OK as has been highlighted, i somehow missed John Kocinsky winning the World Championship on the RC45, not sure how, but i did, i am only 1 bloke and i am far from infallible. accept my apologies
I used to race MX back in the 80s-90s, and one time at a place called Sandhills Ranch in Brentwood (the Northern CA town, not the one near Beverly Hills), between motos I was watching some races, and got to talking to this guy... He said he road only street bikes, but he was interested to see how MX was. We hit it off. He was unassuming and friendly. It was a pleasure chatting with him. He told me his name, but I didn't know anything about road racing, so it didn't register as anything particular. His name was John Kocinski. And he told me that he actually was a road racer, and something else like he either practiced with Kenny Roberts or he raced in Europe. I can't quite remember, but whatever it was, made me realize that he was serious about it. Only later did I come to realize that he was or would soon become the world champ! That was the only time I ever saw him in person though. Makes me smile thinking about it. I hope that he's doing well. He impressed me as an exceptionally real, genuine person.
I have finally joined the the 750 world with a bike I rescued in Dec '23 for £800! I picked up a GSXR750 K1 that was tired to say the least. 4 months, £1400, and about 150hrs later I have an awesome allrounder that makes 138hp, 67lb-ft, handles beautifully and sounds great. I'd love a 748 or 749 they where the dream bikes back in the day.
How is that even possible? I mean assuming it was honestly "tired"? Or did you just get ir running smooth and looking nice? Because going through everything that matters I think would run way more than £1400...just thinking
It was mostly major maintance items such as fork rebuild, rear linkage rebuild, valve adjustment, wheel bearings ect ect major expenses where front discs and rad. I did all the work myself and focused primarily on making it mechanically good and safe, not so much on the looks. I'm a rider not a poser. Parts get replaced because they are needed, not cause they are bling. Just my way.
@@Bulldogridesagain That's the way to do it. Around here we suffer from blinged out Harley Riders who buy all the kit, then only ride a couple of miles to the nearest Starbucks on the weekend to stand around and pose........wouldn't mind so much except they have to pull the baffles out of their pipes to max out the volume of their engine.....annoy f**kers....especially when you get stuck behind one going through Deas Island Tunnel at rush hour.......
I am 66yo and remember my Suzuki GT750 two stroke triple. Did a lot of mods to it and at that time i was clocked on the road at 247kmh, in a time when a good 750 did 190. Thirsty as heck, on the 17 litre tank getting about 180km range if gentle on the throttle or 140-150km if you were heavy right handed to enjoy the 2 stroke scream from the expansion pipes..... That ring ding ding sound from those expansion pipes with the waft of 2 stroke oil in traffic was unforgettable.... Thank you for a great visual history again......
absolute shame the 2 strokes went out of production, Damn American EPA takes all the fun out! had many 2 strokes my favorite was 1972 Kawasaki H-2 750 and Suzuki 1969 TS-250, both set up for the track no lights and chambers. those were the days!
I have an 82 VF 750 Magna and, except for the tiny main tank, I love it. It's done abut 75,000 kms and I've had no problem with the motor whatsoever. I'm in the process of getting a side car fitted to it. The reasons being are I'm getting old and I hate the thought of having to pick it up if I drop it and it's getting to hard to throw my leg over the seat to get on it. I'm also getting a 40 litre fuel tank put in the sidecar and then it will be my new adventure bike. I can't wait to get it back, put some camping gear in it and go exploring. IMO the best part about it is it's shaft drive so no chain maintenance after going on dirt roads ,which we have plenty of in South Australia,.
great bikes,i featured the whole VF Family here th-cam.com/video/c4n0iL9mUW8/w-d-xo.html I think the Magna survived the cam issues beter than the Interceptor in general, but it did hit Honda hard 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
🇦🇺 I had a 1984 GPz550 AKA ZX550A1 I put 84,000 km on the dial in the 20 months I owned it. I bought it NEW on a FRIDAY. I put 3,000 km on it, going around Victoria on that VERY weekend. I rode back to THE SHOP where I bought it from ON THE MONDAY AFTER THAT FRIDAY. 3 days / 3,000 km, READY FOR first service. ( by the book ✔ ) .
I had the privilege of owning a 1997 ZX7R purchased new in 1997. That was my 1st 750. I thought it was great. Now many years later I purchased a new 2022 GSXR 750Z in April of 2022. This bike is so much better in every way. It's lighter, faster, better handling, and it screams!! I will hold onto this bike until I can no longer ride, which I hope is many years from now! Great history of the 750 world of motorcycles. I really enjoyed the wealth of information and the time you put into sharing this video! Thank you!!😊
My best friend gave me his 1993 Honda VFR750 with only 15,000 miles on it. It was in great shape but I had the brakes, clutch and tires replaced. It is one beautiful bike.
@@gcrain464Crain-rd6hf great bikes, someone just said his cams didnt run in roller bearings? i thought all inc the RC30 did? can you confirm either way?
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. I noticed the CT110 in your name, have you seen the video featuring the CT125? there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
@@barebonesmc yeah I saw the CT125 video. Have you considered a video on the crazy phenomenon that is the 4 cyl 250cc Japanese high revving screamers Honda CBR250RR, Kawasaki & Yamaha etc? I reckon it'd be a belter! Thanks.
@@Free_Ranger_CT110 I did a short section in here th-cam.com/video/--s1H54GhMk/w-d-xo.html but they were smothered by the strokers, so i may revisit it in time and do a slightly different version 🙂
@@barebonesmc I've always been a two stroke fan but I've grown to appreciate the engineering that went in to creating the ultra high revving 4 stroke 250s. Thanks for your reply.
@@Free_Ranger_CT110 You cant not appreciate it 🙂 if you look around, you will notice it is often the small but fascinating engineering decisions made that interest me, from the unique castings of the AJS Porcupine to the repurposing of a boat engine for the Konig 🙂 there is some great stuff in there if you fancy a look around 🙂 Hope you will climb aboard, we do have a great bunch of subs, the conversations sometimes very enlightening too 🙂 have a great day
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I’m so privileged to have lived through arguably the golden era of 750’s! My first was 1981 Yamaha XJ750RH Seca, 1983 Honda VF750FD Interceptor, 1991 Honda VFR750FM (I still own this self-same motorcycle today), 1996 Suzuki GSXR 750 SRAD! Great bikes all, wished I still owned them! I had an opportunity to purchase an RC30 at an unbelievable price but passed on it…I regret that decision today knowing what prices they’re fetching now! During this period, I’ve also had 2 Kawasaki GPz900R’s, 1984 and 1986 models, 1991 Honda CBR10000F. But the 750’s were the most fun to ride…great times, great memories! Thank you for a great video. 🏍️🍺👍🇿🇦
HUZZAH! you never fail to get my 80-year-old heart pumping with lust and vigor in recollection of the connection we used to have with the bikes we ride. thank you,
you use one all important word there mate 🙂 that "connection" is something so often lacking with some of todays bikes. knowing your bike is the biggest performance mod anyone could ever do 🙂 there is some great racing gone up on the back up channel if you are interested mate, including a podium with a combined age of nearly 150 years old 🙂 Jeremy McWilliams is still going strong 🙂
Great Video sir! I worked at a motorcycle shop in the 90s and we had a used Yamaha750 OWO1 homologation model. I watched people walk past it and buy 1L bikes not knowing the best bike on the floor was 750cc!
