A little over 10 years ago, I decided to build a CB750 Race Type, from original NOS parts. As the original parts have long been unavailable from Honda, the decision to build the bike started me on a long odyssey of scouring the world for the elusive, rare “970” parts.

The bike that sits before you today, containing over 160 “970” parts, first roared into life in April of 1999, taking third place by Dave Rosno in AHRMA’s Formula 750 race at Sears Point. This was against the likes of the Poppster, Will Harding, and Reg Pridmore, all mounted on 750 Hondas as well. It is an early sandcast bike with frame number 000291, thus making it built within the first 5 days of production in April of 1969. The color of the bike is candy sapphire blue, a factory color from Honda in 1970, which was of course when the Daytona race was won.