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Japan · Founded 1948

The engineer's motorcycle company that changed everything.

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Soichiro Honda started building motorized bicycles in a wooden shack. By 1959, Honda was the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer. The CB750 didn't just compete with British bikes — it rendered them obsolete overnight. Four cylinders, overhead cam, disc brake, electric start: the future arrived in 1969. Honda's philosophy has always been engineering excellence over marketing — build it better and they will come.

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1969 Honda CB750

$8,000-25,000 Motorcycle
Engine: 736cc inline-four SOHC
Power: 67 hp @ 8,000 rpm
Trans: 5-speed
Years: 1969-1978

The CB750 is arguably the most important motorcycle ever made. Before 1969, if you wanted a fast, reliable motorcycle, you bought British — and accepted oil leaks, electrical gremlins, and kick-start rituals. Honda showed up with an inline-four that was faster, smoother, more reliable, AND cheaper. It had an electric starter and a front disc brake when British bikes still had drums. Within five years, the British motorcycle industry was essentially dead. The CB750 didn't just win — it changed what a motorcycle could be.