Some more awesome bikes and bike history! Your range of knowledge and research skills are second to none. Thanks for yet more bikes I only knew little bits and pieces about most of!
bless you mate, these are the bikes that made the Northern Ireland RoadRacing scene what it is today. they were the last lads to keep the 2 strokes going too. hearing an RC30 at full chat with racing exhausts on as it goes through the houses is something else
One of my favorite sportbikes was an 87 (or 86?) VFR700. It was a Harley embargo model, 25 horses down on power from the 750, but for the riding I did in the mountains of California it was more than enough power. I also had a GSX750 Katana that wasn't the mountain bike the VFR was, but it would effortlessly sheet along at 120-130 mph on desert highways in the most wonderful way.
thank you for watching mate, hope you will climb aboard, theres plenty more on the channel and on the website. for me, 600 to 750cc is the sweet spot, any bigger and they start to loose something for me
Stumbled across this video (your channel) and loved it! I grew up in the sport bike boom of the mid to late 80's here in the U.S. I remember seeing the Honda hurricane 600 in red and black when it came out at a local dealer. Two things happened to me at that moment. 1. I experienced major chub. 2. I was introduced to "'addiction". After that? I fully engulfed myself in the culture. Through the next decade. I took in as many AMA and WSBK races as I could. Owned many sport bikes. And even found my way into road racing. Getting my AMA license and trying to battle it out with the pro's. Which went mediocre on a good day. But I wouldn't change a thing. What an incredible period of time for sport bikes that was.
i grew up on two wheels, racing mini bikes/mini cycles, enduro dirt bikes and then motocross, where I earned an AMA Expert license in 125cc motocross when I was a 17 year old Jr. in H.S. My Sr. year I was getting ready for Engineering College so stopped racing motocross but I had a very good job earning quite good money for a teen and in '74 bought a like new '72 Kawasaki H2 750. I had clip-ons and expansion chambers and bigger carbs installed and my Dad the Rocket Engineer who did all my port work on the motocross engines gave the H2 a mild port job. For the time it was incredibly fast and would pull wheelies in 3rd gear at 90 mph. The fun I had as a 17 and and 18 year old with that bike was crazy...
Another great video. Loved seeing Roger Marshall on the Skoal Bandit Suzuki. Had a few of these bikes but oddly never a Gsxr always liked them but just never bought one.
I remember watching Roger Marshal early in his Clubman days at Cadwell, always battling with Derek Chatterton 🙂 and re the GSXR, me neither 🙂 ridden plenty, and loved the SRAD in particular, but i had the EXUP's by then 🙂
Nice one mate. Great video. Thank you. I have a fireblade 954 and feel a good 750 might be some of the only other bikes to have such a great balance of weight and performance for me personally.
The GSXR750 was the fastest thing I’ve ever driven. When telephone poles are going by like guardrail posts and you can’t really look down to see how fast you are actually going you know it’s fast
1970 the year I graduated from high school. My third motorcycle was a CB750 k2. I loved that brown metallic with a gold stripe and an orange plastic emblem on the battery case. I got it to 110 mph once when you could a three mile stretch on California’s Hwy 1. The road sloped down then up with no other vehicles. I had a 1997 CBR 1100 I got to 110 also in Hawaii. But I would have traded two of those for my old 750. I enjoy your contents keep it up.God Bless.
My second road bike in 1985 was a Yamaha FZ750 It was slightly quicker than a GSXR750 down the straight on a track but not as good on the cornering. Both my Yamaha and the Suzukis ended up doing the same lap time but did it very differently. Loved that bike but sold it after 120,000km to upgrade to a YZF1000R which also has done over 120,000km.
I love muscle bikes I've had a 1975 metalic dark green with black, white & yellow striped color Z-1 with a chain autolube, two 1975 burgundy Z-1's, a blue 1983 Suzuki GS-1100E, a Black & silver 1990 GSXR-1100 Suzuki & a 2000 ZX12R Kawasaki Ninja. Before all of these a a purple 200 Yamaha, a purple 350 Honda, a blue 350 Harley Davidson, a red Kawasaki 350 & a purple 350 RD Yamaha. Oh ya I almost forgot! a Keystone 3.5 hp minibike. lol 😂 😂 I love bike's, it's an addiction. One or two rides & I was a fierce adrenaline junkie. Peace
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Great to see some of the 750s back on here, you almost forget they where the top bikes back in the day, another great post as always very enjoyable and a field of information thank you and keep them coming 👍
I have two Yamaha fzx750's and must say that 20v 750 genesis engine even with softer exhaust cam is totally awesome and at almost 40 years old never disappoints !!! And as for the one fitted with the fzr1000 mill is just awesome
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 I still have my 2 EXUP's and they have featured in a few videos :-) there is even footage of me taking them around Cadwell Park. There is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂 Some great racing just gone up on the back up channel too, links are on the community tab on the channel homepage
Another cracking video 👏🏼 I have 2 750’s in my collection.. a ‘98 GSXR750 SRAD, and a 1990 ZXR750 H2.. Both excellent bikes with just the right balance of power and handling 😎
I had a 1990 h2, it went incredibly well, took the fairing off and it looked quite handsome. That thing would launch like a rocket, and could leave 1100s behind of they weren't trying hard enough. Now I am hoping to get my 1995 gsxr 750wr finished one day, paid 400 quid for it as a project. Estate garage clearout sale bargain, came with a free honda nsx50 scooter too!
@@barebonesmc I’m still a Padawan compared to some..😄 but I totally agree, my H2 ZXR is my favourite.. I also purchased a mint Suzuki TLR recently which is a close 2nd 😁👍🏼
my friends 1985 GSXR750 piped etc was the loudest/fastest i've ever ridden. The VFR 750 is the best over all with comfort, smoothness, speed, you know. the 1988 ZX1000 great for open highways. i am not ride biased it's just having good friends with fun bikes. Thx for your channel;-) Go Buddy Go
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres more on the back up channel too, some great racing from the NW200 just went up, links are on the community tab on the channel page. Cheers for watching.Have a great week. Ride Free 🙂
I had many a bike starting back in the 70's and got tired of needing to do top end work and purchased a V50 Moto Guzzi and never looked back until the Ducati 748 came out, man that thing was bad ass! Got one and put a full Termi exhaust on it and popped the ECU holy crap that thing was fast, to fast in fact. I found myself blasting around everywhere and had to sell it or continue to risk jail time or death, but boy was is sweet while it lasted, and that sound! Ended up with a multistrada 1100S.
Sort of strange to think of the Superbike class of the 90's as essentially a 750cc class (with the twins allowed 1,000cc for the disadvantage the twin configuration has against the 4's.) In that same way the Ducati 748 raced against the 600 4's. As someone who loved the 2 strokes in their day, the 748 is very reminiscent of that busy, don't hang about style of riding encouraged by the engine tone. The 916 series engine is the child of Massimo Bordi's affection for the DFV Cosworth V8's - squint your eyes and you'll see the V twin is more or less a V2 end cut off a DFV V8 with some configurational concessions.
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Glad you enjoyed it mate, there is some great racing gone up on the backup channel too if you are interested. the links are in the community tab on the channel homepage, have a great day
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You have missed TheZXR7 , which had the 319,6 speed rekord in superbike ,on the straight through the woods on Hockenheim.Yanagawa I seem to remember...
...your videos always brings back awesome memories! VFR, GSXR and ZX, all experienced every week the Sunday Morning Ride on Hwy 1 in Marin county, Cali. as well as the Wednesday Night Ride. Each at least once on the Baja 1000, the rally on Mexican Hwy 1 from the border US/Mexico to Cabo San Lucas with the fastest time of a bit over 10 hours.
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Owned #236 RC30. Put 10k on it. That was on OEM tires, clutch and not a scratch. Eventually traded it for a 93 NSR MC21 and a 86 RG 500 gamma. This was back in the day before the the RC prices started to climb. The 250 motor blew up so I forced the 500 engine into the NSR chassis. I still have it resting in my living room. Currently have a 92 CBR 900rr, a stellar bike. Light, agile and comfortable. Just finished the 90 GSX-R 1100 for weekend cruising. Still have a decent line up of different bikes. Each has a job to do. So each one is slightly different style. From the ZRX 12 to a 98 Superhawk. When the needs must. The Devil rides. And he's riding a 2021 KTM 690 SMC-R. Hey Mr Death, let's dance 😈
loved "15 Fastest 750cc Motorcycles Ever" very much. it brought back so many memories of another era when the 750 was the big bike we all wanted. However the first "big bike I owned was a 900 even though the 750 is a 'nicer bike' that extra grunt is addictive...
Thank you, an excellent! documentary with wonderful anecdotes filled with experience and passion. I enjoyed the technical specification breakdowns, easy flowing pace and humanity, bless you.
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@ 21:21 Yes, the bike that came to be known as the Fireblade was originally supposed to be a 750 but Honda shoehorned a 900 into the frame. That's why the early Fireblades are so mad.
