UK, absolutely mint condition, regardless of what idiots are asking for them. I can ask 100k for a 1990 Nissan Sunny, doesn't mean it's worth that.
I have a sand cast CB 750 (Aug 1969). Insurance value 22.5k. I spent 11k and two winter's getting it back to original. If you want to give me 100k you can have it!😊😊
“Faster than any bike made into the 80s” Certainly not if it was stock. 78 XS1100, GS1000 and especially GS1100E 16 valve would dust off a stock KZ900 with ease.
@@gtemnykh you must have reading comprehension problems. I said Z1- 900 not KZ. Look it up if you don’t know it. It’s not even close to being the same bike. But you do you and live in your own fantasy world.
when anyone says "days away from being destroyed," it was never in danger. It sat at a pick a part yard for decades until an enthusiast found it. Rust Valley has thousands of "almost crushed for salvage" stories and not 1 of them true. But yeah, click bait and engagement, you win. This particular model is not super rare in general but is super rare complete. Parts alone to rebuild run upwards of 90 grand. Parting them out is where the money is. Cool story though. I have 2 1981 bultaco pursang's 1 owner. Super rare, for a reason. Just saying.
1971? I had a Japanese model that came to the states in a 20 foot container packed to the ceiling in various used condition. Some were total junk but many were restorable. I sold it with 135km on the odometer. I had a side gig riding the D.C. beltway picking up paper work .
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"WOW, that's so Cool!!... 95 thousand and it's yours." -Junkyard Owner
Less than 50$
Lol
95 thousands when it still look good and able to ride...
I had 1978 cb750 k in 1980 a super bike it was not. My friend's kawasaki 650 would beat it.
That's why you just like to "cut them into pieces and make art"
Show us the video of you getting 100,000 for it when you sell it 🤣
It's only going to cost $105k to restore it.
Why in the hell would you sell that after you restored it
@@davidbgooch9587to flip it 😂, people have made business out of restoring old things since the beginning of society.
@@briangwynn3592I can't tell if your joking or being serious. There is no way it should cost more than 10k to restore it especially if hes doing alot of the work himself.
@@davidbgooch9587 Why would you restore it in the first place... It's ugly as sin, and will NEVER be worth more than it cost to get it back to original condition.
The ad that claims the bike sold for $155k was steve mcqueens, thats why it sold for that much.
What about the other two? Didn’t one sell for 200k
@@lukes2219the one that sold for 148k and 200k is the same bike. It's one of 4 prototypes that were build in 68 to sent to US dealers for them to use a showroom models. It's an extremely rare bike. That's why it sold for so much. Most of these bikes sell for 35-45000 restored.
Lmfao... That's why you don't believe 98 percent of BS on the Internet
150k if it was plated in gold,,,and there was two 10 oz bars attached to the handlebars.
The K0 series 750's are a bit rare, but nowhere near $100K worth. If it's in pristine condition with low mileage and all original parts... maybe $25,000. Rebuilt or restored doesn't count. (P.S. That's not a K0 if it has a painted front rotor mount, and that goofy unibody kit.) ;-)
Nup. Look up ‘sand cast Honda 750’ last one was about $50k sold
1979 CB750s are 100kAU, but all others are around 20k. So his price is inflated but crazy. In the 80s-90s you could get the same bike for $1000, that's crazy...
Don't low ball me br I know what I got
@@jblack7054 LOL!😂
It said that one was once owned by Steve McQueen I thought? that adds $$$$
Driving down the road and you saw that.. laying on its side, missing a bunch of parts, likely laying behind a bunch of stuff in a scrap yard.. you must have freaking awesome eyes.. lol
I shall call him Hawkeye!
My thought exactly!
Cataract surgery.
Things that never happened
I was thinking the same thing, and how he could even tell it was a 750 from so far away. Driving by I probably would’ve thought it’s just another cb250 that’s seen better days
I also found a 100 grand in a junkyard.
It was the rusted out trunk lid hinge of a 69 barracuda.
All I need is the rest of the car and 500 hours of paint& body work.
This isn't the rarest Honda motorcycle ever created by a long shot...
