Hondamatic motorcycle history book

The honda cb750a hondamatic classic japanese motorcycles. Nos honda oem rubber 8283 cm450 7476 cb360 7576 cb500 533237680. View the honda cb400a hawk hondamatic price to get the best deal on your motorcycle. The designation changed to cm400a in 1979, the displacement. This beautiful book is the foremost account of the history of honda. Rally and got a close up look at the 1978 honda hawk cb400a hondamatic at the 2012 hoame. The above cb750a hondamatic is the exact bike as used in 1976 by our. The honda cb750f super sport is in a class of its own. The name hondamatic was shared with honda cars of the 1970s, but the motorcycle transmission was not fully automatic. Each gear is continuously meshed, and each gear included a dedicated clutch.

In this application, it was not a true automatic transmission, as the. The cb750 was the first motorcycle to be called a superbike. Starts up first crank, carbs are original and do not leak. News the david silver honda collection honda motorcycle. In this application, it was not a true automatic transmission, as the driver had to manually select one of the two gears. The hondamatic is compact, quiet, rugged, maintenancefree and sealed against external contaminants, and it features engine brakingall refinements lacking in less. The clarity is the worlds first vehicle with three different electrified powertrains, offering drivers the. The rider must manually select one of the two gears, though hondas torque converter means that no clutch is needed. The transmission of the 750 hondamatics incorporated two hydraulically controlled clutches one for each gear, with the footoperated. Tires so have small weather cracking on sidewalls but i foam filled them with green slime so it can be ridden as is.

Our online store is open and we are here to answer. It just makes me feel good to know that i own a peice of motorcycle history, as well as a unique perspective of it. Honda motorcycle history honda was founded in the late 1940s as japan struggled to rebuild following the second world war. In the mid 1970s, at least one major motorcycle manufacturer took a crack at solving the problem. The hondamatic name continued to be used on fully automatic transmissions from honda. Honda is the first japanese automobile company to release a luxury brand acura and has built a reputation of high quality and customer satisfaction. Select a 1977 honda cb750a hondamatic 750 motorcycle value. Get the suggested tradein value and retail price for your 1978 honda cb400a hawk hondamatic motorcycles with kelley blue book. Theres no clutch, you just shift it to either neutral, low gear or high gear.

In 1976, honda introduced the cb750a hondamatic a standing for automatic. In april 2017, honda showed for the first time all three vehicles in its clarity series the clarity fuel cell vehicle, clarity electric and clarity plugin hybrid pointing the way toward a cleaner and greener automotive future. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Get the suggested tradein value and retail price for your 1980 honda cm400a hondamatic 400 motorcycles with kelley blue book. History of the hondamatic hondamatic motorcycle club. Jul 29, 20 clymer on the road visited the 23th annual heart of america motorcycle enthusiasts club. Choose your honda motorcycles to get the suggested retail or tradein value. In production for only three years, it was small, light, classically styled and. Cb750 when you shop for a honda cb750 for sale on ebay, you are shopping for the bike that is often called the universal japanese. The design of the transmission is similar in concept to the transmission in hondas n360at, a kei car sold in japan from 1967 to 1972. John lennon on his honda monkey bike valuable hefty price. Honda hondamatic motorcycles for sale new and used.

Great hondamatic, yes an automatic transmission from honda. The hondamatic is not a true automatic transmission. The bike sold with an extensive history file including green log book, old mots, honda dating letter, and. The honda cb750 is an aircooled, transverse, inline fourcylinder engine motorcycle made by honda over several generations for year models 19692003 as well as 2007 with an upright or standard riding posture. Honda cm400a hondamatic classic motorcycle profile. The part of riding a motorcycle that newcomers typically find most difficult is balancing clutch and throttle control when taking off from a standstill. Hondamatic has 2 gears and no clutch, just get on and go. This is a rare classic and only getting harder and harder to find bike.

