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11 to choose from.

Branden's La Flama Blanca.
8 (4.9%)
notn's  Neal Chamberlain's Trike.
8 (4.9%)
CB750 Cafe Racer Fan's  Nine Lives Cafe Racer.
12 (7.4%)
Tweakin's 1977 CB750 F2 915.
47 (28.8%)
Bill Benton's Calender Girl, Street ET Drag Bike.
14 (8.6%)
Larry Romig's CB750 Stocker.
5 (3.1%)
nvr2old's Blue CB400.
5 (3.1%)
sethdhawkin's CB750 Cafe, Ruby.
24 (14.7%)
edhaeuser's Gold K1.
11 (6.7%)
Albertaboy's 75 CB750 Stocker.
9 (5.5%)
Rocketman's CB550 Race Bike.
20 (12.3%)

Total Members Voted: 156

Voting closed: November 30, 2014, 02:22:07 AM

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #75 on: December 02, 2014, 10:15:09 PM »
I'm a huge fan of my fellow BOTM winners. What an honor to be grouped with such amazing craftsmanship as Tige, Seth, Bill, Branden, et al. Very inspiring builds gents!
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #76 on: December 03, 2014, 10:01:32 AM »
I get that you were chiding, but in reality, there's not a "last place" bike on there since all of them had already been voted BOTM. Just not "this" month is the proper perspective  ;D

FWIW, I voted for yours in the month you ran. Hugely impressed with the bike.

Thank you for understanding that I was just joking.  Yes, I'm very proud to've had my bike as a BOTM, (thanks for your vote for that) and included in this group of beautiful and worthy bikes.  Tige's overall BOTY win is so deserved.  I'm also proud knowing that I had a small hand in that bike after painting it for him.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #77 on: December 03, 2014, 01:45:57 PM »
The paint had to be the straw that broke the camels back! Yep, some very wonderful collection of bikes of all genres. A real treat to see them all.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #78 on: December 03, 2014, 05:36:10 PM »
Thanks to all who voted, too bad only one could win.  Such amazing talent, and vision on this site, its truly inspiring. 
Larry's paint and the engine help from MR (JMR racing) pushed me over the top.  I didn't build this bike alone, I built it with the entire SOHC4 community, thus this is a win for everyone who post here.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #79 on: December 03, 2014, 05:37:05 PM »
P.S.  Lets hear it for black rims!!!!

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #80 on: December 03, 2014, 07:21:38 PM »
Glad to see my vote ended in the winner pile. Too bad my political votes never end up that way. Hahaha


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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #81 on: December 09, 2014, 01:48:05 PM »
Congratulations to Tweakin's BOTY!  Truly an outstanding build.  The level of finish set a very high bar for all of us.  Honored to be among this great group of enthusiasts.

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Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #82 on: January 07, 2015, 08:59:26 AM »
In the latest issue of Cafe Racer Magazine:
I'm on the page adjacent:
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #83 on: January 07, 2015, 03:25:46 PM »
Very cool!   Good to see your work appreciated

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #84 on: December 30, 2015, 06:46:25 AM »
On behalf of SOHC4.net, I would like to present this trophy to tweakin for a well deserved win for 2014 BOTY.....


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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #85 on: December 30, 2015, 07:30:11 AM »
Amen!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #86 on: December 30, 2015, 10:01:20 AM »
On behalf of SOHC4.net, I would like to present this trophy to tweakin for a well deserved win for 2014 BOTY.....




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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year, 2014.
« Reply #87 on: December 31, 2015, 10:16:29 AM »
On behalf of SOHC4.net, I would like to present this trophy to tweakin for a well deserved win for 2014 BOTY.....




Very cool!  8)

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1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold