The 7 Best Classic Japanese Motorcycles Ever Made 

The CB 750 will never be usurped! It stands and remains the iconic SUPERBIKE. I had one of the first ones out and wish I still had it.

So where's the Honda Cub ? They only made 60 million of them and still counting. Now THAT is the all time Japanese classic and it didn't even get a mention. LOL

The Honda CB400SS is one of my favs from back then, a masterpiece of a driving-machine

Kawasaki Z1. Perfect 👍🏻

My two favourite were the Honda CB750 four and the Kawasaki GPZ 900R! Going back to 1969 here in the UK, this Big Honda sent shockwaves through the British motorcycle industry and was the death nell for many of these companies years later! Imagine how incredibly modern it must have looked in that time! The Kawasaki, well what is not to love? Immense power for the time, I adore the 'razor' sharp looks and livery to die for. You would be hard pressed to find a super sports so 'in your face' with its aggressive looks and intimidating powerhouse of an engine. Awesome choices , very enjoyable nostalgic video!

All should be on the list 1985 gsxr750 Gamma 500 Rd 400 Fz750 Fzr1000

Hate it when I see a cool thubnail only to find it not featured in the video- hate that lie

CB750, Z900 continues

Honda CB750 is not 7°, bat 1° for me. One fantastic dream

The Honda 750 changed the motorcycle industry forever.

What do you mean ''classic''? Almost half of them are sportbikes. Calling SV1000 a classic - absurd!!!

Yamaha VMAX is my favorite

SV 1000 a legend? Have you been sniffing glue?

could add the honda cbx 1050 six

RZ350 Wheelie monster, love riding those against the GP 9s, owned both.

CB750 and CB92…Agree! Same for GPZ 900R. As for the rest…. How about the Honda CBR900RR? That bike rewrote what a powerful sports bike should be. Then there’s the gold wing and CX500, Yamaha XT500, Suzuki GS750, Yamaha diversion…The list goes on and on..so many great bikes out of Japan back in the day. We really were spoilt for choice.

La prima vera superbike 1972/3 Z1a Kawasaki Forever ❤❤❤❤❤

Strange selection!

CB 750 was very popular among the GIs in 1960s stationed in Japan.

Biking since 1976. My all time favourites of their time; Yamaha FJ1100 & Kawasaki ZZR1100 (ZX-11).

I owned a 1969 Kawasaki H1 500, the 498th one off the assembly line. I raced a few of the Honda 750s. Smoked every one of them, literally! That 750 wasn't all that fast.

I must have good taste.😊 I’ve owned a RD350, 4 Honda 4s K 1,2,7 and a F2 , a Kawasaki GPZ 900. But I reckon you should have included the GS Suzuki 1000. Just saying. I’m still riding but now on a 96 Buell S1 lightning. 👍

I bought a RZ500 new in 1985 and still have it. It's in near mint condition.

Rode my GT550 Suzuki from Chicago to Toronto, return. Course had to add 2 stoke oil every 500 miles. Hard to find now

Great list, although I would not have included the SV1000 and rather included the Suzuki Katana 1100. I owned a RD350YPVS and a GPZ900R. They were both fantastic bikes for their time.

1970 rd 350 amazing bike!

How much can it cost to hire a real announcer?!

I thought the CB 750 was the bike until I saw the Kawasaki KZ 650 say eat a Honda 750 for lunch. I brought the 650 no regrets.

Honda 350 CB, SL, CL, Goldwing 1000, 919 Hornet, Cub, Trail 90; Yamaha Enduro 360, 175, 125, Heritage 650; Suzuki Bandit series, Water Buffalo; Kawasaki 100 Trail Boss, 125 250 350 Enduros, Mach 3 series; Jawa 2 strokes 250, 350. many many more

Yes you got that right

Its the Zed 1 baby

Another great video!

Good list. I'd add the Yamaha XS650 to the list.

Actually the Honda CB750 was not the 1st production transverse 4, MV Agusta made production versions of it’s transverse 4, way before the Honda entered the market.

Used to be a BSA !

Not what my list would look like at all , H2 750 , Z1300 , Katana 1100 , GS850 shaft drive , GSX -R11000, CBX 1000 , FS1e , FJ 1200.

The last year for the Yamaha RZ 350 YPVS, (in Canada) was 1988!

Its like the best 7 songs of all time . No two people on the planet will agree

A modern day CB750/4 would go down a storm today. I have owned a CB1100EX but it was quite heavy and a front brake that was very strong indeed.

