Honda CB750 Sandcast
General Category => Review of VIN'S For Directory => Topic started by: kp on January 23, 2020, 06:08:06 pm
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The last 2 trips I've made to Japan were interesting in that I met local collectors of early numbered bikes and visited Yamiya and the Restore Shop. Anyways, my interest is tracking down early frame numbered bikes as many Japanese owners don't record their frame numbers in our directory. Additionally, engine numbers are generally not stated by Japanese owners.
The point of this post is to advise that Frame #5 exists and is owned by a collector in Japan. I've also been advised that Frames #1 through #4 (although still anecdotal) were not released for sale. Kawasaki on the other hand released all their single digit bikes and 8 are known to exist with frame 1 in the Kobe Maritime Museum and another in a USA museum
So far, of the 9 possible single digit bikes, 3 remain. Frames 5, 7 and 9. There may be another or two but my thoughts are that these 3 are all there is.
Just thought I would share this information
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interesting information KP 3 out of 9 isn't to bad I don't think
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KP,
As normal thanks for the great information! We know that frame 7 was paired with E90, do you know what engine was paired with frame 5? Any insights?
Best,
DW
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Thanks Kp for the great info. I'll keep my eyes out for the single digits! I wonder what happened to the the first four bikes. Are they in the Honda headquarters? What would be the value of a single digit and double digit sandcast?