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CB750A (auto): The plot was obvious: take the proven and acceptable
CB750 and fit it with an automatic transmission.
(Honda had been developing its own version of fluid
flywheel torque converters for their Honda cars so
began to fit them to motorcycles.) Despite the high profile launch in the world’s biggest market of automatic cars, hardly anyone into bikes was buying. Very soon, the line fell silent. Clearly, 1970s bike buyers preferred clicking through the gears.