I was thinking the same thing. I’m not even a Honda expert. I literally know close to nothing about Hondas and knew what it was when I clicked
The early CB750s were sand cast motors , that’s where the value and rarity comes from , I don’t know much about them but they are definitely more desirable and valuable
Actually, it might be. CB750 engines starting with 1 mean it's a sandcast. Sandcasts go for crazy high on the market, so he might've hit the jackpot on this one.
My exact thoughts I picked up three of them the other day for 800 bucks
And no where near as fast as the h2 750 and no where close to what the h2 just got 50k at auction smdh
The good news is that the fiberglass Tracy body is worth about $600
My first big bore bike, A CB750. around 1988 or so! It ended up built with the Yoshimura 903cc racing only big bore stroker kit, new heads, cams, crank, rods, cylinders, More... a dry clutch conversion, Mechanical methanol injection. I made SO MUCH money in the Chicago suburbs street racing In late 80's. People in built cars had NO idea what a real bike could do. I also owned a CB750, CB550, CB400, And a lil screamer CB350 4cylinder which i still have today. Earned a KHI sponsorship in Motocross.
P.S I was a tool and die maker by day. And performance machinist on the side (still)
Or I would never be able to have/build those kinda things without making half myself. Long post.
1976 I had 73 750 and am in the far south suburbs. Like RT 30.
Awesome dude, those were the days.
if we kept some more of those the money we could sell them for today is insane.
Back in the day, if you wanted to go fast, you had to build it. Now, you walk into a dealer with $8k and you can warp speed yourself to a hospital in less time than it takes to fuel it up.
u still in the city?
At that level of damage.... you'd just be building a new one as you'd be replacing every component.
you restore the parts you cant just get new ones ...what are you 5
@@user-fc1zs1wh9gidk if you saw the frame bud but it was basically Swiss cheese
@@erickwoodland2612 lol the surface rust the fraim is fine still all black at the end of video and even if there was a place that was cheese you cut it out and weld in a new one ...everything is fixable ,,,just because you don't know how doesn't mean its not possible
@user-fc1zs1wh9g a full coating of surface rust can actually preserve the metal. Deep rust will eat away the frame, but the surface stuff can act as a protective layer that keeps rust penetration at bay. Scrape it off and re-coat the metal, should be fine.
@user-fc1zs1wh9g you must be five. Did you hear how rare it is ? New parts are unavailable. Parts for that bike are worth more than their weight in gold. "If" you actually find a part for sell, it going to be VERY expensive. Most likely will cost over 50-60 k in parts.
Yeah, just like my 1941 Ford F1… 9 years later, still not finished
Cewl truck.
You can build a bike a whole lot faster than a truck that there's no parts for...it's not even comparable
I have a house FULL of these projects.... not enough time
9 years for underbody job, 6 months for engine & spare parts
Yeah - but you have a 1941 Ford! Most people spend 6 years paying for something only to have the same boring POS as the rest of the population. Take your time and you'll have it done one day. These things tend to take time and consume LOTS of it.
The comments here show exactly why such a rare bike could end up being scrapped; Only one in 10.000 people will know a sandcast CB 750 from a regular one..
That is why you still can find gems hiding in barns around the world, people are not aware of the treassures they have..
Genuine question, what makes it special from the rest?
@@patxusko4898 sandcast model ... Think about it ..
@@patxusko4898 Google sand cast Honda 750 4 and find out, don't be lazy like 80% of commenters here
According to my many seconds of extensive research (reading the comment above you) this is not a regular CB750 but a sandcast version. Don't ask me what that means though.
It's amazing what you can learn just by reading the comment that you are replying to.
@@smeghead765believe it means the engine block was made using sand casting
I had a Kawasaki KZ ! 900.... It would run off and leave the Honda 750
I want a gold wing
I had a trashed ‘74 Z1 Jaffa I bought in the 80s. It cost me a shit load to restore and my first wife made me sell it after we got married. Down the road we got divorced so obviously I got the short end of the stick.
In a heartbeat
Partly who is riding it but my cb blew off a kz 1000 . We were racing 2 Hondas and 1 Kawasaki. I won but at start I pegged it. Wide fucking open. They didn't have a chance plus it raced after I sold it. Great milage and lasts built well. Probably still running.
What have you been smoking? I want some. They aren't 100000.oo . No way ever hear of 6 speed 360 made in 70 s I believe. That one is rare. It was good but Please Show me I am wrong..
