Author Topic: Vote for Bike of the Month - September 2014 (Read 8808 times)

cheftuskey121 · « **on:** August 18, 2014, 08:01:20 AM »

LET'S GET VOTING GUYS!

edhaeuser's Gold K1

EricHa's Red K6

Blackfin5's Blue cb750 F1

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2014, 09:57:18 AM »

Three stunning bikes! Let's see some more pictures and a build recap (from the respective members). This will be a horse race.

calj737 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2014, 10:09:25 AM »

A definite photo finish this month! Pun intended

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2014, 10:16:27 AM »

It was very nearly a one horse race.

Well done guys.

Sam.

EricHa · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2014, 01:12:02 PM »

Well, I picked up my K6 last October. She ran fine, but the 70's hadn't been good to her cosmetically.

I spent the winter rebuilding wheels, forks, swingarm, and swapping out rusty parts. I added repop early style lights, Avon Roadriders, a Carpy pipe and Ikon shocks. The idea was to only use period correct "appearing" parts, save for the Avons and the CRG mirror.

Definitely not a Concours restoration, and up close she starts to show her age, but she's a rider and I don't worry if something gets scratched or scuffed. I wanted a 750 to ride, enjoy and not worry about, and this K6 fills the bill!

zenocchio · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2014, 01:29:33 PM »

Great Bikes!
but I have a thing for baby blue...

edhaeuser · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2014, 03:29:43 PM »

I bought this bike back in 1980 when I was a senior in high school. I rode the crap out of it until 1989. I ended up parking it in the barn at the family farm until I pulled it out the winter of 2012. So here is what it looked like the day I brought it home for a "quick" restoration. :-) Or so I thought.

I hope this is not too long winded.

It was a little dirty and rusty

I blasted and powder coated all the smaller pieces

had the hardware plated and plated some myself

new guage faces

Recovered a torn NOS seat that I found on ebay

Found a little hole in the engine cases which precipitated a tear down of the engine

Good thing I tore it down, because there was a lot of metal floating around in the engine

long story short, I replaced a lot of stuff in the engine, had the cases welded up, did some painting, polishing, and wrenching.

Had a nasty little dent in the tank so I pulled it out, filled a little with lead body filler and painted the tins. It was the first time with Candy paint for me. What a learning curve.

A year and a half later I ended up with this.

Blackfin5 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2014, 07:23:56 PM »

Nice 750s! Not to diminish the red K6, but I especially like the gold K1 - wow!

Just a few shots of the Blue Blaster.

Stev-o · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2014, 08:46:56 PM »

All great bikes. Black fin - do you have a "before" shot?

Blackfin5 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 19, 2014, 02:15:09 PM »

I found a couple pics of when I started the project. Was a very good starter bike - so I had a bit of an easier build.

EricHa · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2014, 07:11:42 AM »

Gotta admit, I voted for Ed's K1. The build was really thorough, and add in the back story and history with the bike, well.... Plus, Candy Gold is my favorite Honda color. I almost painted my K6 in it, but the purest in me won out.

tweakin · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2014, 01:17:50 PM »

All great bikes and wel deserving. Voted

edwardmorris · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2014, 03:26:23 PM »

Voted. Nice looking bikes all of them.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2014, 04:58:55 PM »

Done...

Stev-o · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2014, 05:21:14 PM »

Voted....good luck to all.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #15 on:** August 22, 2014, 11:09:41 AM »

Voted. All are great bikes. Kudos to all of the nominees.

Tews19 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 24, 2014, 08:32:53 PM »

Voted!

Jerm · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2014, 10:31:10 PM »

voted. all nice builds

Chaser60 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 26, 2014, 10:44:35 AM »

voted and have to say, I love hearing the stories behind the bikes.

Blackfin5 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2014, 08:33:14 PM »

Congrats, Ed! Very nice bike.

edwardmorris · « **Reply #20 on:** August 31, 2014, 11:03:06 PM »

Congrats Ed, great work, great bike!

tweakin · « **Reply #21 on:** September 01, 2014, 06:04:14 AM »

Congrats Ed! Great example of how to bring these bikes back from the ledge.

All deserving bikes, but I have a soft spot for Gold K1's.

edhaeuser · « **Reply #22 on:** September 01, 2014, 06:11:11 AM »

Thanks, Guys!

First of all, EricHa and Blackfin....I enjoyed reading both of your builds. Very nice bikes! Secondly, if it were not for all the help and support of this forum, I never would have ended up with a bike nearly as nice as this. There were many builds that were an inspiration to me and I certainly learned a ton.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #23 on:** September 01, 2014, 06:50:28 AM »

Well done Ed, that was a monumental victory, I think the colour helped some, Gold seems to be everyone's favorite colour, congratulations to all three for being worthy of a nomination.

Sam.

albertaboy · « **Reply #24 on:** September 01, 2014, 11:38:44 AM »

Congrats!!. Nice job on that build. Get out there and enjoy it.

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