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My first 750 was a ‘77 Yam XS 7502D with XS1100 carbs , Kerker pipe , & Dunlop K81 upgrades. 2nd was a ‘88 Ducati Paso w- 900 carbs & Giacomo pipes . Loud as F . Currently ride a CBR 1100XX ont street , CBR 600 & KLX 125 bored & stroked to 170. Full Powroll / BBR / P & P cyl head , Works Performance rear shock , Lectron carb 22 hp on VP 110 .
The first design Yamaha did for the Ford Taurus SHO used the Genesis 5 valve head and was putting out 300+ HP. Ford didn't want that much power for their FWD car so Yamaha went to a 4 valve head and detuned to about 225 HP. That motor could rev to 8500 RPM so they had to rev limit it to 7300 to protect the alternator and A/C compressor. My friend had an FZ750 and the first time I rode it I thought my arms were going to rip out of their sockets, lol.
Like many others here, when I was growing up a 750 was man's bike - you had to know what you were doing. I still think a 750 says something and over the years I've had three - a Suzi GSX750EF, a CBX750 and a 1996 VFR750. I've still got the VFR cos it's brilliant.
Cool video. The GSXR750 is still such a great bike, the 2011+ model (current/latest version) actually makes the same HP per Litre as the current gen GSXR1000. I'd love to see Suzuki make a GSXR850 but I'm not holding my breath.
It would mean a BIG investment in Aero now, theyve been left behind, but they have worked with Kawasaki before, so who knows. sharing developement might help Kawasaki in WSBK and get Suzuki back into MotoGP, a nice thought, we need them back. what i havent heard yet is any cylinder to capacity variations, ie fours up to 850, Triples at 900 or twins up to 950 for example
For me, despite having ridden much bigger bikes in the 65 years I've been riding, I've never owned anything above a 750. My first 750 was a new ('81) Z750L1 and my current bike is a 2005 Moto Guzzi Breva 750. For me, 750 is the sweet-spot. 👍
An awesome video. Thanks for the memories. I also enjoyed the glimpse of 2 Honda’s at Phillip Island during a WSB event as I was also racing that weekend in the Australian 250 cc production series on a Suzuki RGV-250. You covered all better than I could and truly appreciate the effort it takes to make these. As someone who owned several Suzuki’s I can still remember my first ride on the Ducati 748 (which was developed to go head to head) with the top 4 Japanese 600 cc bikes in the World Supersports Championship, like its big brother for the 750’s in the big league. A mate and I both had the WM’s until he traded it in on a 748. To this day (apart from the TL1000S) I don’t think I’ve ridden a bike as difficult as what the 748 was to ride. Apart from the unbearable heat the first 2 corners simply had me going wide and required greater and different inputs than the Japanese bikes required to achieve similar results. Getting back to the 90’s WSB bikes, what really gave the 916 an advantage wasn’t directly due to any Hp in comparison to the 4 cylinder machines as in race form it came down to tyre wear as you could get more out of a set of slicks with the L twin vs the 4 cylinders as the tyres were getting a slight rest during each power cycle. As Philip Island was my home racetrack throughout the 90’s it’s interesting to look back at the lap times compared to today’s higher powered, better rubber and electronic rider aids and even then they are only a couple of seconds slower than the current bikes and if my numbers are correct, the Island 95 and 96 WSB crowd attendance still hasn’t been beaten to this date. So, to all street riders that say they need a litre class bike are really kidding themselves for the streets alone.
cheers as always for yet another interesting and insightful comments. with the 748, i only rode a 748R, and i did love it, just not as much as the 750S Laverda. the Laverda was just better in every way IMO, but i know many will disagree. but they did have a similarity, and they did both ride more like 2 strokes. keep em bubbling above 5,500rpm and things were great, let the revs drop and you had lost before you could think about changing down again. the joys lol
I had a GSXF 750 Katana before moving up to a GSXR 1100, the Katana was a fun bike with the air cooled GSXR engine from the earlier generation. Great for mountain roads.
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750 era of racing was absolutely the best. Factory support for all brands. I’ll always remember being in the Stands in the mid 90s at Daytona when the different engine configurations came by at full throttle. Hearing and seeing factoryV4s against V2s against I4s swapping places coming into turn 1 was unforgettable. Watching the back straight from the stands seeing who was fastest at top end at this first race AMA race of the year always gave an indication who was gonna be on top that year.
it is interesting how the tracks there breed a specific kind of rider, interesting hearing Joey Dunlop talk about how he detuned the bike for the Isle of Man too, he said they took about 15mph off the top end of the RC30 to race the Island compared to the North West 200, the focus being to make t easier to ride around the mountain course
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glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
I used to ride the 750 class, we used to say, what we couldn't outrun on the straights we could take in the corners, then came the 98 Yamaha R1, and that, was that. THE END.
Not in Ireland :-) theres some footage on the Backup channel from Dundrod, of a 40 year old Joey being chased by 3 R1's and they couldnt even get close to him on the RC45
I have owned 40 motorcycles thru the years but the best 750 I still own is the GSXR 750CC ..good brakes ,handling,power,and good riding position make it my favorite!!!!
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They survived ok in europe in general id say, and having ridden a 748R, it was a lot faster than i will ever be, i included the 748 and 749 because it just didnt seem right not to, yes, as i said, they might not have had the outright top speed of some of the others, but with Ducati there is often a BUT, and i do love Tamburini's work so the 748 was always going in :-)
I traded in my CB750 for a fuel injected Arrest Me Red Kawasaki GPzed 1000, the precursor of the Ninja. That was a scary fast bike but stable. I remember cruising up Highway 1 between Langley BC and Abbotsford calmly passing car by, then I looked down at the speedo......180 KPH showing on the clock......so yeah, Arrest Me Red was apt for that bike. I also road KZ550's as a courier and loved their power and handling and later as time marched on and I got and less bolder, I picked a Kawasaki Concours 1100, again in Arrest Me Red, and that bike was super stable, often I would find myself cruising down the highway well above 160 KPH if I wasn't careful. Kawasaki makes some lovely bikes.
i cant remember where right now, but i did find a listing that was a ZXR750 designation from 86 i believe, but ive been wrong before and will be again, that is off the top of my head and its late 🙂
I love my 2000 748, it has enough beans to make me smile ear to ear. But I'm very surprised that you missed the unicorn MV agust F4 750 and Yamaha R7 0W02 on your list.
@@barebonesmcMy dad bought an MV Agusta 750 as a retirement present. It was a lovely bike to ride. A pleasure to work the gears and keep it flying and it handled like a knife through corners.
@@barebonesmc kinda funny though.. when I remember back at my time riding it one of the more prominent things that jumps to mind was the single sided swingarm occasionally nudging the back of my heel.. it is a very compact design. Pure auto sex to ride though
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A pity to pass over the fabulous F750 world championship bikes! Surely that series deserves its own spotlight. The H2R, TR750 and TZ750 were each incredible bikes in their own right…
shhhhhhhhhhhh lol, it all takes time and that is not an easy one :-) but how could i not do something to include Steve Baker, Patrick Pons and Johnny Cecotto :-)
I have a gsxr 600 k1 2001, fantastic performance. But I would love to have a ride on a vfr750 or rc30. Just to feel the linear power curve, nothing like my gixx!
You briefly mentioned Yamaha success with 750 2 stroke but failed to even mention the wondergul model's NAME which of course was the TZ750 I think you were focusing on 4 strokes to the TZ750 exclusion although yes you did mention Kawasaki's H2....just a bit of prejudice perhaps?
