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tomcourtney:
Hi Welcome Phill, And Thankyou for your very interesting post,
about 20 years ago i had a phone call from a gentleman from near Wagga Wagga country New South Wales telling me that he had a Sandcast in the 1014xxx range and i said to him, it couldn't be as they finished
at 10074xx, He got very angry with me about this and and finished the call.... So who knows there may be one in Australia too, i only spoke to him the once and dismissed it as a mistaken id of a Sandcast....
On another point i once owned a CB750 from 1969 it's vin and engine was CB750-1007489 CB750E-1007548 i bought it from the second owner who told me that it was sold New in Melbourne Victoria by a Honda dealler who could not get any bikes from Honda Australia and bought a number of new CB750's in France in their winter and had them air freighted to Australia and sold them at a very high price in our summer.
I spoke to the original owner of this Diecast bike and he told me it came from France New with some others and confirmed the story... It was still fitted with a KPH speedo, he was still embarrased about how much he paid for it and would not tell me the price he paid, i told him not to worry as we are paying lots more today than whatever he had paid. Best Regards Tom
Riccardo:
--- Quote from: philcad750 on November 04, 2011, 07:07:28 am ---
However, french dealers and other dealers in Europe I guess, have received these early bikes (one per dealer) for demo purpose. I personally know one of this sandcast bike in France, given to Michel Rougerie (the pilot who won the first new Bol d'Or race in 69) by JAPAUTO (a famous dealer in Paris). The engine number is 1000313. The frame was interesting because we can see a steering damper fixation above the horn. The steering damper has finally never been installed by Honda on the CB750s.[/color]
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Maurizio, what you did! :-\ :-\ :-\
Riccardo:
--- Quote from: philcad750 on November 03, 2011, 07:18:40 am ---
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.
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Phil, the Gold is a great color, with gold stripes is Very Cool, i love it and i reserved it for my 4th cb750(low vin but diecast).
You're re-welcome.
Somer:
This was extremely interesting! I have come across blank replacement cases before. This make sense about them using up inventory to meet demand. No manufacturer is going to tell them "They'll have to wait".
I got to know Bob Hanson years ago and he told me some interesting tales about how it came about.
When I've got time I'll write up my memories. I last saw him in San Diego a year ago. He was frail but remebered me.
johnboy:
I read that the Dutch CB 750 is from 103****, but thats not thru (I now that the books tell so !) but...................................
, i own a origanal CB 750 (origanal Dutch papers) with a much lower number !
With matching numbers.
I also own a CB 750 with vin 1009***, matching numbers (but thats not a Dutch bike of origan, its importet from the states to the Netherlands ;D).
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