I don't think it'll be a huge hit as the original... because the original CB750 was a landmark motorcycle in the history of production motorcycles. First production motorcycle to come with a multi cylinder (read that as more than 2 jugs) and a disk brake and with everyday reliability.
There are already two Japanese retro machines in the market that i can remember they are Kawasaki ZRX1200 and the Honda CB1300.
I had a 78 model F series CB750 SOHC, and that was my first proper motorcycle that i owned. It was pretty heavy at 245 kilos and power was not so great compared to the modern machines with only 68somethingBHP but that engine had a locomotive like torque on tap. The company says it'll do 120mph tops i took it to around 95mph (couldn't tolerate the 'chilled' wind blast) but she still had enough left in the throttle. The motor was very under stressed and gave the rider a feeling like it could go on and on and on.. like the feeling that you get when u ride a Bullet at 60-80kmph; difference being you'll be traveling at almost double the speed on the CB.
When i bought the bike it had done around 60000miles on the odo. And still ran fine but with a bit of smoke. When we opened the engine i was surprised to find that the pistons were std size! Speaks a lot about the Honda engineering.
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