Low sales coupled with the lower performance specs led to the cancellation of the CB750A in 1978. It was also a very heavy bike for its time, coming in with a dry weight of 540 lbs. Once you add all the necessary fluids to get it running, it gets even heavier. Considering it was meant to be a learner bike, the weight when compared to motorcycles for new riders of today, was excessive. The CB750A couldn’t quite reach a top speed of 100 mph, so it was clear it was never going to be one of the fastest Honda motorcycles ever built.
With the short production window, it’s difficult to track down an original Hondamatic motorcycle today, but models are out there if you look hard enough. Although the CB750A bike was short-lived, Honda kept the Hondamatic name alive with other motorcycles. The CM400A and CM450A continued production into the 1980s, with the former model coming from a series that became famous in the movies after appearing in the 1984 film “Purple Rain” starring Prince.
