Comments on: 2009 Vintage Motorcycle Days – More Event Updates

By: Davidfromcali

Davidfromcali — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:22:00 +0000

Top speed for the CB750 is listed as 120 mph, Triumph is listed at 115 mph for the same year and handled better. A Norton is faster than a Triumph. Both are older designs that were slightly tweaked year to year rather than groundbreakers.
If it was simple speed more people would talk about Munch motorcycles which in 1968 went almost 140 mph but drove like a truck.
A precise definition isn’t a useful argument but a superbike would have to include a lot of things rather than speed.The bikes we have come to consider superbikes have good braking as well as speed, sophisticated design, and decent handling. Kawasaki 900′s were fast but that’s 3 years later.
I think a CB750 is a pretty good choice. It was highly innovative and turned the industry in a new direction like nothing else.

By: Azzy

Azzy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:11:27 +0000

Still on the fence, don’t know if the wife’s CM400A is up to the long trip, still running a tad hot

By: Tin Man 2

Tin Man 2 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:43:37 +0000

CB750 the 1st Superbike? The Laverda was faster, The Triumph was faster along with many more Im sure. This Myth has been told so many times uninformed people believe it.

By: kneeslider

kneeslider — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:57:54 +0000

No auction this year, but there will be a Used Bike Corral.

By: ZREXER

ZREXER — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:54:01 +0000

Been going there for years, but no auction this year? AMA website does not list an auction nor does J. S. Wood and Bator so I guess its Ebay for the bikes this time.