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So hard to choose from the SOHC/4 Smorgasbord!

SohRon's CB550K0 (January)
27 (15.1%)
tweakin's CB750K1 (February)
24 (13.4%)
Greggo's CB750K Sandcast (March)
14 (7.8%)
Mooshie's CB550F (April)
7 (3.9%)
Davez134's CB750K2 (May)
4 (2.2%)
CB750 Cafe Racer Fan's CB550K1 (June)
5 (2.8%)
dmonday's CB550K (July)
5 (2.8%)
Rafi's (edwardmorris) NOS CB750K2 (August)
57 (31.8%)
Johnnie's CB750K0 (September A)
9 (5%)
stilltime's CB550K4 (September B)
14 (7.8%)
GritCity750’s 1975 CB750F (October)
5 (2.8%)
Bigsam302's CB750F1 (November)
8 (4.5%)

Total Members Voted: 173

Voting closed: November 30, 2015, 04:49:47 PM

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #75 on: November 30, 2015, 07:33:41 PM »
Congrats Rafi, and all the BOTY members.  All great bikes. 8) 8)
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #76 on: November 30, 2015, 07:41:07 PM »
Congrats on BOTY!! Well deserved! Happy to even be in this awesome group of bikes/people!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #77 on: December 01, 2015, 12:25:15 AM »
Wow, thanks for the love and kind words guys, I really appreciate it. It really is an honor to stand alongside such great works of art and labor of love. It blows me away each time I look at the abandoned pile of crap that these builds had started out, and then ended up being significantly better than when they originally rolled out of the factory doors. I'm really grateful for all who take the time to patiently document their build progress and issues they run into, as no two builds ever seem to work our the same! Thank you, each and every one of the 179 who took the time to recognize our efforts and voted.

While I absolutely admire the level of detail and patient documentation of SohRon's build, I voted for Tige's K1 GT as I'm a 750 guy and Tige's builds were the first thing I got hooked on to (among a few others) when I first joined. Mine simply had to be just as good :)



It is overwhelming how much love there is for my K2 on these forums. Its been a blast building it, its been a blast riding it. Here is a quick link to all who helped me with the bike, couldn't have done it without them, these are some people you simply must know ;)

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,126735.msg1701013.html#msg1701013
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #78 on: December 01, 2015, 03:56:11 AM »
Congrats, Rafi.  Well deserved!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #79 on: December 01, 2015, 07:39:21 AM »
That thank you list is pretty amazing, too.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #80 on: December 01, 2015, 07:43:18 AM »
trophy time woot woot

Thanks for the part donation Steve o!!!!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #81 on: December 01, 2015, 07:44:17 AM »
I have some clean up left then its out to you rafiman
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #82 on: December 01, 2015, 07:53:06 AM »
Congrats everybody, especially Rafi! Your builds are inspiring!

 Also, SohRon.... When will I be able to buy your 550 book from Barnes & Noble? Your build and documentation is truly a masterpiece and bestseller in my opinion. I find myself returning to your thread all the time to see what my bike would have looked like better than straight from the factory. Amazing!

Love the hardware, Frankenstuff!

Where do I sign up for the 2016 BOTY calendar?

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #83 on: December 01, 2015, 07:53:25 AM »
First of all, congrats to all the contestants for even being here but an even bigger congrats to Edward Rafi Morris for pulling off such a walk away win.
I was looking through some of his posts in his build thread and came across a few post of praise that really stood out and caught my eye.
Here I have copy and pasted a quote from my team mate Bill Benton and the reply from Marc Hondaman.

Quote from: Bill/BentON Racing on June 30, 2015, 06:49:47 AM
And Rafi, you have moved the bar way higher than it was! K, ;D

(reply from Marc)
Boy, that's no lie! I can't turn on my computer in the garage, or my bike might slap me....
:)

Well done Rafster,

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #84 on: December 01, 2015, 08:05:25 AM »
Congrats Rafi and the rest of the nominations!!  Well deserved it's an amazing bike.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #85 on: December 01, 2015, 08:40:21 AM »
Quote from: joeyvans on December 01, 2015, 07:53:06 AM
Where do I sign up for the 2016 BOTY calendar?

