Author Topic: Pictures of SOHC scene back in the 70's and 80's (Read 62962 times)

754 · « **Reply #175 on:** February 20, 2013, 10:19:44 PM »

Crazy 754 riders....
..whole pile of 754 lovers..

Magpie · « **Reply #176 on:** February 20, 2013, 10:51:37 PM »

Not much of a scene but it's my 1969 sandcast bought in the summer of 1969 and killed that same summer, parked behind my parents home in east Vancouver.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #177 on:** February 20, 2013, 10:59:44 PM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on February 20, 2013, 10:03:09 PM

Quote from: 754 on February 20, 2013, 09:47:27 PM
A rigid framed 836 that did 75,000miles in one year..owned by Bob #$%*en.

Bob #$%*en of Cheech and Chong fame..?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05AeeEIbnsM

Listen to the first 30 seconds......

more often seen behind the wheel of a sailboat these last few decades. Was the publisher of the sailing mag Latitudes and Attitudes from 1996 till last year when a deal for the sale of the mag went south and he got royally screwed.

bruzer59 · « **Reply #178 on:** February 21, 2013, 02:20:09 PM »

MY 1978 CB750F BACK IN 1984.. WITH A SUPER TRAP SLIP-ON

OH BY THE WAY 736.. Shinnecock Bay .. I GREW UP IN PATCHOGUE, LONG ISLAND AND FISHED THE HELL OUT OF Shinnecock Bay..

dhall57 · « **Reply #179 on:** February 21, 2013, 03:35:50 PM »

scottly · « **Reply #180 on:** February 21, 2013, 03:45:08 PM »

Quote from: 754 on February 20, 2013, 09:44:53 PM

Slo town..eh.. ....Is that a Britcar behind your bike or Plymouth ?

Ever hang out in Big Sur ? We went there a few times..

Another back in the day pic..

That's my room-mate's Anglia. He was the guy that lent me the book I used to set up the Webers.
I rode through Big Sur on my way to Laguna Seca in '79, but that's about it.

Prospect · « **Reply #181 on:** February 21, 2013, 03:56:04 PM »

Quote from: dhall57 on February 21, 2013, 03:35:50 PM

I bought that issue on ebay.

Magpie · « **Reply #182 on:** February 21, 2013, 04:06:39 PM »

A few more:

Magpie · « **Reply #183 on:** February 21, 2013, 04:09:59 PM »

And one of my all time favorite ads.

HondaMan · « **Reply #184 on:** February 21, 2013, 05:30:48 PM »

Quote from: Magpie on February 21, 2013, 04:06:39 PM

A few more:

I remember this particular one, showing one of the Las Vegas test bikes. I spent YEARS trying to find one of the steering dampers shown on it. Those special clutch covers and side cover emblems were unique, as well as their test carbs seen in that cover picture.

754 · « **Reply #185 on:** February 21, 2013, 07:10:54 PM »

Not to mention, the sidecovers, rge head looksdifferent, and the valvecover..notice extra outer bolt, master cyl and line.. Cront hub, bars.and other stuff..

nancy · « **Reply #186 on:** February 21, 2013, 09:25:26 PM »

I have no memorable pics to add - except to say this thread is great fun - please show us more.

754: you gotta get those eyes seen to man.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #187 on:** February 23, 2013, 02:38:40 PM »

Dave500 sent me this pic last night, its one of the stunt guys from the original mad max movie..... Love it

bwaller · « **Reply #188 on:** February 23, 2013, 04:15:48 PM »

This picture is from 73, most of us worked for the same dealership, all on 750's. We were on our way to Loudon, NH for the roadraces. That's my bike & I on the road..... had crashed a while before. I rode too fast & fell off often.

Prospect · « **Reply #189 on:** February 23, 2013, 04:37:57 PM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on February 23, 2013, 02:38:40 PM

Dave500 sent me this pic last night, its one of the stunt guys from the original mad max movie..... Love it

I wonder if he pulled out of that one. Looks borderline

Prospect · « **Reply #190 on:** February 23, 2013, 04:45:26 PM »

Quote from: RSchaefer on March 20, 2012, 08:52:53 AM

Here is my '69 in Dec. of '70. I bought it for $1,450

I was stationed in the Air Force north of Dallas and here is a picture of it during a little snowstorm. Notice I added some gold jelly hand grips!

What happened to the front fender?

dave500 · « **Reply #191 on:** February 23, 2013, 05:01:15 PM »

have a flick through these 70s snaps,good old 77 is in there again,note his no fork bracing?i tried to copy them but they got too small,they look better this way,the vigilanties mcc.
http://www.vigilanties.com.au/DesktopModules/SimpleGallery/SlideShowPopup.aspx?PortalID=2&ItemID=553&Border=White&sb=Name&sd=ASC

scottly · « **Reply #192 on:** February 23, 2013, 05:11:21 PM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on February 23, 2013, 02:38:40 PM

Dave500 sent me this pic last night, its one of the stunt guys from the original mad max movie..... Love it

Your toilets flush backwards, you drive on the wrong side of the road, and now I can see your flat-track races run backwards, also.

Prospect · « **Reply #193 on:** February 23, 2013, 05:25:33 PM »

Quote from: 754 on February 20, 2013, 09:47:27 PM

A rigid framed 836 that did 75,000miles in one year..owned by Bob #$%*en.

Is that an ARD magneto in a custom frame or modified. Huge rake too.

brandEn · « **Reply #194 on:** February 23, 2013, 05:48:43 PM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on February 23, 2013, 02:38:40 PM

Dave500 sent me this pic last night, its one of the stunt guys from the original mad max movie..... Love it

KILLER PIC!

754 · « **Reply #195 on:** February 23, 2013, 08:11:25 PM »

Bob was a riding mag editor, rode the wheels offa it, think it was an RC 836 or 900..
.another pic from the old days..
A moto journalist from France shipped the bike over seen at Sturgis..

754 · « **Reply #196 on:** February 23, 2013, 08:15:38 PM »

Another..

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #197 on:** February 24, 2013, 12:00:42 AM »

this thread is heatin' up...keep it goin' guys

Cabilao · « **Reply #198 on:** February 24, 2013, 04:52:54 AM »

1972 Poster

Eydugstr · « **Reply #199 on:** February 24, 2013, 05:07:29 AM »

Quote from: scottly on March 18, 2012, 09:09:42 PM

Winnemucca, NV. BOTH CBXs had alternator failures the day before, so we pulled out the headlight fuses and limped into Winnemucca. I had long-lost cousins there, so I got in touch with them. Turned out my cousin's husband was a biker, and they welcomed our motley crew. We tore down the CBXs in his small garage, and found worn out alternator brushes on both bikes. Try to find OEM CBX brushes in 1979 in Winnemucca. Yeah, right. We went to an electric motor shop and got some brushes that were close, and filed them down to fit into the Honda brush-holders.

Neat pic! Is that bike on the far left a Kawasaki Z1R? How did the rest of the bikes fare on the ride?

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Author Topic: Pictures of SOHC scene back in the 70's and 80's (Read 62962 times)