Comments on: World Motorcycles Sandcast Honda CB750 Restorations

By: Marcel

Marcel — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:46:24 +0000

Hey can anyone tell me how to tell if the engine is sandcast?
Thanks, Marcel

By: Kurt Franz

Kurt Franz — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:36:55 +0000

Old Hondas Rule!
I own a 1977 CB750k w/blacked out engine, low handle bars, 4 into 1 header and
I bobbed the turn signal stems.(looks & sounds great) sounds even better w/baffle
out of the pipe!

If anyone out there is in the market for a vintage m/x bike, I also own 1974 Bultaco 360 cc Pursang (the widow maker)
This bike’s engine has a fresh rebuild (hugh’s Bultaco) less than 25 hours on rebuild,
Cost to rebuild engine was about $`1200.00, the rest of the bike is all original.
“goes like hell” if interested send me an e-mail.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:54:25 +0000

todd, I know a guy who has a wooden WWII Mosquito and also a Mustang P51, both unrestored and original in his shed. Fifty years ago people thought he was mad. Now they just think he had forethought. Get over it mate, why didn’t you go around the Honda dealers buying up sandcat parts? You know why, you never thought of it, so don’t knock Vic World.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:42:06 +0000

From memory, the first 7414 CB750’s were the “sandcast” ones, though I believe they were not in fact sand castings but gravity die cast. After that they moved to better tooling which eliminated the “rough-ish” look that the sandcast motors had.

There were a bunch of other detail differences between these and the later models as well. In fact the later (K2) was a much better bike, but of course the mania is for “Early” and “original”.

By: OTTO MANN

OTTO MANN — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:19:36 +0000

FOR MYSELF, THANKS I WONDERING THE SAME THING.