We just didnt get the TZ as a production bike for the road, and i was looking at the later era here to be honest. and no, not prejudice, it gets featured here 🙂 th-cam.com/video/9to1RGAThr0/w-d-xo.html
It might have been an oil feed problem that plagued the camshafts on the earlier Honda V fours. But theres no denying that it spurred Honda on to greater things. Iv got a 1997 VFR750.And its a great bike. When I first got it 9 years ago, I told me mate who said: Dont bother with th valve clearances. They wont move. Change the oil every 7000 miles with a top grade and it will live forever x
In 1979 I had Honda’s first production twin cam 750 with 16v, pentroof combustion chambers, accelerator pumps and comstar wheels, briefly it was the fastest Japanese 750. It was launched at the same time as the CBX six and 900F but my apprentice wages couldn’t run to either of those bikes……
@@barebonesmc Post F2, that was the last of the SOHC engines: My bike was the KZ 4 into 4, 77 horses wasn’t around for long before they updated with a 900 look a like
@@barebonesmc I’m not familiar with the CB700 I had to Google it, shaft drive, upright riding position 80 horses - looks a comfortable / distance machine👍
@@andrewshore262 a happy accident, and a great wolf in sheeps clothing 🙂 destroking the engine made it rev like mad 🙂 and sounds like a VFR400 on steroids 🙂
I love your videos arguably my favourite subscription and subscriber. You tease a video on 70s sport bikes, the 70s were my school years and i aspired to own one, I bought a '78 CB550/4 f1 in my late teens, it's the one bike i have kept for 40 years. Please Please my young dreams and create that video. Thank you for all you do.
Im surprised there arent more people asking to be honest, I will do it in time, I had the K series 500/4 🙂 fantastic bikes. I did do this on the 500's youmight enjoy, ther are older bikes in there too th-cam.com/video/5m5w2_nEpyA/w-d-xo.html
@@barebonesmc Thank you i have watched commented and have saved it to watch again my biking mate Stu traded a CBX for a mint K500/4 US import, i hate to say the 500 or Stu was quicker out the bends. I subbed your second channel of course Subsequent to that comment on that great video I have the old girl running and turning heads Old school Bikers for life.
@@barebonesmc maybe a rough diamond mate 😎I remember blowing off 2 weekend bikers on a zx10 and a gxsr1100 between pubs down the back lanes. on my 550 an Stu on the 500. that's dedication to the art of back lane scratching. good memories ✌
@@barebonesmc my trick with the 550 is don't brake into a corner sit up pick your line lay it down and go full throttle contra steer if the back end slips. i'm grinning now brother.
great bikes,i featured them here th-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2Q3-jP_OrtjjNwJe but a bit unfair to put them in a 750's category really 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I had a first gen Yamaha FZR1000 Exup ,man it was way outa my paygrade and ability after coming off a Suzuki 1974 GT 250 so sold the FZR went back to cars for a bit then got a Suzuki DRZ 400 Motard which suited me and my abilities now it spends most days on the back wheel saving fdront tire wear
It’s funny all these legendary 750s especially my favourite RC30, my humble gixxer 600 has more HP than all of them, how times have changed. I would love an RC30 but at $95 to $100k Australian that’s a tad out of my range.
I miss my ZX7R so bad, it was just perfect to me in a lot of ways. I went with a red/ black one in the end too which surprised me as I was sooooo sure kawasaki green was going to be a no brainier. The only issue i predictably had was the SPYBALL alarm ! lol 😂
Cheers for adding this. Sounds like you know more about the early Guzzi's than me :-) and as i have often said, if we could amass the combined knowledge of all the subscribers we would have the most comprehensive motorcycle encyclopedia ever 🙂
It’s was a good era the 90s , owned many VRF , Ducati , Yamaha , tho I did prefer 600 as a smaller rider my favourite was a P reg Zxr600 I updated to a T reg but for me that P reg just had something the later one didn’t , more midrange and not so extreme less face it there is a difference between track and road ‘ reality ‘
OK as has been highlighted, i somehow missed John Kocinsky winning the World Championship on the RC45, not sure how, but i did, i am only 1 bloke and i am far from infallible. accept my apologies
Great video.
Subscribed !!
@@Jaded-Wanderer welcome aboard mate, dont forget to follow the backyup channel too just in case, there is some great racing on there too
He who wath not erred has not tried . Lol
@@joesutherland225 cheers mate, i do my best 🙂
I used to race MX back in the 80s-90s, and one time at a place called Sandhills Ranch in Brentwood (the Northern CA town, not the one near Beverly Hills), between motos I was watching some races, and got to talking to this guy... He said he road only street bikes, but he was interested to see how MX was. We hit it off. He was unassuming and friendly. It was a pleasure chatting with him. He told me his name, but I didn't know anything about road racing, so it didn't register as anything particular. His name was John Kocinski. And he told me that he actually was a road racer, and something else like he either practiced with Kenny Roberts or he raced in Europe. I can't quite remember, but whatever it was, made me realize that he was serious about it. Only later did I come to realize that he was or would soon become the world champ!
That was the only time I ever saw him in person though. Makes me smile thinking about it. I hope that he's doing well. He impressed me as an exceptionally real, genuine person.
I have finally joined the the 750 world with a bike I rescued in Dec '23 for £800! I picked up a GSXR750 K1 that was tired to say the least. 4 months, £1400, and about 150hrs later I have an awesome allrounder that makes 138hp, 67lb-ft, handles beautifully and sounds great. I'd love a 748 or 749 they where the dream bikes back in the day.
How is that even possible? I mean assuming it was honestly "tired"? Or did you just get ir running smooth and looking nice? Because going through everything that matters I think would run way more than £1400...just thinking
It was mostly major maintance items such as fork rebuild, rear linkage rebuild, valve adjustment, wheel bearings ect ect major expenses where front discs and rad. I did all the work myself and focused primarily on making it mechanically good and safe, not so much on the looks. I'm a rider not a poser. Parts get replaced because they are needed, not cause they are bling. Just my way.
@@Bulldogridesagain That's the way to do it. Around here we suffer from blinged out Harley Riders who buy all the kit, then only ride a couple of miles to the nearest Starbucks on the weekend to stand around and pose........wouldn't mind so much except they have to pull the baffles out of their pipes to max out the volume of their engine.....annoy f**kers....especially when you get stuck behind one going through Deas Island Tunnel at rush hour.......
I am 66yo and remember my Suzuki GT750 two stroke triple. Did a lot of mods to it and at that time i was clocked on the road at 247kmh, in a time when a good 750 did 190.
Thirsty as heck, on the 17 litre tank getting about 180km range if gentle on the throttle or 140-150km if you were heavy right handed to enjoy the 2 stroke scream from the expansion pipes.....
That ring ding ding sound from those expansion pipes with the waft of 2 stroke oil in traffic was unforgettable....
Thank you for a great visual history again......
Castrol R runs through my veins
A good friend rip 🙏 had one said it was best bike he ever had and he had some nice bikes
@@skagamnesia1972 we all have our favourites for many reasons mate 🙂 I still miss my old 350LC
still use a oil that is made to smell like the old days, KLOTZ 2 stroke oil.
absolute shame the 2 strokes went out of production, Damn American EPA takes all the fun out! had many 2 strokes my favorite was 1972 Kawasaki H-2 750 and Suzuki 1969 TS-250, both set up for the track no lights and chambers. those were the days!
I have an 82 VF 750 Magna and, except for the tiny main tank, I love it. It's done abut 75,000 kms and I've had no problem with the motor whatsoever. I'm in the process of getting a side car fitted to it. The reasons being are I'm getting old and I hate the thought of having to pick it up if I drop it and it's getting to hard to throw my leg over the seat to get on it. I'm also getting a 40 litre fuel tank put in the sidecar and then it will be my new adventure bike. I can't wait to get it back, put some camping gear in it and go exploring. IMO the best part about it is it's shaft drive so no chain maintenance after going on dirt roads ,which we have plenty of in South Australia,.
great bikes,i featured the whole VF Family here th-cam.com/video/c4n0iL9mUW8/w-d-xo.html I think the Magna survived the cam issues beter than the Interceptor in general, but it did hit Honda hard 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
It could also be that I never go above about 7,000 rpm on mine.
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I had a 1984
GPz550
AKA ZX550A1
I put 84,000 km on the dial
in the 20 months I owned it.
I bought it NEW on a FRIDAY.
I put 3,000 km on it,
going around Victoria on
that VERY weekend.
I rode back to THE SHOP
where I bought it from
ON THE MONDAY AFTER
THAT FRIDAY.
3 days / 3,000 km, READY FOR
first service.
