Have you ever owned a Honda 750-4?

I liked them in the early 70s. Wish they made a motorcycle that looks similar today.

I really admired them too when they came out. But you know they were only like 50 hp. The 750-4 became the basis for the Universal Japanese Motorcycle (UJM) and that's still around, but with overhead cams, four valves per cylinder, etc. Nowadays it's water cooled and it has about twice the power.

I occasionally see a 1970s 750-4 on Craigslist, either restored or original. For the money they want for one you can get a much better bike these days, though it doesn't have as much character.

Honda makes a retro four, I forget if it's 900 or 1100cc, but it's made to look like the old 750-4 (except not so much chrome. They don't do chrome today so much.) It's a beautiful bike, very retro, but I think it's like $12,000. They didn't expect to sell very many, I'm guessing.

I had a 400/4 for a while that was a beauty, especially the serpentine exhausts.

The CB1100 is not a bad looking bike

http://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/range/street/cb1100-rs/overview.html

No, but I have an '83 DOHC 650 Four. Not as pretty as the SOHC with its polished AL valve cover. But goes faster. The Honda Four was pivotal and unpretentious. Even hardcore bikers give my ride a look of nostalgia.

Musselman Honda has one, as well as a naked GL 1100, on display. And an Indian 4 and Scout flat track racer (used to be an Indian dealer).

No - and they do. But the Suzuki GSX1400 and Yamaha XJR1300 are the real modern equivalents. The CB1100 currently around is cute but underpowered.

I bought a new 1973 K-frame 750 Honda 4 cyclinder and kept it until about 5 years ago. It had 12,000 miles on it when I sold it.

They were rough riding, had enough vibration to make your hands and feet numb after a few miles. The automatic "drip" chain oiler threw oil drops all over the back of the rider. Most people turned the drip oiler off and sprayed the chain with a good chain oil before each ride. All of them stretched the chain which necesstated constantly adjusting the shift linkage so it would go into gear smoothly. Putting roller chains on them helped, but did not stop the stretching problem.

The biggest problem with the old Honda 4's were the tune ups. The points and condenser were on the end of the crankshaft and it is hard to see the timing marks and to set the points in that location. Each cylinder had a carb and coil. The carbs were very hard to synchronize. You had to use a vacuum gauge with 4 mercury tubes. One tube connected to each carb and then set all carbs as close to the same inches of mercury as possible while the engine was at 1,000 rpm's.

Yes, a 1980 with a full set of Vetter fairings and bags.
I got it so I could stop riding my sister's '82 650-4.
Neither has been ridden in 10 years, they still sit in the yard.