You must not have heard of the kawasaki H2 750
Or the KZ1000
100%
Nice those two are on my list
I want a Suzuki RE5
OMG... the H2, yes! The old "Widowmaker" Those bikes were torque monsters
Come on my man, you don't drive a motorcycle , you RIDE a motorcycle 😅
Ok, I feel better now. Someone else said what I was thinking.
It's painful to think about how much rare and cool stuff has been lost to scrap yards. Lotta folks don't know what they have until it's gone.
Rare in this case does not mean good or better. The sandcast engine cases are more fragile and prone to cracking than the later die cast ones. But, since it's "rare" and people are nuts, they think it's worth more.
wife's uncle had an ex USAAF HD45 , It ended up parked at his farm and rusted away.... If only he had shed space...
I've passed on dozens of cb750s average price $1500. I have a couple cm 400s and 450s. Theyre much skinnier, making it easier to lane split.
You clearly missed the point of why these are more valuable than the average 750 though... the one he is looking at was sandcasted by hand and they only made 7414 of them...LOL the ones you see selling at 1500 are the moulded ones they made later...
Yeah bullshit in Australia they don't go over $25,000
Few up for sale
Sounds to me like we do should be exporting them. To be honest I can't believe the price's on shit box bikes here and certainly can't justify the price on many of our cars here. It's gone crazy and I kinda expect a lot of people losing money on them when the nostalgia factor wears off as the younger generations come up and the older enthusiasts depart the earth. Lot of people have bought them for top dollar thinking they're an investment going to keep going up.
@@tonymarshall9670 At the same time it is a buyers market. People may be asking big bucks but the bikes don't sell. Only really cheap ones do... and people seem to be dragging those "will never happen" projects out of the sheds to make a few $$$.
@@thomask.8533 yeah I've noticed that. I've had my eye on an 84 Yamaha trials bike. It's on many bike sites been there for months price has dropped over a grand and still sitting. Other trials from 74 are complete wrecks and they're asking 6 and up for them. I'm only interested in the 84 style model. Not to collect it's to be ridden. I wouldn't ride anything older or newer.
@@thomask.8533 you're right. I've been watching an 84 Yamaha trials bike for a few months. It's on plenty sites. It's dropped over a grand and still sitting. Obviously no one else is interested in it. It's his project he bought to do with his son who has no interest and obviously he's not that keen either. Shed for the last five years. His original price was rediculous yet 74 trials are over double his original price and they're complete rusted wrecks. I'm only interested in the one model so I can ride it. I won't pay his price. I understand it's a hard to find but he bought it as a father son project and son has zero interest so it's been in the shed five years. Like you said it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
Exactly 😂 there not even rare here in Australia 🦘 I see em fairly regularly here in Tasmania
The most pricy of my fleet was my new '85 V-Max. Under 8Gs and it still lurks in my garage.
The V-MAX was made by Yamaha though. Not Honda.
I was around when the CB 750 first hit the road and everyone knew that the first batch were pure junk. they were referred to as "pot metal" because the engine cases had a high tendency to crack.
I had never heard that before and I'm a big fan of these motorcycles. I bought my CB 750 new in 1969. I guess by then they must have had the problem worked out because I practically lived on that motorcycle, eventually putting close to 125,000 miles on it over the years. For many years I didn't even own a car.
Loved that bike. ❤
The "case" problem was spotted and corrected. It required a simple chain guard in the counter shaft sprocket. The early pre-K model would spit a broken drive chain into the engine case in front of the counter shaft sprocket, destroying the cases. Nothing to do with the fact the cases were sand cast.
Rarest Honda....? What?😂😂
Of the roughly 450,000 CB750's produced, only 7400 sand cast 750's were made. Maybe half that still around.
Worth 100k in prestine original condition. This 1 is not 😂
@@1badombre82 Motorcycle restoration is cheap and easy compared to cars. He'll probably put a couple thousand dollars into the thing and sell it for more than most people make in a year.
@@flyingkaratechop Why does it matter?
@@Impactjunky I own this bike only not a sandcast. The parts are about as expensive as it gets when you want original parts in prestine shape. And the bikes that sell for that are all the original parts. Basically all he found was a sandcast engine and possibly matching numbers frame with a salvage title. Collectors are going to know that
Honda made half a million cb750s.
but you clicked
Less than 7500 sand cast versions produced
@@flyingkaratechop yes, these w*nkers didn't do their research. Took me less than a minute to find out about the rarity of these sandcast Honda engines.