( by the book ✔ )
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@@davidrochow9382 that will help lol
@@Australian_Made and the Iron Butt Trophy for the dAAY GOES TO ............................................... 🙂 THAT IS SOME RIDING MATE 🙂
I had the privilege of owning a 1997 ZX7R purchased new in 1997. That was my 1st 750. I thought it was great. Now many years later I purchased a new 2022 GSXR 750Z in April of 2022. This bike is so much better in every way. It's lighter, faster, better handling, and it screams!! I will hold onto this bike until I can no longer ride, which I hope is many years from now!
Great history of the 750 world of motorcycles. I really enjoyed the wealth of information and the time you put into sharing this video! Thank you!!😊
cheers for the compliments mate and welcome aboard, have a great week
My best friend gave me his 1993 Honda VFR750 with only 15,000 miles on it. It was in great shape but I had the brakes, clutch and tires replaced. It is one beautiful bike.
enjoy it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Gear driven cams just like the RC30
@@gcrain464Crain-rd6hf great bikes, someone just said his cams didnt run in roller bearings? i thought all inc the RC30 did? can you confirm either way?
Wow!! That’s completely awesome 🙌
Enjoyed this, thanks! I'd forgotten just how important the 750cc class was & how many incredible machines it spawned.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. I noticed the CT110 in your name, have you seen the video featuring the CT125?
there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
@@barebonesmc yeah I saw the CT125 video. Have you considered a video on the crazy phenomenon that is the 4 cyl 250cc Japanese high revving screamers Honda CBR250RR, Kawasaki & Yamaha etc? I reckon it'd be a belter! Thanks.
@@Free_Ranger_CT110 I did a short section in here th-cam.com/video/--s1H54GhMk/w-d-xo.html but they were smothered by the strokers, so i may revisit it in time and do a slightly different version 🙂
@@barebonesmc I've always been a two stroke fan but I've grown to appreciate the engineering that went in to creating the ultra high revving 4 stroke 250s. Thanks for your reply.
@@Free_Ranger_CT110 You cant not appreciate it 🙂 if you look around, you will notice it is often the small but fascinating engineering decisions made that interest me, from the unique castings of the AJS Porcupine to the repurposing of a boat engine for the Konig 🙂 there is some great stuff in there if you fancy a look around 🙂 Hope you will climb aboard, we do have a great bunch of subs, the conversations sometimes very enlightening too 🙂 have a great day
Gixer 750 srad was a benchmark redesign for Suzuki and a very fast 750 that handled so well, it should be in this line up.
it did lol 11:20
I miss my old gsxr 750 M Slingshot. That was a really fun bike to ride, and the sound was just epic.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
Same here.
well done mate, thanks for that trip down memory lane..
Wild days, and even wilder nights 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I’m so privileged to have lived through arguably the golden era of 750’s! My first was 1981 Yamaha XJ750RH Seca, 1983 Honda VF750FD Interceptor, 1991 Honda VFR750FM (I still own this self-same motorcycle today), 1996 Suzuki GSXR 750 SRAD! Great bikes all, wished I still owned them! I had an opportunity to purchase an RC30 at an unbelievable price but passed on it…I regret that decision today knowing what prices they’re fetching now! During this period, I’ve also had 2 Kawasaki GPz900R’s, 1984 and 1986 models, 1991 Honda CBR10000F. But the 750’s were the most fun to ride…great times, great memories! Thank you for a great video. 🏍️🍺👍🇿🇦
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
HUZZAH! you never fail to get my 80-year-old heart pumping with lust and vigor in recollection of the connection we used to have with the bikes we ride. thank you,
you use one all important word there mate 🙂 that "connection" is something so often lacking with some of todays bikes. knowing your bike is the biggest performance mod anyone could ever do 🙂 there is some great racing gone up on the back up channel if you are interested mate, including a podium with a combined age of nearly 150 years old 🙂 Jeremy McWilliams is still going strong 🙂
Great Video sir! I worked at a motorcycle shop in the 90s and we had a used Yamaha750 OWO1 homologation model. I watched people walk past it and buy 1L bikes not knowing the best bike on the floor was 750cc!
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Beautiful historical documentary on the 750cc class. You Sir are a treasure. 🏍️
and you a gentleman my friend, have a great day
Some more awesome bikes and bike history! Your range of knowledge and research skills are second to none. Thanks for yet more bikes I only knew little bits and pieces about most of!
bless you mate, these are the bikes that made the Northern Ireland RoadRacing scene what it is today. they were the last lads to keep the 2 strokes going too. hearing an RC30 at full chat with racing exhausts on as it goes through the houses is something else
One of my favorite sportbikes was an 87 (or 86?) VFR700. It was a Harley embargo model, 25 horses down on power from the 750, but for the riding I did in the mountains of California it was more than enough power. I also had a GSX750 Katana that wasn't the mountain bike the VFR was, but it would effortlessly sheet along at 120-130 mph on desert highways in the most wonderful way.
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
This was the Golden age of motorcycles. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to ride a 750. Great video. Thank you for sharing.
thank you for watching mate, hope you will climb aboard, theres plenty more on the channel and on the website. for me, 600 to 750cc is the sweet spot, any bigger and they start to loose something for me
@@barebonesmc I whole heartedly agree
Stumbled across this video (your channel) and loved it! I grew up in the sport bike boom of the mid to late 80's here in the U.S. I remember seeing the Honda hurricane 600 in red and black when it came out at a local dealer. Two things happened to me at that moment. 1. I experienced major chub. 2. I was introduced to "'addiction". After that? I fully engulfed myself in the culture. Through the next decade. I took in as many AMA and WSBK races as I could. Owned many sport bikes. And even found my way into road racing. Getting my AMA license and trying to battle it out with the pro's. Which went mediocre on a good day. But I wouldn't change a thing. What an incredible period of time for sport bikes that was.
Wild days, and even wilder nights 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
i grew up on two wheels, racing mini bikes/mini cycles, enduro dirt bikes and then motocross, where I earned an AMA Expert license in 125cc motocross when I was a 17 year old Jr. in H.S. My Sr. year I was getting ready for Engineering College so stopped racing motocross but I had a very good job earning quite good money for a teen and in '74 bought a like new '72 Kawasaki H2 750. I had clip-ons and expansion chambers and bigger carbs installed and my Dad the Rocket Engineer who did all my port work on the motocross engines gave the H2 a mild port job. For the time it was incredibly fast and would pull wheelies in 3rd gear at 90 mph. The fun I had as a 17 and and 18 year old with that bike was crazy...
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Another great video. Loved seeing Roger Marshall on the Skoal Bandit Suzuki. Had a few of these bikes but oddly never a Gsxr always liked them but just never bought one.
I remember watching Roger Marshal early in his Clubman days at Cadwell, always battling with Derek Chatterton 🙂 and re the GSXR, me neither 🙂 ridden plenty, and loved the SRAD in particular, but i had the EXUP's by then 🙂
Nice one mate. Great video. Thank you.
I have a fireblade 954 and feel a good 750 might be some of the only other bikes to have such a great balance of weight and performance for me personally.
for me the sweet spot is 600 to 750 now, i still have a series 1 blade front end stashed away for a special though 🙂
The GSXR750 was the fastest thing I’ve ever driven. When telephone poles are going by like guardrail posts and you can’t really look down to see how fast you are actually going you know it’s fast
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
My 2nd motorcycle ever was a 1996 GSX-R750 in 1999. This video made me nostalgic for the old days.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂 That is the ultimate accolade thanks. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
1970 the year I graduated from high school. My third motorcycle was a CB750 k2. I loved that brown metallic with a gold stripe and an orange plastic emblem on the battery case. I got it to 110 mph once when you could a three mile stretch on California’s Hwy 1. The road sloped down then up with no other vehicles. I had a 1997 CBR 1100 I got to 110 also in Hawaii. But I would have traded two of those for my old 750. I enjoy your contents keep it up.God Bless.
Welcome aboard mate, Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
My second road bike in 1985 was a Yamaha FZ750
It was slightly quicker than a GSXR750 down the straight on a track but not as good on the cornering. Both my Yamaha and the Suzukis ended up doing the same lap time but did it very differently.
