1969 Honda CB

Condition:	Used
Year:	1969
Mileage:	N/A
Exterior Color:	Candy Sapphire Blue
Manufacturer:	Honda
Engine Size (cc):	750
Model:	CB
Warranty:	Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Sub Model (Optional):	CR750
Vehicle Title:	Clear
Type:	RACE
Price:	US $35,700.00
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As vintage motorcycle enthusiasts around the globe celebrate the 50th anniversary (1969-2019) of the arrival of the world’s first super bike (the Honda CB750), I’m making available an extremely rare example of the original Honda factory race kit version of the landmark CB750. This is an actual CR750 race bike using original factory race kit parts that are near impossible to find. After collecting parts for decades, built this bike using an early Sandcast CB750 to race at AHRMA events. It won in 2002 at Daytona in two classes. It has been called the last true CR750. Read on for the full story…
BACKGROUND

Shortly after Honda won the 1970 Daytona 200 with one of their fielded Factory Works CR750s, they decided to make available to the public most of the special racing parts they used to achieve that win. At first, American Honda chose 10 Dealers around the country to give small grouping of the parts to (30 or so different pieces per Dealer). Key items such as complete rear hub assembly, fuel tank, 31mm carb set, racing tachometer, oil tank, etc. It was still up to those dealers to assemble wheels, front brakes, engine internals, exhaust, etc., in order for them to race their project bikes. In other words, none of those 10 original dealers ever fielded complete (factory parts) CR750s, mostly due to the expense (and spotty availability) of these handmade factory race parts.

Cycle Magazine in Oct./1970 then put one of the Factory works racers on the cover, with only about 60 or so of the 970 parts (it was all they could assemble at the time, missing key items such as oil tank, breather catch tank, shift brake levers, top triple clamp, etc.), and thereby advertising that you too could build 90hp racer.

Then between late 1970 and 1974, Honda decided to catalog all those RSC (Racing Services Corp., now HRC) “970” parts that were produced, to further market the public’s building of their own race version CR750.

All in all, (not counting carburetor jets), there were about 170 different “970” parts offered by RSC. This included: sizes of Aluminum race tanks (21 Liter 28 Liter), into race megaphones, special tachometer (the needle starting at 4,000 rpm), cylinder head, cylinders, oil tank, oil cooler, 31mm carbs, clip-on bars, wiring harness (with just wires), oil catch breather, seat, fairing, cables and hoses, 2nd right side disc brake (and brackets), frame mount brackets, foot pegs, close ratio transmission, levers, and much more.

The problem (for both private racers, and Dealers) was that “970” race parts from Honda were pricey (in 1972 the carburetors retailed for $370, while the fuel tank was $425 for example). 970 clip-ons were $64 ea. (while Tommaselli clip-ons retailed for $15 at the time), and anyone could then find (or make) fiberglass fuel tank for $50…and they did.

Because of this, there was relatively little production and circulation of these RSC race parts, leading them up to eventually being very rare…especially in NOS condition (New Old Stock).

This led me on the quest in the late eighties to find as many of these rare NOS parts as possible, and from there build the true Honda CR750 kit racer, while at the same time emulating the Factory works racers that ran at Daytona in 1970.

Unfortunately, just few months prior to that decision, because the 970 parts were slow movers, Honda decided to take all of those parts to the crushers (in order to derive tax write off). Leaving me to scour every possible Honda Dealer literally all over the globe that could still possibly have any of the 970 parts on their shelves.
In that 10 year search, was able to find (NOS) approximately 140 of the 170 total  “970” parts made (not ever looking for any of the eighteen 970 parts that were offered to make right side shifter, left side brake conversion..for English style riding) making this bike the most authentic factory race kitted CR750 in the world.

 As well, it should be noted, the Factory works bikes raced at Daytona in 1970 used many additional rare parts that were never offered from Honda in their “970” list…such as titanium fork caps, titanium axles, titanium chain adjusters, titanium swingarm pivot bolt, titanium engine thru bolts (3), and magnesium front hub assembly. All of these added parts either machined myself, or with the help of machinist friend. was also fortunate to find one of the original factory aluminum oil tanks originally used at Daytona in 1970 (it’s different than the kit oil tank). During the engine build, also ordered set of custom titanium connecting rods, in addition to titanium intake valves retainers, special high dome pistons, etc.

As  one could do in the early ‘70s, decided to as well build this CR750 up on very early CB750 donor bike (a sandcast, having Frame 1000259, with Engine 1000291). This bike originally rolled off the assembly line within the very first week of CB750 production.