Wtf does that have to do with anything, did he know what bike he found prior to clicking the video? Goof @@tychormthorp
He wasn't bashful with "these sandcast versions.." kinda denotes the gigantic distinction...
What motorcycle rider says, "I couldn't wait to drive it...." Makes me have questions.
Kawasaki 900 was pretty popular back then too! And pretty darned quick!
Much wuicker than a cb750. Heck the kz750e was likely just as fast or faster than the cb. Not too mention turbo gpz variant
@@captaintoyota3171 the '75 KZ 750 triples looked a lot cooler too.
I had a 78-79 Kawasaki KZ 1000 and that was a bad ass f ing bike , and believe it or not i only give $75 dollars for it , was complete , it had been sitting in a shed for years, i cleaned the carbs , bought a battery for it , when she fired up it sounded like something outa hell, lol , the man i got it from said it had belonged to his son who had passed away several years earlier so the bike just sit there until i ran across it !!! I loved that bike, although I thought i was going to get killed on it , came close a couple times lol !!!
Yes, and the real owner was angry for years. If you pay almost nothing, there is something wrong.
Awesome, I had a 1981 honda 900f Supersport. Those old sport bikes are so cool.
79 KZ1300 with a Mr Turbo kit on it, that thing was pure evil, it wanted nothing more than to put you in the hospital or the morgue.
I beat that KZ 1000 with my sandcast 1970 Honda CB 750 after I added a 4 into1header and rejetted the 4 carbs.
@@dukecraig2402that's right because every one of them had a internal secret AI brain that was programmed to kill you
I love old school bikes, they are super simple to work on and you can even make parts yourself at this point if you have fabrication experience. But I find that they really just need to be cleaned of gunk / rust, every rubber piece needs replacing (gaskets especially) and all cables need replacing, but damn isn’t it a fun project. Great bike man!
Yep. I really miss the simplicity of these older bikes
No no parts for British spikes specially Villiers😢😢😢😮
Parts for vintage British motorcycles are all over the place. I know I have a dozen of them.@@richardortiz8704
Here in the USA we have places called “bike yards” where they have hundreds of motorcycles out in a big field that are just for parts, I can go and take whatever parts I need for the bike I’m looking for and they sell them really cheap considering they have been outside for a long time, but for covers and things like that it’s great. I personally just make an offer on the whole bike and trailer it home, having a few parts bikes is huge! Especially for older ones
@@MerchGrows In the old days you made sure your motorcycle was safe before they hauled you off to the hospital 🏥.
i got a cbx its bad ass
Is it worth restoring one.from.the frame up? I found one near me but it's clapped.pretty bad
I "have" or I "own" a CBX "and" it's bad ass. 🤦
CBX1000s are awesome.
was a mechanic on one. My friend and drummer was hut head on by a drunk driver on the machine the day aftet he picked it up from me. The selller, also good friends took it hard. The events overall made it tough. Long ago, but never forgotten.
Are you drunk my friend?
Grandmother had one with a side car, 3 of us grandkids would pile in to go for a ride.
You must have had the coolest grandma ever! I'm probably close to her age.
I would have liked to have met a woman like that.❤
That’s the definition of “another man’s trash is another man’s treasure….” Holly shit good find 😂
Jeez the prices......cool bikes though. Love those vintage Hondas.
I've got one that was running 3 years ago. I'll be glad to sell it.
Kawasaki h2 750 triple two-stroke known as the widowmaker would roll that thing up and smoke it CB stands for city bike unlike let's say like an R.D. 350 Yamaha known as the giant killer R.D. standing for racing development. It is a 750 though. I'll give you that. It's my little brother's dream bike. He ended up with the CB350 1973 and I ended up with the 73 Yamaha RD 350 she has had some work done to her so she's probably a 360 to 380 somewhere in there and I'll blow him out of the water on one wheel but it's not just the motor. You can just look at different parts of the bike until one was made for racing and one was made for everyday commutes
I've had rd 250's? 350's cb 450's and cb750/4's yeah the old smokers are amazing fun, but to go further than the next town? Cb all day long
100% correct i just bought another one
My grandpap has a couple of 55 Honda "Dreamers" I think in the garage. Probably haven't moved in 40 years.