Loved that bike but sold it after 120,000km to upgrade to a YZF1000R which also has done over 120,000km.
all hail the mighty Genesis engines 🙂
I love muscle bikes I've had a 1975 metalic dark green with black, white & yellow striped color Z-1 with a chain autolube, two 1975 burgundy Z-1's, a blue 1983 Suzuki GS-1100E, a Black & silver 1990 GSXR-1100 Suzuki & a 2000 ZX12R Kawasaki Ninja. Before all of these a a purple 200 Yamaha, a purple 350 Honda, a blue 350 Harley Davidson, a red Kawasaki 350 & a purple 350 RD Yamaha. Oh ya I almost forgot! a Keystone 3.5 hp minibike. lol 😂 😂 I love bike's, it's an addiction. One or two rides & I was a fierce adrenaline junkie. Peace
My motorcycle addiction is anything on 2 wheels really 😊 have a great week 😊
what an absolute joy to watch. New rider here and found this so enjoyable and interesting. Well done and love the channel.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
It has to be only one bike .
The GSX R 750 . Iconic machine !!
I sense a little bias there lol we are all allowed our favs mate 🙂 thank god we arent all chasing the same bikes 🙂
Rc over gsxr any day, wasnt even close at factory level
Great to see some of the 750s back on here, you almost forget they where the top bikes back in the day, another great post as always very enjoyable and a field of information thank you and keep them coming 👍
cheers for the support as always mate, have a great week
I have two Yamaha fzx750's and must say that 20v 750 genesis engine even with softer exhaust cam is totally awesome and at almost 40 years old never disappoints !!! And as for the one fitted with the fzr1000 mill is just awesome
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 I still have my 2 EXUP's and they have featured in a few videos :-) there is even footage of me taking them around Cadwell Park.
There is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
Some great racing just gone up on the back up channel too, links are on the community tab on the channel homepage
Excellent presentation Many thanks. Keep up the good work.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 there will be more to come. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Another cracking video 👏🏼 I have 2 750’s in my collection.. a ‘98 GSXR750 SRAD, and a 1990 ZXR750 H2.. Both excellent bikes with just the right balance of power and handling 😎
The force is strong with this one 🙂 The SRAD is my favourite of the GSXR's, but of the 2 the H2 wins for me, both great bikes though
I had a 1990 h2, it went incredibly well, took the fairing off and it looked quite handsome. That thing would launch like a rocket, and could leave 1100s behind of they weren't trying hard enough. Now I am hoping to get my 1995 gsxr 750wr finished one day, paid 400 quid for it as a project. Estate garage clearout sale bargain, came with a free honda nsx50 scooter too!
@@MHLivestreams Bargain !!! 🙂 good luck with it
@@barebonesmc I’m still a Padawan compared to some..😄 but I totally agree, my H2 ZXR is my favourite.. I also purchased a mint Suzuki TLR recently which is a close 2nd 😁👍🏼
@@woooster17 the TL engine is a beast.
really cool and informative 750 will be my next bike in my collection of 12 in my shed i hope thank you
i think im about down to that now lol, i discovered there is such a thing as too many lol
Great and informative videos, keep up the god work, 👍
If god was a motorcycle, :-) Im in :-) cheers mate, have a great week
my friends 1985 GSXR750 piped etc was the loudest/fastest i've ever ridden. The VFR 750 is the best over all with comfort, smoothness, speed, you know. the 1988 ZX1000 great for open highways. i am not ride biased it's just having good friends with fun bikes. Thx for your channel;-) Go Buddy Go
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres more on the back up channel too, some great racing from the NW200 just went up, links are on the community tab on the channel page. Cheers for watching.Have a great week. Ride Free 🙂
I had many a bike starting back in the 70's and got tired of needing to do top end work and purchased a V50 Moto Guzzi and never looked back until the Ducati 748 came out, man that thing was bad ass! Got one and put a full Termi exhaust on it and popped the ECU holy crap that thing was fast, to fast in fact. I found myself blasting around everywhere and had to sell it or continue to risk jail time or death, but boy was is sweet while it lasted, and that sound! Ended up with a multistrada 1100S.
Great story I am sure many of us can relate too mate 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Sort of strange to think of the Superbike class of the 90's as essentially a 750cc class (with the twins allowed 1,000cc for the disadvantage the twin configuration has against the 4's.) In that same way the Ducati 748 raced against the 600 4's. As someone who loved the 2 strokes in their day, the 748 is very reminiscent of that busy, don't hang about style of riding encouraged by the engine tone. The 916 series engine is the child of Massimo Bordi's affection for the DFV Cosworth V8's - squint your eyes and you'll see the V twin is more or less a V2 end cut off a DFV V8 with some configurational concessions.
the 748 is special, similarly, i always said my Laverda 750S rode more like a 2 stroke 🙂 you had to play the gearbox to make it sing 🙂
A wonderful insight and connection from Massimo to Mr. Duckworth and his seminal engineering masterwork the DFV. Never mind the 916. Brilliant.
@@BastardX13did I mention Kieth duckworth? 😂 my memory 😂😂
This is a worthy historical work.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
Love your content. Thank you much Sir.
Glad you enjoyed it mate, there is some great racing gone up on the backup channel too if you are interested. the links are in the community tab on the channel homepage, have a great day
Another excellent video!
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. Ride Free 🙂
Very good barebones mc. I really enjoyed this one. My era I suppose, I owned Japanese 550’s and 650’s in the eighties. My dream bike was the fz750.
A mate had an FZ750, great bikes, I just love the Genesis era engines to be fair lol
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks...
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
i had an 89 slab suzi, loved it, but i used watch Kenny Irons on the the yam 750 and Phill mellor racing together at Thruxton in Hants ,
2 great riders, i remember Phil more than Kenny to be fair, but the OW01 was a seriously class bike
You have missed TheZXR7 , which had the 319,6 speed rekord in superbike ,on the straight through the woods on Hockenheim.Yanagawa I seem to remember...
look again 🙂 you must have nodded off mate 🙂
...your videos always brings back awesome memories! VFR, GSXR and ZX, all experienced every week the Sunday Morning Ride on Hwy 1 in Marin county, Cali. as well as the Wednesday Night Ride. Each at least once on the Baja 1000, the rally on Mexican Hwy 1 from the border US/Mexico to Cabo San Lucas with the fastest time of a bit over 10 hours.
glad it jogged some great memories mate 🙂Cheers for the support, you are a gem 🙂
I liked it, good job, barebonesmc, maybe 'cause I'm just a happy italian owner of a vfr750f rc24II? ;)
enjoy it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Thanks for the video, your research is excellent 👍🇦🇺
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
Owned #236 RC30.
Put 10k on it. That was on OEM tires, clutch and not a scratch.
Eventually traded it for a 93 NSR MC21 and a 86 RG 500 gamma.
This was back in the day before the the RC prices started to climb.
The 250 motor blew up so I forced the 500 engine into the NSR chassis. I still have it resting in my living room.
Currently have a 92 CBR 900rr, a stellar bike. Light, agile and comfortable.
Just finished the 90 GSX-R 1100 for weekend cruising.
Still have a decent line up of different bikes. Each has a job to do. So each one is slightly different style. From the ZRX 12 to a 98 Superhawk.
When the needs must. The Devil rides.
And he's riding a 2021 KTM 690 SMC-R.
Hey Mr Death, let's dance 😈
some special bikes youve had 🙂
Super Hawk is a nice add to anyone’s stable. Great bike.
It is a fun bike. Feels lighter than it is. Great sound and pull.
Works to fill the twin cylinder gap.
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@@gcrain464Crain-rd6hf sometimes they just get it right 🙂
@@franktaylor7617 they were truly great bikes
loved "15 Fastest 750cc Motorcycles Ever" very much. it brought back so many memories of another era when the 750 was the big bike we all wanted.
However the first "big bike I owned was a 900 even though the 750 is a 'nicer bike' that extra grunt is addictive...
if we all thought the same it would be a boring world mate, 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Thank you, an excellent! documentary with wonderful anecdotes filled with experience and passion.
I enjoyed the technical specification breakdowns, easy flowing pace and humanity, bless you.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
@ 21:21 Yes, the bike that came to be known as the Fireblade was originally supposed to be a 750 but Honda shoehorned a 900 into the frame. That's why the early Fireblades are so mad.
