Topic: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road

[Thunder]

Summer evenings are finnally here, so dusting the girls off one by one


(Chapmans peak, Cape Town, South Africa)

[grcamna2]

Nice 

[andy750]

Great photo Thunder!! I loved riding an Africa Twin around Cape Town - some great roads!


Here is my T700 enjoying a typical New England Fall evening


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[MauiK3]

Great looking BMW!

[gpzkat]

Well, it's sort of a road.... and it is a Honda SOHC1

[Stev-o]

Well, it's sort of a road.... and it is a Honda SOHC1

That's cool!  Appears to be pretty small, can you comfortably ride it?

[gpzkat]

Well, it's sort of a road.... and it is a Honda SOHC1

That's cool!  Appears to be pretty small, can you comfortably ride it?

At 6'3" and 240, yes, it's not only got enough room, it has the most comfortable 'bike' seat I've ever experienced. The PO knew a boat upholsterer and had it done. I just ordered a seat cover and foam for my old Norton N15CS from the UK to replace the extremely soft foam and thin vinyl seat cover I paid $325 for.  Nothing like sinking down to the seat pan...jeez. 

We picked up that little Honda for $300, ran like garbage and smoked but was complete. The exhaust studs were butchered, fixed them with inserts and stud kit. No compression due to zero valve clearance. Timing way off. After complete going-through (maybe 3 hours on engine/carb), plus fixing a split rear tire valve, which took some out-of-the-box methods, it's a great runner. A bit of smoke (but WAY less now) till it warms up, so it's a bit tired but runs all day just fine.

[Stev-o]

Well, it's sort of a road.... and it is a Honda SOHC1

That's cool!  Appears to be pretty small, can you comfortably ride it?

 ...fixing a split rear tire valve, which took some out-of-the-box methods...

Using the Jeep?!   Ha!

[Stev-o]

Rode the mighty Z1 yesterday, running great.   We had a major cold front blow through, temp was 66 degrees but 15 mph winds with gusts up to 30, not ideal for riding so I cut the ride a little short  [needed to fix garage lights]

[MauiK3]

Trikes are cool but don't turn too hard!

[gpzkat]

Well, it's sort of a road.... and it is a Honda SOHC1

That's cool!  Appears to be pretty small, can you comfortably ride it?

 ...fixing a split rear tire valve, which took some out-of-the-box methods...

Using the Jeep?!   Ha!

My normal way wouldn't cut it.

[grcamna2]

Well, it's sort of a road.... and it is a Honda SOHC1

That's cool!  Appears to be pretty small, can you comfortably ride it?

 ...fixing a split rear tire valve, which took some out-of-the-box methods...

Using the Jeep?!   Ha!

Those early Honda ATV tires fit Tight on their rims !,and can be quite a wrestling match !
Plus the thin sidewalls on those balloon tires aren't rigid enough to push the tire down the rim;split rims,yes ?

[Don R]

 I rode the GS1100 today, I snagged a few pics along the way. West Central Illinois, it was 70*, rare for this time of year, it's been below freezing a few times. The equipment is near a strip-mined area, notice the NOS gas tanks at the bike shop, The one on the left is for a 450, has the offset gas cap, on the right is a cb350F tank, I think.
 The Bishop Hill plaque is for a former Swedish settlement near there. It's a historical site now, I think the King of Sweden stopped once, he bought a girls Harley Davidson bicycle from a schoolmate while he was here.

[grcamna2]

I rode the GS1100 today, I snagged a few pics along the way. West Central Illinois, it was 70*, rare for this time of year, it's been below freezing a few times. The equipment is near a strip-mined area, notice the NOS gas tanks at the bike shop, The one on the left is for a 450, has the offset gas cap, on the right is a cb350F tank, I think.
 The Bishop Hill plaque is for a former Swedish settlement near there. It's a historical site now, I think the King of Sweden stopped once, he bought a girls Harley Davidson bicycle from a schoolmate while he was here.

A nice looking shop there Don;NOS fuel tanks a Big PLUS 
Glad your weather was warm.

[MauiK3]

Is that a functioning shop?
Looks great, great photos

[Don R]

 Yes, it's a functioning shop, Charlie is 75 now, still in business. He had a huge Kawasaki cruiser on the lift and a few 4 wheelers, he's in farm country. A customer delivered an XL70 Honda to have him get it running while I was there, the original owner bought it with her detasseling money. 
 I've often mentioned that he assembled my Sandcast from the crate and still owns the second 750 that he assembled. We think my blue-green bike is the third one sold here.

[Stev-o]

Rolled the Kawasaki H1 500 out of the garage the other day, 10 kicks and she was a smokin'!!



Went for a joyride, such a fun bike to ride...

[PeWe]

Stev-o: Castor oil must work fine in the mix, right?
I love that smell. "Castrol M" back in the 70's. Used in my model airplane engines Fox, MVVS and Super Tiger.

Plus my mopeds.
One got ca 20% nitro, castor oil and methanol. It revved over any limits when "idling". It did not want to stop either

[Stev-o]

Stev-o: Castor oil must work fine in the mix, right?

Sure.  I love the smell of two-stroke in the morning!

[MauiK3]

Great bike, they are such a weapon.

[ofreen]

We took a ride over to South Dakota back in July.  My brother was on his Ultra, Steve on his CTX1300, and I had the Road King. Here are a few pix -

First stop was at the Lowman, ID Mercantile to give them some business and take a little break after negotiating the very twisty ID21 on a warm day - 


We were tenting it as usual.  First night was at Wisdom, MT in the American Legion campground.  Beautiful spot.  Bring your bug repellent -


County fairgrounds in Roundup, MT has a fine campground.  No picnic table, but there were some handy rounds laying around to eat off of -



Can't remember which one this was.  Might have been one of the KOAs around Spearfish.  Nice spot though.  We were right next to a creek, but there were no bugs -



This one is at Cody, WY, at the Ponderosa Campground.  The nice thing about this one is, while it is mainly an RV park, you go past the RV's, down a steep, winding road to the tent area along a creek.  Close to town, but you'd never know it - 


Back to Wisdom on the final night -


For the piknikkers among us -



A few photos in Custer State Park in South Dakota -








I have never ridden through the Black Hills without getting rained on.  There is a reason why the area is so green -



Chief Joseph Highway -



Beartooth Pass -



Beartooth Lake -

[Stev-o]

We took a ride over to South Dakota back in July. 

Looks like a good trip, Greg, and great photos.    I've ridden through S. Dakota, seems nowhere else like it!  Thx for sharing...

[ofreen]

Looks like a good trip, Greg, and great photos.    I've ridden through S. Dakota, seems nowhere else like it!  Thx for sharing...

Thanks, Stev-o.  Especially the western third or so.  And the Black Hills riding never gets old.  If you avoid the mobs, that is.

[TideWater2]

It was a great ride and one of the best cheeseburgers in Missouri. Opps, wrong thread

[Kelly E]

Looks like a good trip, Greg, and great photos.    I've ridden through S. Dakota, seems nowhere else like it!  Thx for sharing...

Thanks, Stev-o.  Especially the western third or so.  And the Black Hills riding never gets old.  If you avoid the mobs, that is.

We spent 4 days in Deadwood in 17' about 3 weeks before Sturgis and the traffic wasn't bad. It rained every day at around 3pm. We made sure we were back to the hotel or somewhere sheltered by then. The rain didn't last long but was intense. We always got a good laugh at the riders that weren't prepared for the rain. Especially the ones that chose to ride without a helmet. Rain in the face hurts at 50mph.