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Battle of the 750K5's vs. Left Overs vs. Immaculate Resto

seanbarney41's CB750K5 Cafe
21 (30.4%)
Ryan's (Ravie) CB750K5 Kona
6 (8.7%)
greenjeans' CB750K Leftover Parts Bike
10 (14.5%)
Folsoe's CB500K1 Immaculate Resto
32 (46.4%)

Total Members Voted: 68

Voting closed: May 01, 2016, 01:31:30 AM

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Offline seanbarney41

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month - May 2016
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2016, 01:36:10 PM »
No turn signals, Sean?  ;D

Just teasing, great looking bike, Dorothy may end up looking like that one day   ;)
I may put turn signals on at some point, if I can ever find any that I can stand to look at...I know, not a good example to set.  This bike is only ridden in the city in order to get out to the country.  If I am in a situation where it is necessary to see my turn signals, I get out of that situation.  Do you rely on drivers to see yours?  I don't.  So, if someone is going to hit me if they don't see my signals, I don't turn...period.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month - May 2016
« Reply #26 on: May 01, 2016, 12:21:27 PM »
Ooohhhh thank you !!!   And thank you again :).   Very very happy here in Denmark :)

So -- bought two more cb 500 , and already taken both fully apart for restauration :). One Will be candy gold, and one Will be antares red. 

When done i have Four cb 500 from 75 , and one from 77 ...   It is a ( sick ) obsession...  Cant really concentrate on my job, just thinking on next step restoring ..  ;D.    And now trying two simultaniously....    A lot of logistics involved :).   

Any of you as crazy as i on restoring sickness ??

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month - May 2016
« Reply #27 on: May 01, 2016, 12:57:31 PM »
Ooohhhh thank you !!!   And thank you again :).   Very very happy here in Denmark :)

So -- bought two more cb 500 , and already taken both fully apart for restauration :). One Will be candy gold, and one Will be antares red. 

When done i have Four cb 500 from 75 , and one from 77 ...   It is a ( sick ) obsession...  Cant really concentrate on my job, just thinking on next step restoring ..  ;D.    And now trying two simultaniously....    A lot of logistics involved :).   

Any of you as crazy as i on restoring sickness ??

Congrats!  No, you are alone and sick for having 5 CB500's!

Maybe you should do a 750 next?
'74 "Big Bang" Honda 750K [836].....'76 Honda 550F.....K3 Park Racer!......and a Bomber!............plus plus plus.........

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month - May 2016
« Reply #28 on: May 01, 2016, 01:22:26 PM »
Hahaha Steve o.    Ok im Alone then :).   Its just That im 1.72 meter High , Which suits a 500 very well.  I Think thats the reason my interest got Warm in the first place :).   Im 42 now.  Used my childsaving :( 2500 USD. ) at age 17 to buy a used restored Honda cb 500 in 1990.  The guy i bought it from still restores hondas :)
 
After That had more than 35 bikes.. But no one as important as the first 500..  Never ever.  No matter the Price of the bike.  I Think you and others know the Feeling well)

I still need a Blue Honda 500.. And a candy garnet Brown :)

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month - May 2016
« Reply #29 on: May 01, 2016, 03:46:37 PM »
Well done, Folsoe.  What a beautiful bike and just one of many great ones in your collection!
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)

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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