Since 1947 to 2011, showing you a great variety of motorcycles such as super cub, cbr600rr or fully race ready rc211v. John lennon monkey bike sets record motorbike writer. Photographs and episodes straight from hondas history book, prepared on hondas 50th. Great motorcycle for someone just learning to ride. A guy comes up to you at a meet, or a toy run, cause he had a 750 just like that years ago. Company founder soichiro honda first began manufacturing piston rings before turning his attention to inexpensive motorcycles. One of its successors, the 2cylinder 1978 honda hawk 400 hondamatic cb400a, is a 400cc twin introduced to keep pace with yamahas xs400 and the suzukis gs400. Is a multinational japanese corporation primarily known for manufacturing automobiles and motorcycles. The original hondamatic, like all following honda automatics, featured gears on parallel axes rather than planetary gears like most other automatic transmissions. The hagerty motorcycle valuation tool is designed to help you learn how to value your 1977 honda cb750a 750 hondamatic and assess the current state of the classic motorcycle market. So a motorcycle without a clutch should be a nobrainer shouldnt it. Tires so have small weather cracking on sidewalls but.

I created the group for all fans and enthusiast of the honda hondamatic motorcycles of the. Among ujms, the honda hawk hondamatic cb400a is no ordinary bird. Honda vtx1800 motorcycles for sale motorcycles on autotrader. View our entire inventory of new or used honda motorcycles. Honda unveiled its n360 car equipped with the innovative hondamatic. See also list of honda transmissions for other hondamatics. Boasting a liquid cool, twocylinder 670cc engine that offers 51 horsepower and 45 lb ft of torque.

The two aimed to build the company into the worlds top motorcycle maker. Original owners manual book vtg cb 1978 motorcycle. Honda cb 400 at hawk hondamatic 1978 motorcycle card. Thats presumably what honda thought when they brought the honda cb750a hondamatic to market in 1976. Discover the best motorcycle history in best sellers. Honda realized the 750 engine was a bit much for the entrylevel hondamatic, so it introduced the more beginnerfriendly cb400a in 1978. Bike is in good condition with one of a kind paint job. Basically, you put it in low gear for around town and high gear for highway driving. The definitive visual history covers more than 1,000 of the worlds greatest machines, from the earliest prototypes from the midnineteenth century, to the dynamic speedsters of today.

Fresno, ca 93710 716 miles from you 2002 honda vtx1800. The hondamatic name was used to describe a model line of honda 400, 450 and 750 cc. Styled to resemble cafe racers of the 1960s, the honda cm400 motorcycle series was geared toward beginning riders with a small 395 cc engine and simple design. Online shopping for history motorcycles from a great selection at books store. Motorcycle production begins in taiwan at sanyo industries of the r. The 4cylinder honda cb750, introduced in 1969, came to define the term universal japanese motorcycle. The bike sold with an extensive history file including green log book, old mots, honda dating letter, and matching frame and engine numbers. Millions of buyers are looking for their next motorcycle on cycle trader this month. The complete book of classic and modern triumph motorcycles 1937today complete book series ian falloon.

A group for owners and enthusiasts of the hondamatic motorcycles. That includes researching and sourcing the best books on collectible and rare bikes available anywhere. Hondamatic for sale honda motorcycles cycle trader. The hondamatic was later used in hondas 400, 450 and 750 cc motorcycles. Edited by mick duckworth, a british motojournalist who has written books such as norton commando, honda cb750 and ace times, among. Rare hondamatic, all original, great paint and chrome. Select a 1978 honda cb400a hawk hondamatic motorcycle value.

Dec 23, 2015 in this video, we go over the history of honda motorcycle. Honda cb750 motorcycles for sale motorcycles on autotrader. Jul 23, 2011 honda stuns the atv world with the fourvalve liquidcooled 500cc singlecylinder fourstroke rubicon equipped with the revolutionary new hondamatic automatic transmission. It is often called the original universal japanese motorcycle ujm though other manufacturers had marketed the transverse, overhead camshaft, inline fourcylinder engine. Each of the 12 chapters of this remarkable 510 page book is devoted to a major aspect of motorcycling. Honda of japan introduced the cb750 motorcycle to the us and european markets in 1969 after experiencing success with its smaller motorcycles. Everything on the bike is original except for the paint job. This beautiful motorcycle is one of the best bikes to come out of the 80s.