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philcad750:
Hi all, my name is Philippe from France. I've been registered on the site for several years. I think I spent more time on the roads with my CB750 that on the web during these last years.... I also got very busy these 5 last years. Anyway, I'm happy now to join this forum.
I've been lucky when I bought my CB750 25 years ago. It was a sandcast model from October 69 - frame #3769 motor #3869. This bike was certainly one of the first 300 CB750 sent in France by Honda Corp in 1969. I didn't restore it, just done a new paint. The original color was candy red, but I wanted it candy gold. Since the 20 last years, I've changed some parts (exhaust pipes, shock absorbers, some parts in the motor and used parts ...), but it was normal when riding thousand and thousand miles each year. As you know, this is not a problem with this bike. With some Club's members (I'm the President of the french CB750 Club), we ride at least 2 or 3000 miles per year during our outing.
We have a lot of competencies in the Club regarding CB750s in general and K0/early bikes in particular and if we can help anyone, it will be with pleasure (I think to Maurizio from Tuscany...!).
Please, find attached a pic from my bike, after a 1200 kms ride in south of France last September (the rear tyre was out of order but has been changed after the ride....).
A bientot,
Phil
kp:
Hello and welcome Phil. Yes I do have a question from you. We are aware of a bike in France with a sandcast engine number
Please look at this bike which is located in France
http://cb750sandcastonly.com/gallery/French-Sandcast
Have you seen or heard of this bike as we are very interested to know more about this bike We have been told that there is more than 1 bike like this in france but I have not been able to confirm if this is true
You may be able to help us with this mystery
KP
philcad750:
Hello KP,
As you say, there is more than one sandcast bike in France with a motor number over 1007414. Personally, I know at least 5 or 6 CB750 like this, just in the Club. And most of them have a number around CB750E 10017xxx.
My explanation (this is only mine) is the following: Honda, during a short period (by the end of the year 69), should face with a lack of diecast crankcases on the CB750 production lines, due to the incredible (and not anticipated) demand of CB750 all around the world. So, I suppose that, as the subcontracting diecast crankcases manufacturers (or Honda itself) couldn't satisfy to the demand during this period, Honda decided to put on the production lines all the sandcast crankcases they have in stock during a very short time. May be this is the reason why we found here in France (why only in France ?) a lot of sandcast CB750 models over 1007414.
Anyway, I've been asked inside the Club to investigate this point and I will try to do it by contacting Honda France. I'll inform you as soon as possible.
Steve Swan:
Phil, It's great to have you ! Welcome !
Fascinating information on the French sandcasts.
Was France one of the last countries to receive initial batches of the CB750 from Honda or did France receive machines same time as England and other countries ?
steff750:
::) what i understand is france had the "sandcast" at frame #1003495~
>:( germany got the "sandcast" from frame #1005084~
:) australia got the "sandcast" from frame #1005130~
;) the UK never had the sandcast only"CB750 " from frame #1010369~
:-* only the netherlands had the "CB750" after UK from frame #1031084~
8) and the winner is the good ole USA "sandcast"from frame #1000001~
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