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Offline petepipes

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New From Melbourne Australia!
« on: January 06, 2016, 03:52:37 PM »
Hello friends, My name is Pete. I'm a 26 yr old American expat, New York boy who has up and left and moved to Melbourne. Always loved motorcycles, started by buying the cheapest cb's and suzuki gs's I could get my hands on in high school and college, made them work, and sell them for a new one. Now that I'm keeping them, I actually love Honda CB's.

Now that I've just moved to Melbourne, I've recently sold a 81 CB250N to pick up a 1975 CB400F, that I'm currently restoring/ collecting parts for.



While waiting for all those parts to come in for the CB400F, I couldn't help but to buy this 75 CB750F, and just waiting for the new forks to come in the mail to replace the bent ones!



I still have lots to learn, but very excited for the journey.
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Re: New From Melbourne Australia!
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2016, 04:26:23 PM »
Welcome,

The 750 tank looks pretty good when thinking about the dump that bent the forks.

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Re: New From Melbourne Australia!
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2016, 05:34:39 PM »
Quote from: petepipes on January 06, 2016, 03:52:37 PM
Hello friends, My name is Pete. I'm a 26 yr old American expat, New York boy who has up and left and moved to Melbourne. Always loved motorcycles, started by buying the cheapest cb's and suzuki gs's I could get my hands on in high school and college, made them work, and sell them for a new one. Now that I'm keeping them, I actually love Honda CB's.

Now that I've just moved to Melbourne, I've recently sold a 81 CB250N to pick up a 1975 CB400F, that I'm currently restoring/ collecting parts for.



While waiting for all those parts to come in for the CB400F, I couldn't help but to buy this 75 CB750F, and just waiting for the new forks to come in the mail to replace the bent ones!



I still have lots to learn, but very excited for the journey.
That is one of the cleanest "F's" I've seen in a while.
Very nice...

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Re: New From Melbourne Australia!
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2016, 07:13:23 PM »
Welcome to the madness!  ;)
How the heck did you get to AUS? I tried years ago, and they wouldn't let 'us' in back then. I could work there for a while if I wanted, but couldn't move there permanently.
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Re: New From Melbourne Australia!
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2016, 07:25:46 PM »
Having an Aussie girlfriend helped, I'm not a permanent resident yet, but they also haven't kicked me out yet.
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Re: New From Melbourne Australia!
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2016, 07:26:51 PM »
Welcome from Texas...
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Re: New From Melbourne Australia!
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2016, 09:28:38 AM »
Quote from: petepipes on January 06, 2016, 07:25:46 PM
Having an Aussie girlfriend helped, I'm not a permanent resident yet, but they also haven't kicked me out yet.

Ah, I see! Lucky you! :D
Got those fork tubes yet?
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See SOHC4shop@gmail.com for info about the gadgets I make for these bikes.

The demons are repulsed when a man does good. Use that.
Blood is thicker than water, but motor oil is thicker yet...so, don't mess with my SOHC4, or I might have to hurt you.
Hondaman's creed: "Bikers are family. Treat them accordingly."

Link to Hondaman Ignition: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=67543.0

Link to My CB750 Book: https://www.lulu.com/search?adult_audience_rating=00&page=1&pageSize=10&q=my+cb750+book

Link to website: www.SOHC4shop.com

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Re: New From Melbourne Australia!
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2016, 12:51:19 AM »
just got them from Cycle X, very excited! hopefully i'll have some time this weekend to pop them on.

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