305
Those are CA 160, 250 AND 305 😊 MY DAD HAD A WHITE CA77😊😊😊
That's a heel of a job you have ahead of you, best of luck
"I can't wait to drive it"
You don't drive a bike you ride it...
Yes richt
This was the literal reason there was an ongoing feud between my cousin and one of our friends, it was ridiculous to the point of near punch-ups.
I bought one for $250☝🏽…and will be doing a build series on it😎
See now that number sounds a lot more accurate lol
When Tony Stark adopts a shelter rescue.
Actually they go for between 20 and 25,000 restored. And you could easily spend that restoring it before it would be worth that much
The fastes 4 Zylinder bike was for sure the Kawasaki Z 900...not the honda four😊
Yup
I had one of those in my 20s I crashed it and never rode again .she was a heavy bike but I loved her ❤
Nice. Always wanted a sandcast but i had 78 CB750F with drop bars, a Bimota style seat and tank, cb900ss rear shocks and upgraded fork springs with all the bolts ons i could get. I rode that thing from the atlantic to the pacific in a week 20 years ago. Not a single problem. Then some dumbass turned into me and ended up cracking the block while riding down Sunset. Parted the whole thing out. Such a fun bike that can actually hang alright with newer bikes when tuned well. Knee dragging with sparks shooting off the foot pegs😂
I had a 72 CB750 /4 that I modified to a cafe racer looking bike! I was 20, it was in 2001/2002, I had it for a few years and sold it. Awesome bikes!
Honda's biggest selling bike was the CB 350. 625,000 were sold. The re CB 450 was a sales flop only 45,000 sold. They weren't sure if the CB750 would sell. That's why they didn't make dies for die castings. When it surprised them by selling out they spent the money on production machinery. The government of Japan arranged a deal for a factory just to make CB 750's. One came off the assembly line every 3 minutes. One of the motorcycle magazines had an article about it. He's going to lose his shirt. 100 K no way. Just the exhaust system is $2,500.
...I just threw away two sets of cb750 pipes and I still have three sets of forks in my yard.
there is only 7400 sandcast 750's. after bike "CB750E-1007400" they change how the cases where cast. making these bikes worth upwards of $100K
@@rellik136 100K no way .25 K like the ones for sale. Many sand cast engines had chains break cases which were replaced with die cast cases.Only the cylinders would still be sand cast. Also the new cases would not be stamped. Fools gold.🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
@frankmarkovcijr5459 what? Lol u assuming a lot right there. And replaced cases are marked lol I have a vintage motorcycle collection and 3 CB's all with original cases. Hell even my cl has original cases.
@@rellik136 Chains were not up to snuff and would break cases so replacement cases were die cast. New replacement cases were not stamped at the factory but we're done at the dealers for the most part. Many dealers didn't get bike untill the die casting were produced. Still l say 100K no way. But a fool and his money 💰 as they say.🤑🤑 We are talking about CB750 a CL is not a 750 designation. 350&450 didn't make enough power to break chains . After all the guys in Australia with 3 restored bikes or original low mileage examples are asking $25,000 .Heck someone could buy all 3 and still be better off. Just like tires had to keep up so did chains. Kawasaki replaced chains and sprockets under warranty as well.
I can’t believe those old bikes are worth so much!
They aren't. People can list a bike for whatever they want, but that doesn't mean they'll get it. A quick Google shows most sandcast CB750s going for about 40-50K. So, less than half what old boy is claiming.
good for you bro get that thing back out there i wish you luck.
I know I’ve posted this before but it’s been a while and want everyone to get caught up! Enjoy!
Lol. If you were in Alabama, I'd offer to take it to my college auto collision repair course, and we'd be able to strip it, remove the rust, and get it a clean paint job for the cost of paint only lol. And I know the class would love it.
I had a cb750 and a cb 500 I loved them.
By far not the rarest Honda but if it truly is one of the first 1969 models built with the sandcast engine cases it does have some added value but in that condition, its a long way off from ever bringing any real money.
As a rider, the later models were less problematic and took less maintenance to keep them going. For those interested, the first 7,414 CB 750's built in 1969 used a sand cast block, not because it was better, they just didn't plan on making enough of them to justify setting up to die cast them in larger numbers.