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel, hope you will look around and find something your interested in. there is more on the website too. and there will be more to come. Cheers for watching.Hope you will climb aboard. Ride Free 🙂
My first 750 was a ‘77 Yam XS 7502D with XS1100 carbs , Kerker pipe , & Dunlop K81 upgrades. 2nd was a ‘88 Ducati Paso w- 900 carbs & Giacomo pipes . Loud as F . Currently ride a CBR 1100XX ont street , CBR 600 & KLX 125 bored & stroked to 170. Full Powroll / BBR / P & P cyl head , Works Performance rear shock , Lectron carb 22 hp on VP 110 .
great bikes they will all find their place in time 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
The first design Yamaha did for the Ford Taurus SHO used the Genesis 5 valve head and was putting out 300+ HP. Ford didn't want that much power for their FWD car so Yamaha went to a 4 valve head and detuned to about 225 HP. That motor could rev to 8500 RPM so they had to rev limit it to 7300 to protect the alternator and A/C compressor. My friend had an FZ750 and the first time I rode it I thought my arms were going to rip out of their sockets, lol.
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
I see you very knowledgeable and precise. liked and subscribed
welcome aboard my friend, theres plenty more on the channel so hope you find something you like 🙂 have a great week
I had a 1989 GSXR 750 rr.
It was awesome.
Got to 275 kph and scraped the sides of my boots cornering...
I'll never forget those days!!!!
Wild days, and even wilder nights 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Excellent content yet again , thank you chief 👍🏍️🇬🇧
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. Ride Free 🙂
Like many others here, when I was growing up a 750 was man's bike - you had to know what you were doing. I still think a 750 says something and over the years I've had three - a Suzi GSX750EF, a CBX750 and a 1996 VFR750. I've still got the VFR cos it's brilliant.
enjoy it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I used to love the sound of all the flat slide carbs clinking and clanking when we were on the grid, it was one of those; Oh yeah its game on sounds.
Flat slide mikuni’s rule 😊😊😊
Cool video. The GSXR750 is still such a great bike, the 2011+ model (current/latest version) actually makes the same HP per Litre as the current gen GSXR1000. I'd love to see Suzuki make a GSXR850 but I'm not holding my breath.
It would mean a BIG investment in Aero now, theyve been left behind, but they have worked with Kawasaki before, so who knows. sharing developement might help Kawasaki in WSBK and get Suzuki back into MotoGP, a nice thought, we need them back. what i havent heard yet is any cylinder to capacity variations, ie fours up to 850, Triples at 900 or twins up to 950 for example
For me, despite having ridden much bigger bikes in the 65 years I've been riding, I've never owned anything above a 750. My first 750 was a new ('81) Z750L1 and my current bike is a 2005 Moto Guzzi Breva 750. For me, 750 is the sweet-spot. 👍
we arent too far apart on that one mate 🙂
I was fortunate enough to own an fzr 750...fantastic bike!
glad you enjoyed it mate 🙂 Theres plenty more on the channel. hope youll climb aboard. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
An awesome video. Thanks for the memories. I also enjoyed the glimpse of 2 Honda’s at Phillip Island during a WSB event as I was also racing that weekend in the Australian 250 cc production series on a Suzuki RGV-250. You covered all better than I could and truly appreciate the effort it takes to make these. As someone who owned several Suzuki’s I can still remember my first ride on the Ducati 748 (which was developed to go head to head) with the top 4 Japanese 600 cc bikes in the World Supersports Championship, like its big brother for the 750’s in the big league. A mate and I both had the WM’s until he traded it in on a 748. To this day (apart from the TL1000S) I don’t think I’ve ridden a bike as difficult as what the 748 was to ride. Apart from the unbearable heat the first 2 corners simply had me going wide and required greater and different inputs than the Japanese bikes required to achieve similar results. Getting back to the 90’s WSB bikes, what really gave the 916 an advantage wasn’t directly due to any Hp in comparison to the 4 cylinder machines as in race form it came down to tyre wear as you could get more out of a set of slicks with the L twin vs the 4 cylinders as the tyres were getting a slight rest during each power cycle. As Philip Island was my home racetrack throughout the 90’s it’s interesting to look back at the lap times compared to today’s higher powered, better rubber and electronic rider aids and even then they are only a couple of seconds slower than the current bikes and if my numbers are correct, the Island 95 and 96 WSB crowd attendance still hasn’t been beaten to this date. So, to all street riders that say they need a litre class bike are really kidding themselves for the streets alone.
cheers as always for yet another interesting and insightful comments. with the 748, i only rode a 748R, and i did love it, just not as much as the 750S Laverda. the Laverda was just better in every way IMO, but i know many will disagree. but they did have a similarity, and they did both ride more like 2 strokes. keep em bubbling above 5,500rpm and things were great, let the revs drop and you had lost before you could think about changing down again. the joys lol
I had a GSXF 750 Katana before moving up to a GSXR 1100, the Katana was a fun bike with the air cooled GSXR engine from the earlier generation. Great for mountain roads.
great bikes they will find their place in time 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Good video my friend 🙂
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750 era of racing was absolutely the best. Factory support for all brands. I’ll always remember being in the Stands in the mid 90s at Daytona when the different engine configurations came by at full throttle. Hearing and seeing factoryV4s against V2s against I4s swapping places coming into turn 1 was unforgettable. Watching the back straight from the stands seeing who was fastest at top end at this first race AMA race of the year always gave an indication who was gonna be on top that year.
it is interesting how the tracks there breed a specific kind of rider, interesting hearing Joey Dunlop talk about how he detuned the bike for the Isle of Man too, he said they took about 15mph off the top end of the RC30 to race the Island compared to the North West 200, the focus being to make t easier to ride around the mountain course
I had that experience also...when the pack came round into turn 1 on the first lap, my girlfriend screamed!
Great video man thank you!!!
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I still have my second zxr 750 from 93 and stil love it ,280 km on the dach a gsxr 1100 would not lose me what a great bike
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Although the motorbike was more of a race homologation special, a discussion on FZR750RR/ OW01 would have been nice.
A former VF500F, VF1000R owner.
great bikes I did talk about the OW01 in the Yamaha/FZZR section 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I used to ride the 750 class, we used to say, what we couldn't outrun on the straights we could take in the corners, then came the 98 Yamaha R1, and that, was that. THE END.
Not in Ireland :-) theres some footage on the Backup channel from Dundrod, of a 40 year old Joey being chased by 3 R1's and they couldnt even get close to him on the RC45
I have owned 40 motorcycles thru the years but the best 750 I still own is the GSXR 750CC ..good brakes ,handling,power,and good riding position make it my favorite!!!!
Damn good bikes. Welcome aboard mate
Great review!
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All I remember from the AMA series is the duc’s in the 90s and early 2000s is the 748s were slow and the 998s would grenade during every race.
They survived ok in europe in general id say, and having ridden a 748R, it was a lot faster than i will ever be, i included the 748 and 749 because it just didnt seem right not to, yes, as i said, they might not have had the outright top speed of some of the others, but with Ducati there is often a BUT, and i do love Tamburini's work so the 748 was always going in :-)
I traded in my CB750 for a fuel injected Arrest Me Red Kawasaki GPzed 1000, the precursor of the Ninja. That was a scary fast bike but stable. I remember cruising up Highway 1 between Langley BC and Abbotsford calmly passing car by, then I looked down at the speedo......180 KPH showing on the clock......so yeah, Arrest Me Red was apt for that bike.
I also road KZ550's as a courier and loved their power and handling and later as time marched on and I got and less bolder, I picked a Kawasaki Concours 1100, again in Arrest Me Red, and that bike was super stable, often I would find myself cruising down the highway well above 160 KPH if I wasn't careful. Kawasaki makes some lovely bikes.
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Love the video. The 90s 750-era are the best motorcycles out there. Tip: The GPZ750 were never known as ZXR anywhere to my knowledge.
i cant remember where right now, but i did find a listing that was a ZXR750 designation from 86 i believe, but ive been wrong before and will be again, that is off the top of my head and its late 🙂
I love my 2000 748, it has enough beans to make me smile ear to ear. But I'm very surprised that you missed the unicorn MV agust F4 750 and Yamaha R7 0W02 on your list.
there is always 1 i miss lol, but 2, damn, i do try, but no one is perfect 🙂 cheers for pointing it out mate, they should have been in there
@@barebonesmcMy dad bought an MV Agusta 750 as a retirement present. It was a lovely bike to ride. A pleasure to work the gears and keep it flying and it handled like a knife through corners.