Kyle

Kyle,
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #86 on: December 01, 2015, 08:45:14 AM »
Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on December 01, 2015, 07:43:18 AM
trophy time woot woot

Thanks for the part donation Steve o!!!!

Many thanks to Stev-o (for donating materials) and FrankenFrankenstuff for making a 2015 Bike of the Year trophy.  Congratulations, Rafi!  You really blew us all away with your beautiful better-than-NOS restoration!  Even Vic World should bow down to you.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #87 on: December 01, 2015, 09:45:44 AM »
Shoot--I missed this... :-[ Nice bikes, all. My vote would have gone to BigSam302, though. Maybe next year I'll find out about this in time! :P
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #88 on: December 01, 2015, 12:44:57 PM »
Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on December 01, 2015, 07:43:18 AM
trophy time woot woot

Thanks for the part donation Steve o!!!!

NO. FRIGGIN. WAYYY!  This looks like one of the trophies many of my childhood heroes used to win on Great Biker Build Off! Please tell me you guys aren't messing with me, that would be one cruel joke ;D. Damn I love my SOHC family! If its real, it belongs to the SOHC family and I'd like for it to be dedicated to our lost brother SOHC Digger/Robert Haag.

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words. I'm at a loss of words to truly express how awesome it has been being a part of this community.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #89 on: December 01, 2015, 02:25:35 PM »
That is a great idea. Digger was a great guy.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #90 on: December 01, 2015, 02:29:49 PM »
Quote from: edwardmorris on December 01, 2015, 12:44:57 PM
Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on December 01, 2015, 07:43:18 AM
trophy time woot woot

Thanks for the part donation Steve o!!!!

NO. FRIGGIN. WAYYY!  This looks like one of the trophies many of my childhood heroes used to win on Great Biker Build Off! Please tell me you guys aren't messing with me, that would be one cruel joke ;D. Damn I love my SOHC family! If its real, it belongs to the SOHC family and I'd like for it to be dedicated to our lost brother SOHC Digger/Robert Haag.

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words. I'm at a loss of words to truly express how awesome it has been being a part of this community.

Well done on the win and a very nice gesture to Robert...
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #91 on: December 01, 2015, 04:53:06 PM »
Quote from: edwardmorris on December 01, 2015, 12:44:57 PM
Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on December 01, 2015, 07:43:18 AM
trophy time woot woot

Thanks for the part donation Steve o!!!!

NO. FRIGGIN. WAYYY!  This looks like one of the trophies many of my childhood heroes used to win on Great Biker Build Off! Please tell me you guys aren't messing with me, that would be one cruel joke ;D. Damn I love my SOHC family! If its real, it belongs to the SOHC family and I'd like for it to be dedicated to our lost brother SOHC Digger/Robert Haag.

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words. I'm at a loss of words to truly express how awesome it has been being a part of this community.

Congrats Rafi.    We wanted the trophy to be a surprise to the winner. 

Great job on it, Frankie!

Cheers to you Digger...
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #92 on: December 01, 2015, 05:59:56 PM »
Man, I'm bummed I didn't get a trophy for winning last year...   That's pretty cool, congrats Rafi!
Quote from: Stev-o on December 01, 2015, 04:53:06 PM
Quote from: edwardmorris on December 01, 2015, 12:44:57 PM
Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on December 01, 2015, 07:43:18 AM
trophy time woot woot

Thanks for the part donation Steve o!!!!

NO. FRIGGIN. WAYYY!  This looks like one of the trophies many of my childhood heroes used to win on Great Biker Build Off! Please tell me you guys aren't messing with me, that would be one cruel joke ;D. Damn I love my SOHC family! If its real, it belongs to the SOHC family and I'd like for it to be dedicated to our lost brother SOHC Digger/Robert Haag.

