That Japanese who can never go wrong

There is always a saying among bikers. A saying that you probably will hear before. The saying goes like this "Get a Japanese bike lah, nothing will go wrong one". Yes, for those who are basically paranoid of european bikes, this saying is practically their everyday chant to every biker he met.

And for this paranoid riders (aka Anti-Euro bike riders), they will probably bow to me when they meet my next bike.

Meet the Honda CB 750F2 , the mother of all Japanese bikes.....ok, not the original mother, cus that will be the year 1969 version CB750 with the double twin pipes hanging by each side. For those who do not know the history of this bike.

Let me begin a little on some history lesson....
Back in the 60s, where the motorcycle scene was dominated by the Europeans, namely the British with Triumph, Italians with Guzzis and Ducks and the Bavarian came up with BMWs (alittle sidetrack here, BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) until Honda developed the famous inline four engine and put together four exhaust, a big metal petrol tanks and first of its kind on a production bike, the front dics brakes and the electric starter. The CB750K is born. It create such a phenomena where the term "Superbike" was first used to describe this bike. Cycle Mag call this bike the greatest production motorcycle ever built.
Picture courtesy of Honda Japan

Not much later it was given the title of UJM (Universal Japan Motorcycle), not many model has attain this title. A UJM is a motorcycle that creates the mould for other brands to follow. True enuff, the other Japanese big 3, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki follow the UJM and created similar motorcycles that change the revolution of motorcycling.
Back to my own 2001 CB Seven-Fifty F2, it is a rare gem, US model, which unlike the Japanese version. is not power-restricted at 180kph. I have hit the top speed of 210kph during a few stincts along North South Highway. This bike is what the bike expert called a "boring" bike, why boring? because it is too reliable and smooth~! I had ever forgot to do a servicing and had it whacked up to Thailand without a clich~! on the way, i ever went out the wrong way into some about 70kms of quarry road and this old maiden still managed to clear the worst roads it has seen!

Love it, hate it, love for the reliability, the power-on-tap inline4s and the flexibility with aftermarkets (except the pipes~!), hate it because of the image it potrays (i got called "uncle" quite a couple of times while i was on the road), not a good conversation topic as it is a boring bike, and the lack of glamour and it is definately not a a chick magnet!