@@jimstartup2729 I have ridden Tamburini designed bikes so i can imagine 🙂
@@barebonesmc kinda funny though.. when I remember back at my time riding it one of the more prominent things that jumps to mind was the single sided swingarm occasionally nudging the back of my heel.. it is a very compact design.
Pure auto sex to ride though
@@jimstartup2729 The Cagiva's were small too in general. put the Navigator at the side of a KTM adventure and it looks like a 400 or 500cc bike lol
Thank you for this.
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@@barebonesmc XJ-650 83 FZ-75086 FZ75088 FZR100089 FZR100091 YZF100096 R1 98 R1 05 Current
A pity to pass over the fabulous F750 world championship bikes! Surely that series deserves its own spotlight. The H2R, TR750 and TZ750 were each incredible bikes in their own right…
shhhhhhhhhhhh lol, it all takes time and that is not an easy one :-) but how could i not do something to include Steve Baker, Patrick Pons and Johnny Cecotto :-)
I have a gsxr 600 k1 2001, fantastic performance. But I would love to have a ride on a vfr750 or rc30. Just to feel the linear power curve, nothing like my gixx!
i think they have both earned thier place in the motorcycle hall of fame 🙂
You briefly mentioned Yamaha success with 750 2 stroke but failed to even mention the wondergul model's NAME which of course was the TZ750 I think you were focusing on 4 strokes to the TZ750 exclusion although yes you did mention Kawasaki's H2....just a bit of prejudice perhaps?
We just didnt get the TZ as a production bike for the road, and i was looking at the later era here to be honest. and no, not prejudice, it gets featured here 🙂 th-cam.com/video/9to1RGAThr0/w-d-xo.html
I have a 2002 zx7r I love it and there becoming very rare in nice condition now
they are a great bike for sure
It might have been an oil feed problem that plagued the camshafts on the earlier Honda V fours. But theres no denying that it spurred Honda on to greater things. Iv got a 1997 VFR750.And its a great bike. When I first got it 9 years ago, I told me mate who said: Dont bother with th valve clearances. They wont move. Change the oil every 7000 miles with a top grade and it will live forever x
Sometimes they do just get it right lol 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
I own a FZ 750 for now 23 Years. Bought in 2001, built in '87. Rebuild in 2019.
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
I have a 2004 GSXR 750 and it’s been very reliable and a lot of fun. 172 mph shown on its digital display is the fastest I’ve ever been on it.
and unless youre racing, does anyone ever need more than that?
Hell my 1990 gsxr 750 supersport clocked 178 in the tri oval at daytona. A fully built 750...fast...very very fast
thats pretty quick
In 1979 I had Honda’s first production twin cam 750 with 16v, pentroof combustion chambers, accelerator pumps and comstar wheels, briefly it was the fastest Japanese 750. It was launched at the same time as the CBX six and 900F but my apprentice wages couldn’t run to either of those bikes……
would that be pre F2?
@@barebonesmc Post F2, that was the last of the SOHC engines: My bike was the KZ 4 into 4, 77 horses wasn’t around for long before they updated with a 900 look a like
@@andrewshore262 interesting. i have a CB700SC import with the twin cam engine from 85, great bike
@@barebonesmc I’m not familiar with the CB700 I had to Google it, shaft drive, upright riding position 80 horses - looks a comfortable / distance machine👍
@@andrewshore262 a happy accident, and a great wolf in sheeps clothing 🙂 destroking the engine made it rev like mad 🙂 and sounds like a VFR400 on steroids 🙂
I am lucky to own a 2004 749R it is the best Ducati I have owned
Fantastic bikes 😊😊 I couldn’t not mention them 😊
Love the Yamaha and Hondas such a powerful powerhouse
It was a golden era
Yamaha tz750 it has a special place in my heart 😍💨
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I have the little brother of the rc30, the nc30! Love it
great bikes,i featured them here th-cam.com/video/fBr4QONXBmU/w-d-xo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
The VFR is the first bike from Japan rivalling the roadholding of the Norton Feathjerbed !!
I cant make that comparison tbh. i would say at the time the 750 was the 2nd best handling bike after the VFR400 ever to come out of Japan🙂
Living in a rose-tinted glasses dreamworld!
I love your videos arguably my favourite subscription and subscriber.
You tease a video on 70s sport bikes, the 70s were my school years and i aspired to own
one, I bought a '78 CB550/4 f1 in my late teens, it's the one bike i have kept for 40 years.
Please Please my young dreams and create that video.
Thank you for all you do.
Im surprised there arent more people asking to be honest, I will do it in time, I had the K series 500/4 🙂 fantastic bikes. I did do this on the 500's youmight enjoy, ther are older bikes in there too th-cam.com/video/5m5w2_nEpyA/w-d-xo.html
@@barebonesmc Thank you i have watched commented and have saved it to watch again
my biking mate Stu traded a CBX for a mint K500/4 US import, i hate to say the 500 or Stu was quicker out the bends.
I subbed your second channel of course
Subsequent to that comment on that great video I have the old girl running and turning heads
Old school Bikers for life.
@@monstersince you are a gem mate, The old 500/4 surprised many bigger bikes 🙂 One of the bikes i miss very much
@@barebonesmc maybe a rough diamond mate 😎I remember blowing off 2 weekend bikers on a zx10 and a gxsr1100 between pubs down the back lanes. on my 550 an Stu on the 500. that's dedication to the art of back lane scratching. good memories ✌
@@barebonesmc my trick with the 550 is don't brake into a corner sit up pick your line lay it down and go full throttle contra steer if the back end slips. i'm grinning now brother.
The Kawasaki GPZ 750 turbo deserves a mention .When they came out they were as fast as a 1100
great bikes,i featured them here th-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2Q3-jP_OrtjjNwJe but a bit unfair to put them in a 750's category really 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I had a first gen Yamaha FZR1000 Exup ,man it was way outa my paygrade and ability after coming off a Suzuki 1974 GT 250 so sold the FZR went back to cars for a bit then got a Suzuki DRZ 400 Motard which suited me and my abilities now it spends most days on the back wheel saving fdront tire wear
ive still got my two EXUPs, but to be fair they dont get out much these days. our roads are too nasty lol
It’s funny all these legendary 750s especially my favourite RC30, my humble gixxer 600 has more HP than all of them, how times have changed. I would love an RC30 but at $95 to $100k Australian that’s a tad out of my range.
theres nothing humble about the GSXR600 lol, awesome bikes, my personal fav would be the Srad despite its looks lol
I miss my ZX7R so bad, it was just perfect to me in a lot of ways. I went with a red/ black one in the end too which surprised me as I was sooooo sure kawasaki green was going to be a no brainier. The only issue i predictably had was the SPYBALL alarm ! lol 😂
truly great bikes, the H2 still stands out from any crowd 🙂
I have owned a zx 6 zx 7 zx 9 zx12 zx 10. And tge zx 9 is and always will be my favorite.
Sometimes they do just get it right lol 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
The picture shows a "loop frame" 750, not a Tonti framed 750.
Cheers for adding this. Sounds like you know more about the early Guzzi's than me :-) and as i have often said, if we could amass the combined knowledge of all the subscribers we would have the most comprehensive motorcycle encyclopedia ever 🙂
Owned a 750 magna in the early 90s, wish I'd have kept it
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
RC45 did manage to ''Dethrone'' as you say ...the big twins in 97... with John Kocinski.
you got me, not sure how i missed that one, no excuses, but i am only 1 bloke, i do my best
It’s was a good era the 90s , owned many VRF , Ducati , Yamaha , tho I did prefer 600 as a smaller rider my favourite was a P reg Zxr600 I updated to a T reg but for me that P reg just had something the later one didn’t , more midrange and not so extreme less face it there is a difference between track and road ‘ reality ‘
the ZXR6 was a great bike. And a good point well put mate 🙂Cheers for the comment. Ride Free 🙂