Also, there were two different versions of the 970 Keihin race 31mm carbs produced then. The early sandcast bodied CR31s, and the later, more common diecast bodied CR31s. This bike was built with the ultra rare NOS sandcast set, complete with various length sets of aluminum velocity stacks, as well as full set of jets.
 
Once this bike was completed in early 1999, we decided to campaign it, racing it first at Sears Point, taking 3rd place. The very last time it was raced, it won both AHRMA’s Formula 750, and Formula Vintage in 2002 at Daytona, clocked by AHRMA at 150mph in the Tri-oval.

Please see the World Racing page on World Motorcycles for more info photos about this build and the subsequent campaigns of racing it.

Regarding current values of all sandcast 750s:

One of two known to exist Prototype sandcasts sold several years ago for $148,000….the other one (with fewer original parts) just sold last year for $217,000. Like the 970 parts on the CR750 of this auction, all the parts for those Protos were handmade 50 years ago by Honda in Japan.

This bike started out as an early digit sandcast, for which if restored (to an original street bike) I’m currently getting @$55,000.

Obviously the big difference here is that (for CB 750 sandcast street bike) there are always fair quantity of either NOS parts (or reproductions) to make building it relatively easy. This CR is quite different…there haven’t been ANY parts available anywhere (new or reproduced), for well over 30 years…and even back then few and far between.

This is once in lifetime chance to own basically the one of kind complete Honda CR750. friend once summed up the attributes of the bike of this auction:

It’s the best (and most complete) CR750 in the world.
It has extensive successful race history, and
It’s an early sandcast.

ABOUT THE SELLER:

Vic World has passion for Honda CB750s; that revolutionary motorcycle that turned the industry on it’s ear back in the summer of ’69. His particular area of expertise, is in the restoration of the rare early sandcast bikes, that were the first to roll off Honda’s Hamamatsu line back in early ’69.  His thirty plus years of relentless focus on this motorcycle, has earned him the moniker of “Mr. CB750”.  Vic is widely acknowledged as the premier restorer of these rare bikes and he has been written about in many trade publications, including feature article by Mitch Boehm in Motorcyclist Retro.  His restorations are highly sought after and have been purchased by museums worldwide, including featured exhibition in Honda’s own Collection Hall Museum in Japan.  American Honda also owns Vic World restoration, as does the Barber Museum in Birmingham, Alabama., and recently The David Silver Spares Museum. Mr. World resides in San Francisco, where he operates World Motorcycles, shop that specializes in the restoration of sandcast CB750s.

 This auction is unique, once in lifetime opportunity to own piece of motorcycling history. The CB750 Honda had substantially more impact on motorcycling than any other motorcycle. And big part of what put Honda and its CB750 on the map was it’s early success racing it at Daytona in March of 1970…The bike of this auction would easily be the center piece of any world class collection of motorcycles.

If you are the lucky winner of this auction, you will own something that nobody else in the world owns.  There has been some strong pre-auction buzz about this bike from collectors around the world…. So, if you really want to own this bike, please bid accordingly.

 TERMS CONDITIONS:

The winning bidder will be required to provide $2,000 deposit via Paypal within 24 hours of auction's end. The remainder balance of the winning bid price is due within business days of close of auction, payable only via: wire transfer, cash, or CERTIFIED check. Winning bidder must contact me within 24 hours of auction's end, to make arrangements for final payment at that time. If no contact is made within 24 hours reserve the right to re-list the vehicle, sell it to the next high bidder, or sell it otherwise.


NOTE:

Most banks and credit unions do not finance vehicles older than 1995. Make sure if financing that your financial institution accepts this year and type vehicle before bidding. Please arrange financing prior to bidding.

TAXES:

State sales tax is the responsibility of the winning bidder.

 SHIPPING:

Buyer is responsible for pickup or shipping of this vehicle and all costs associated with shipment. If you wish to have it shipped using service, we will gladly cooperate. As well, we are quite accustomed to having crate built for overseas shipping to properly protect this rare bike during transit (an extra charge for the crate of course).


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On Jun-09-19 at 08:58:24 PDT, seller added the following information:
http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/worldrc51/media/CR750/CR750_001_zps9ueacou5.jpg.html?sort=3&o=55On Jun-09-19 at 13:32:39 PDT, seller added the following information:A Start up video friend made at bike show (The Quail) from last month:

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