Honda CB750 1979

The Suzuki GS750 set new standards in 750 power and handling, simply shredding the once-mighty CB in all performance areas. Honda knew that the other manufacturers would soon respond with their own performance 750s. The single-stick CB had served its maker well, but change was inevitable. The new CB750F that emerged from Soichiro’s fun factory in ’79 was in every way a giant leap ahead of the old CB and a half-step ahead of everyone else’s 750s. Welcome the twin-cam, four-valve CB750F. Although developed concurrently with the six-cylinder CBX, the CB-F was not a downsized copy. The F’s four-valve head mimicked the CBX’s geometry, but the four breathed more efficiently than the six due to straighter intake tracts, bigger carburetors and better porting.