I enjoyed the video a lot, but do not agree with the 750 Honda & the Z1 being so far down the list. They changed how the new breed of bikes of those days came about, and moved the bar up a few notches as to where motorcycles after them started to go, IMO. Currently own a "73 RD 350 & '73 Z1, both in stock form.

Cb92 a beast 😂😂😂

Honda VF750 was excellent

Great Bikes. Unforgetable.

and best of the best Honda NR 750.

You are forgetting the famous Suzuki GSX 1100 E, who dethroned the Honda CB CBX 1000 (six cilinders), which bullet proof motor gave way to the still famous first Suzuki Katana 1100 ! A real firs monster bike of the 80's !

Honda for life

Kawasaki Z1 900, had NOT 90 HP, but 79 HP, at least in Europe

The SV1000S, nice bike buy no classic, TL1000S now that is a stone cold cult classic, mad as a badger and so much fun, I owned both and the TL had it going on.

I wish the japanese made more singles and inline twins, both air and water cooled. For me, there is no need for any other configurations.

Em-phasis on the wrong Silables.

My h2 750 with denco performance package would equal or beat most of the bikes you mentioned lol.

Um...so no mention of the Goldwing? CBX? VFR? Katana?

I love all of these bikes but this video leaves much to be desired.

SV 1000, come on get real, a nice bike yes but the TL 1000R eat it and much more desirable.🇦🇺

An instrument readout that’s brighter than your future 😂

Interesting but the florid overwrought script and the terrible mistake ridden robotic narration made this hard to bear.

An SV1000 Suzuki and a Yamaha VMax are hardly classic.. Who makes these videos?? Do they even know anything about motorcycles??

The click bait motorcycle says cb570. Why is it not featured?

Yamaha XS 650???

Kawasaki gpz 900 r never ever Had more than 125 HP...surely Not...!!!😮😊

No GS1000S , no Katana 1100 ? … it’s a very thin line

Cant stop saying bad boy can ya?

you forgot 500cc Suzuki Gamma

😊complimenti

MV Agusta was the first with an inline four of 600cc.

British z1. 85 bhp

No Yamaha vs 650

You comment is very Subjective! Most will be able to identify the 'better' machines made but, to say BEST is not possible.

No Suzuki Katana 1100????

GPZ - Z - i dont think so.

First year Z-1 1973 NOT 72

G P Zed

If this is it, than you've jyst confirmed why they copied about everything from the Italian manufacturers soon or later.

Agree with Honda 750 & Kawa Z900 but the others i think you are way off. Yes good bikes but not best classics.

Katana ????

The CB750 was NOT the first production 750cc motorcycle with a transverse four cylinder engine. That was the MV Agusta 750 Sport, which also had double overhead cams. It was preceded by the MV Agusta 600 - in 1966. Try researching the subject before badly teaching an AI ap to read your mistakes.

The sound track for this video is painful to hear why can't people just speak properly

Not bad but not the best list missing out many many far better bikes

Another stupid personal opinion piece. It would have been better if bikes like the Honda Cub was in there. 150 MILLION made and 1/4 of the economy of the world relies on the things.

Yes it is true that Honda made some of the most beautiful and exciting motorcycles out there, but that was a very long time ago. There is not a single new Honda motor bike on sale in 2024, that is half as good as the 1960 -1970's models. Honda just as with all other motorcycle manufacturers have totally lost their way! Modern Honda motorbikes, are unwanted technology ridden , horrible heaps, with a rats nest of water pipes for massive unsightly radiators, where once you would see a gleaming engine! RIP motorcycle design I am too sad to continue, those of you old enough remember the zenith of motor cycle design, its long gone now!

Must be among the worst "list of classics" ever? Depending on what you want to focus on, I'd say Japans Top 7 list has to start with the Kawasaki H2 750, followed by the CB 750, taking the sportbikes from 2 strokes to four. Then Suzuki went from one cam and 8 valves, to twin cam and 16 valves with the GSX -I'd put the 1100 Katqana on the list as it boasts design and twin cam tech. Next on the list is also a Suzuki GSX; The 1985 GSXR 750, who made racebikes availeble right out of the crate. The next is a bit more challengeing, I say 5th place on the list is a tie between Yamaha FZR750R, OW01 and the Honda RC30 -we loved both of them but you never admitted to it.. You were either a Honda guy or a Yamaha dude, loveing one openly, desireing the other secretly.. The last of the top 7 is Honda NR 750 -I don't have to argue why.

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Such ignorance.......