When they realized the bikes were selling 20 times faster than they had expected, they set up and switched to die casting the engine castings.
Sorry but that CB-750 is way slower then my Kawasaki-750 H2. That's a good bike, but dont race any stock Kawasaki-750 H2...🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hell it was mine but I have no idea what type or if built. I liked it paid for it did my own tune ups and carb synchs 4 of but I used mercury tube. All I did was drive the stuffings out of it and it was custom hardtail frame 10 over wide glide front end Beautiful black and chrome and not much beat it. That kawasaki I Beat wasn't stock it was punched to 1074 . My friend was a highway patrol mechanic and built it as well as drove it racing Arturo and myself. I blew their doors off we All came close to dying But that's racing.
RIP Eric Ferguson Best Friend one could have. Great Mechanic as well.
He got kicked in the head by a six foot seven inch black panther for me. Actually He was jumped by a few huey and jesse cs type punk chumps. They came to my house to rip me Eric had stayed the night and was sleeping in one of my bedrooms. They came in and jesse nailed Him sleeping. Maybe there are some good Still All punk panthers I have met aren't worth garbage. I mean to offend two of those I will never forget that. Anyone else Walk on this should not be for you
Arturo had another stock 750 Honda no idea type but He was Last
He built my Honda took about 10 years and everything He could get. He got a lot it was a Helluva bike. Hells Angel President almost killed me over it But let it go and We became Friends. He's great people I really liked Him again
RIP Irish wherever You are I'm seeing Your grin back in the saddle again. Knowing You are great people thats a lasting Grin Happiness is for all good hearts.
1000 built Honda blew it away period. Not sorry I won yet pardon popping a bubble. I don't care to spoil others dreams.
If it has the k block, it's a high out put motor, i have an 81 cb750, and the tank rotted out, so it doesn't run
My dad bought one in the early 70s, when the four cylinder CBs arrived.
Known as the 750/4
@@CROFTY71 Yes! I had a 1971 750-4 in blue
the find of a lifetime ..been to several auctions where these went for stupid money ...don't scrimp on the rebuild this class of investor collector demands the highest quality for those BIG bucks ...jealous as hell been looking for one of these for over 25 years
Sandcast (model K0) is special in many ways.
Black kill switch... later they were red
Sidecovers are K0 specific
Seat has a little raised corner on end. Nickname is DUCK BILL SEAT
Unpainted front disc caliper.. later they were black
Gauges are K0 specific
Has a 4 onto one cable pull system for throttle that's a bear to get all 4 carbs to pull same slide height. Later they went to a actual lever
And much more..
Still only worth maybe 15-20k restored. Unrestored 0 miles original? Then proces can go nuts
But itll be 10grand to restore this thrasher high mileage version. If case isnt cracked already
Does anyone remember the rare 6cyl model
Wonder what it would fetch
Cbx1000
Not so rare but can run at$15,000 for a clean one.
After a 30 minute dive with the stamp number, you have a bike worth $20,000 if everything was like new original. Rebuilt from the pile of corrosion you have, you might get $5,000 from the right guy.
Maybe 10k if he restores it perfectly. It must be 0 miles survivor to have any real value. Itll be 10grand cost to restore right so unless he is gona ride it for fun its not valuable in anyway really
You have a incredibly low production number 😮
Nah give me an H2 750 triple
Brooooo!! It is my fave style!! I love it!! Freaking beautiful!!
Depends on how much it cost to rebuild and if you can even find the correct parts. Might just be a cool piece in the shop to talk about!!!
10k for a 15k bike. Unless its 0 miles unrestored rhem maybe over 20k
*Ride it. Not drive it. You can always tell who is a casual. 😂
Lucky!!!
Awesome find bro, enjoy your unique legendary bike
Yeah the old water boilers where a good bike bit not 100k worth. My old boss spent 10 years restarting it to new and he has it in his shop. I heard it running and it was crisp
Good luck finding thosrissing parts. Even fuel tanks are unicorns .
The bike that put Triumph and Norton out of business.
Acknowledge pays off !!!
They were great. Whole series were really enjoyable to ride.
Can't wait to drive it lol? You putting a steering wheel on it XP
Fastest super bike...lol the H2 would destroy that 750..
