Like the Model T....available in any color as long as it was black....

Ahhhh, memories....my very first bike was a '65 CB160...2 cylinders, 2 carbs, 1 set of points, black "toaster tank," no turnsignals, & a seat that felt like a vinyl-covered 2x6...and I LOVED it...lol. The battery would only click the starter solenoid, so it was kickstart only, & (until I did a ring&valve job) smoked like a 2-stroke scooter.

Hey, other "old guys" like me, remember when a 450-500cc was a Big Bike? I lusted after several bikes way back then: the CB450, the CB350Four, the Triumph Bonneville 650. My first long trip was on a CB350K4.

The 68 black bomber isn't really the same as the 80's Nighthawk, we're talking 20 years separation here, and Japanese companies didn' move as slowly as american companies back then
The Nighthawk line was a light weight bike that carried it's weight well enough that the MSF used them, in 250 sioze,  alongside the Rebel for their basic Ridercourse for decades, and a few of them are still soldiering along in that capacity
even a 750 NH was a light (for a 750) easy to handle MC that was nimble and quick
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/Honda/honda_cb450sc_82.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CB450SC
although I might have found them heavy, and even top heavy, compared to a 50, they compare very favorably to the S40 and will walk it in a straight line, around a curve, or on the freeway
(the S40 will get the jump off the line, but the NH will show it it's tailight by the top of 2nd gear)

what can I say, I like the NH better