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Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« on: February 01, 2016, 06:25:03 AM »
Okay folks, Spring is coming! Better get your Winter projects finished so you can ride them!

Let's see some nominees!
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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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2016, 03:20:38 PM »
how about wobblys bike,cause it is one of the few with 200k on it and looks brand new.bill
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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2016, 03:24:29 PM »
He Don.....I would like to nominate KiwiS 350F cafe.....

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154805.0.html
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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2016, 03:30:19 PM »
He Don.....I would like to nominate KiwiS 350F cafe.....

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154805.0.html

I'll second that bike Steve, thats a very nice little 350, love the color... ;)
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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2016, 03:34:10 PM »
how about wobblys bike,cause it is one of the few with 200k on it and looks brand new.bill
I will second Wobbly's...
If it works good, it looks good...

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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2016, 03:48:36 PM »
Wobbly's 750K7 -- 200K miles!? Wow!! And it looks GREAT, too!














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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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2016, 03:50:31 PM »
KiwiShaz's 350F is a clean little bike, too!










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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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2016, 10:21:22 PM »
Thanks guys, I accept the nomination.

In my haste to take photos the other day I didn't even stop to take the 6 months of shed grime off the forks and polished cases. It was a get running, get looking the way I wanted then strip down, paint and reassemble type job. I wasn't thinking straight immediately after getting the last few pieces (exhaust) on  :P. Here's some pics





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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2016, 07:58:37 AM »
Thanks guys, I accept. Although I don't think I stand a chance against all these show bikes, when my bike is always carrying luggage because I only do long-distance travel. Thanks all the same though. The nomination itself is a nice compliment.

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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2016, 08:08:41 AM »
Thanks guys, I accept. Although I don't think I stand a chance against all these show bikes, when my bike is always carrying luggage because I only do long-distance travel. Thanks all the same though. The nomination itself is a nice compliment.

Congrats on the nom.  Can you confirm the mileage on your bike?  200,000 km?
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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2016, 08:52:13 AM »
Thanks guys, I accept. Although I don't think I stand a chance against all these show bikes, when my bike is always carrying luggage because I only do long-distance travel. Thanks all the same though. The nomination itself is a nice compliment.

Congrats on the nom.  Can you confirm the mileage on your bike?  200,000 km?

I think it's actually 200,000 miles.  I wonder what Wobbly has had to do to the engine and bike to keep it running and looking so damn good.
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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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2016, 08:56:27 AM »
Thanks guys, I accept. Although I don't think I stand a chance against all these show bikes, when my bike is always carrying luggage because I only do long-distance travel. Thanks all the same though. The nomination itself is a nice compliment.

Congrats on the nom.  Can you confirm the mileage on your bike?  200,000 km?

I think it's actually 200,000 miles.  I wonder what Wobbly has had to do to the engine and bike to keep it running and looking so damn good.

I know he's replaced many parts, I bought a nice set of controls from him when he replaced with NOS.
'74 "Big Bang" Honda 750K [836].....'76 Honda 550F.....K3 Park Racer!......and a Bomber!............plus plus plus.........

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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2016, 06:46:27 PM »
I nominate Geoff's 1978 Seeley Honda 750.
It's a beautiful survivor of a rare, magnificent bike!
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,149748.0/all.html

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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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2016, 07:24:44 PM »
I second Geoff's Seeley. Geoff, save the details for the voting thread.
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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2016, 02:12:21 AM »
Thanks guys,  I accept the nomination  8).  Although I have not done much restoration on this machine at all, it's all as it was when it came out of the CSRD workshop in 1978.  Love this bike, here's a link to my flickr photo set.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/zunspec/albums/72157655896677392

Cheers  Geoff

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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2016, 08:50:49 AM »
Thanks guys,  I accept the nomination  8).  Although I have not done much restoration on this machine at all, it's all as it was when it came out of the CSRD workshop in 1978.  Love this bike, here's a link to my flickr photo set.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/zunspec/albums/72157655896677392

Cheers  Geoff

It's a survivor and a rider -- and it's a Seeley!! 
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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Re: Nomination for Bike of the Month - March 2016
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2016, 05:56:24 AM »
Im going to be very bias this month....