What an alternative SFC would have been like?

pf1

pf1

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Bearing in mind the 750 Laverda engine was in some ways an enlarged CB72/77 Honda engine I thought maybe some of you would like to see what Honda did when they made a race version of the bike.
It looks to me like the CR72/77 engine shown in the link would bolt straight into a stock CB72 frame. Needless to say these motors are very rare. I reckon for 1963 this was an impressive piece of kit.

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26111/lot/203/
 
I've just looked at the frame mounts, it wouldn't fit straight in possibly because the cam box is huge compared to the original head.
I have a mate who is heavily into restoring the very early bikes and he dearly wants that motor. He has the ability to reproduce a lot of it but he thinks he will be outbid by a hoarder.
Incidentally the road version of the CR93 is a seriously pretty and very rare bike too with the same type of double overhead cam set up. They generally go for around ?30,000.
 
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