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honda cb450


Black Bomber birthday

(Guy 'Guido' Allen, January 2025)

Honda's CB450 twin, aka the Black Bomber, celebrates 60 years this year. At the time it was seen as a breakthrough model for the maker, giving it a high-tech mid-sized twin with 100mph-plus performance and aimed very much at the all-important USA market.

Just four years later it had launched into the big bike market with its CB750-Four.

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See Honda's backgrounder;

The period road test from Cycle World in the USA;

And a retro feature from Old Bike magazine in Australia.



See the factory ride video. We warn you, however, you will most likely want to go out and buy one after you've watched it.


Also see this very good video profile via YouTube.

Thanks to Andrew Percy for the tip


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