😂
There's a yawning chasm between a $100,000 auction bike and the $2000 worth of parts you picked up.
'75 Z1 Kawasaki has entered the chat.
Love those old bikes, with the baffles out their sound was intoxicating
I found a dime, 3 pennies, two quarters, an unused box of condoms, and a sealed Twinkee, in the back of a 1995 Durango that was in the junkyard.
Thanks for restoring a piece of art 🙏
It's nice seeing old reliable stuff being saved from new bs vehicles from replacing them
I had one hanging round my shop and did an emergency to help family in another state packing my brother. Plus 100 mph all the way. The clutch was slipping real bad and I just checked it in a ditch and left it there. I'm an HD rider and didn't care. It was a 1971 CB 750. Wish I kept it now. I guess.😮
71 wouldn't be worth a ton i think. i believe they only made the sandcastCB750s in 69.
$100k!!??Damn!I guess today's dollar isn't worth a plugged nickel!!
Congrats on such a cool find!
"Breadbox"
Astoundingly reliable.
Ya don't DRIVE 'em... You RIDE 'em.
they go for over $100k, but no ones actually paid that much yet.
you made me sub, pump out the content!
Envious over here!.Wow! Lucky find, rare original super-bike you have there, very high value. I picked up a '72 for $500 in great condition, needed some attention, had not been touched in over 20 years.
Nice score man - I hope it works out like you plan - be safe!
Dude is a dreamer
You need to do a full build/restoration series on this bike!!
Great find. Thanks for your help!!
My dad had one. Don't let it get out from under you....they'll never catch you. Good luck
Good luck getting 100k
That’s never going back together!
Kidding. I took apart my first Harley at 25 years old with no experience. This was early days of RUclips so forums provided the most knowledge. Everyone told me it would never go back together but I figured it out and had a nice little custom that I still see being ridden around town with no changes since I had it.
Best of luck with your project!
They made 7500 of these, they aren't that rare. Ultra perfect unrestored or perfectly restored (as in all original NOS parts, which would cost a fortune) go for big money, but this one will be worth far less due to the condition it's starting out in. You can buy one of these at the moment for around £20,000 in the UK, absolutely mint condition, regardless of what idiots are asking for them. I can ask 100k for a 1990 Nissan Sunny, doesn't mean it's worth that.
I remember this from the 70 very well.
A sandcast but this guy is in cloud cuckoo land 😂😂😂😂
😄 I can list my toaster at $7864 on marketplace but it doesn't mean I'd get it.
I have a sand cast CB 750 (Aug 1969). Insurance value 22.5k. I spent 11k and two winter's getting it back to original. If you want to give me 100k you can have it!😊😊
It wasn’t near as fast as my old 1975 Z-1 900 Kawasaki. It was Kawasakis first four stroke and it was faster than any bike produced into the 80,s.
“Faster than any bike made into the 80s”
Certainly not if it was stock. 78 XS1100, GS1000 and especially GS1100E 16 valve would dust off a stock KZ900 with ease.
@@gtemnykh you must have reading comprehension problems. I said Z1- 900 not KZ.
Look it up if you don’t know it. It’s not even close to being the same bike. But you do you and live in your own fantasy world.
@@ARC1A1A Same difference. They never ran faster than a 12.2 stock.
Had a couple 750 in 76 i had a new one . Ben on a Harley since 82 👌✌️
"I ain't never been in the seventh grade"
Well... That explains a whole, whole lot here.
when anyone says "days away from being destroyed," it was never in danger. It sat at a pick a part yard for decades until an enthusiast found it. Rust Valley has thousands of "almost crushed for salvage" stories and not 1 of them true. But yeah, click bait and engagement, you win. This particular model is not super rare in general but is super rare complete. Parts alone to rebuild run upwards of 90 grand. Parting them out is where the money is. Cool story though. I have 2 1981 bultaco pursang's 1 owner. Super rare, for a reason. Just saying.
1971? I had a Japanese model that came to the states in a 20 foot container packed to the ceiling in various used condition. Some were total junk but many were restorable. I sold it with 135km on the odometer. I had a side gig riding the D.C. beltway picking up paper work .
As an MC in a motorcycle enthusiasts thanks for saving a motorcycle that's awesome