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words. I'm at a loss of words to truly express how awesome it has been being a part of this community.

Congrats Rafi.    We wanted the trophy to be a surprise to the winner. 

Great job on it, Frankie!

Cheers to you Digger...
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #93 on: December 01, 2015, 06:29:29 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on December 01, 2015, 04:53:06 PM
Quote from: edwardmorris on December 01, 2015, 12:44:57 PM
Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on December 01, 2015, 07:43:18 AM
trophy time woot woot

Thanks for the part donation Steve o!!!!

NO. FRIGGIN. WAYYY!  This looks like one of the trophies many of my childhood heroes used to win on Great Biker Build Off! Please tell me you guys aren't messing with me, that would be one cruel joke ;D. Damn I love my SOHC family! If its real, it belongs to the SOHC family and I'd like for it to be dedicated to our lost brother SOHC Digger/Robert Haag.

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words. I'm at a loss of words to truly express how awesome it has been being a part of this community.

Congrats Rafi.    We wanted the trophy to be a surprise to the winner. 

Great job on it, Frankie!

Cheers to you Digger...

Credit goes to Stev-o for circulating the idea and supplying the parts to FFS.

And to FFS for making a cool trophy.
« Last Edit: December 02, 2015, 07:58:14 AM by CB750 Cafe Racer Fan »
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #94 on: December 01, 2015, 06:31:28 PM »
Quote from: knottedknickers on December 01, 2015, 09:45:44 AM
Shoot--I missed this... :-[ Nice bikes, all. My vote would have gone to BigSam302, though. Maybe next year I'll find out about this in time! :P

Knottedknickers,

Were you hiding in a Tora Bora cave? ;) I must have posted at least 10 reminders on multiple boards!
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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)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #95 on: December 02, 2015, 07:10:50 AM »
Cheers to Stev-o and Frankie...great idea on the trophy! Looks really cool too. On what other board would you find a bunch of guys come together like this? Keep the love comin'  :)
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #96 on: December 02, 2015, 11:36:54 AM »
Yes, this has to be the ONLY forum with such camaraderie. I can't thank these guys enough, Indian Larry would be really proud of me  ;D ;D ;D

Where did you get the idea Stev-o? LOVE that its all SOHC bits! We all know and love Joe's work, but that trophy looks so cool, I feel like a 2nd grader who just won the 10m dash and is dying to parade the cup all over school :D :D
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #97 on: December 02, 2015, 02:11:45 PM »
Absolutely love that trophy and a well deserved win Rafi!  Congratulations
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #98 on: December 02, 2015, 03:02:31 PM »
Quote from: edwardmorris on December 02, 2015, 11:36:54 AM


Where did you get the idea Stev-o? LOVE that its all SOHC bits!

I've seen paperweights repurposed from old bike parts and thought they look pretty cool, so why not make a trophy out of some SOHC bits?!

I PM'd Don and Joe and they both thought it was a great idea. I filled a box up from my parts stash at the Batcave and shipped it to Joe and let him do his thing - he gets all the design/build credit.

I knew he was working on it but was surprised as you when he posted a pic of it!
Thanks again Joe, your talents never cease to amaze me.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Year 2015
« Reply #99 on: December 02, 2015, 05:58:23 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on December 02, 2015, 03:02:31 PM
Quote from: edwardmorris on December 02, 2015, 11:36:54 AM


Where did you get the idea Stev-o? LOVE that its all SOHC bits!

I've seen paperweights repurposed from old bike parts and thought they look pretty cool, so why not make a trophy out of some SOHC bits?!

I PM'd Don and Joe and they both thought it was a great idea. I filled a box up from my parts stash at the Batcave and shipped it to Joe and let him do his thing - he gets all the design/build credit.

I knew he was working on it but was surprised as you when he posted a pic of it!
Thanks again Joe, your talents never cease to amaze me.
Thanks for the generosity especially Joe in fabricating a memorable keepsake of the win. It's going to a VERY worthy bike!

The SURPRISE made it all the sweeter.
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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
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