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Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« on: May 01, 2016, 03:47:35 PM »
Lots of great looking bikes -- especially ones just finished.  Let's see some of them here!
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
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"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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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2016, 04:34:27 PM »
Hey Don....I'd like to nominate koendd's "Kinda K2" ...

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,144379.0.html

A little help, plz. Thx.

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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2016, 08:21:08 AM »
Quote from: Stev-o on May 01, 2016, 04:34:27 PM
Hey Don....I'd like to nominate koendd's "Kinda K2" ...

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,144379.0.html

A little help, plz. Thx.

Ah yes, the AMF-striped Kinda K2. I'll second.




















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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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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
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2016, 09:12:27 AM »
And I accept! by the way, AMF decals were indeed the inspiration for my tank :)
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2016, 11:04:21 AM »
Quote from: koendd on May 02, 2016, 09:12:27 AM
And I accept! by the way, AMF decals were indeed the inspiration for my tank :)
What is the emblem on top of the tank?
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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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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2016, 01:29:41 PM »
I work on bikes as a hobby/sidejob ;) It's called Rescycles, that's my logo.

Mainly CB750/550's, done a GL1100 as well, xs650 Everything that's old really :)
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2016, 02:57:12 PM »
Quote from: koendd on May 02, 2016, 01:29:41 PM
I work on bikes as a hobby/sidejob ;) It's called Rescycles, that's my logo.

Mainly CB750/550's, done a GL1100 as well, xs650 Everything that's old really :)

Very cool, where in Belgium are you?

Be sure to tell us the whole story of the bike when the voting thread is up in two weeks.

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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2016, 01:36:24 AM »
will do!
I live near Bruges by the way ;)
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2016, 05:56:47 AM »
Quote from: koendd on May 02, 2016, 09:12:27 AM
And I accept! by the way, AMF decals were indeed the inspiration for my tank :)
Similar color palette to a Fox bike-
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2016, 06:22:35 AM »
Is Dino's bike ready to be nominated?
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2016, 08:17:32 AM »
Quote from: 70CB750 on May 03, 2016, 06:22:35 AM
Is Dino's bike ready to be nominated?

No.  It still needs wiring and paint - at minimum.
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"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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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: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2016, 02:18:43 PM »
I would like to nominate OneWheelDrive's 550
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=156842
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2016, 05:09:25 AM »
Quote from: RAF122S on May 03, 2016, 02:18:43 PM
I would like to nominate OneWheelDrive's 550
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=156842

I will second, love the photo.
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2016, 05:36:47 AM »
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2016, 09:36:35 AM »
Quote from: tweakin on May 04, 2016, 05:09:25 AM
Quote from: RAF122S on May 03, 2016, 02:18:43 PM
I would like to nominate OneWheelDrive's 550
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=156842

I will second, love the photo.

Thanks guys!!  Here's a couple more photos:











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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #15 on: May 04, 2016, 07:32:53 PM »
Very nice dark blue color OneWheelDrive  8)
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #16 on: May 04, 2016, 07:40:18 PM »
I'd like to nominate Spurlock's 400 Restoration
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2016, 08:25:23 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on May 04, 2016, 07:40:18 PM
I'd like to nominate Spurlock's 400 Restoration

I'll second Bill's (Spurlock's) CB400f

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,156863.0.html















It gets 4 paws up from Bill's assistant:

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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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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: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2016, 09:26:53 PM »
You guys just made it very difficult to vote!
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2016, 10:38:19 PM »
Quote from: RAF122S on May 04, 2016, 09:26:53 PM
You guys just made it very difficult to vote!

Yeah  :)
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2016, 06:13:58 AM »
Quote from: calj737 on May 04, 2016, 07:40:18 PM
I'd like to nominate Spurlock's 400 Restoration

Wow, I'm humbled, and I accept.

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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2016, 08:15:46 AM »
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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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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: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #22 on: May 10, 2016, 08:21:30 AM »
I'll second that sweet F!
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #23 on: May 10, 2016, 01:33:15 PM »
Thank you guys for the nomination. I put a lot of heart and soul into this bike and it is nice to have that effort recognized, I do appreciate it.
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Re: Nominate for Bike of the Month June 2016
« Reply #24 on: May 10, 2016, 04:53:56 PM »
Quote from: przjohn on May 10, 2016, 01:33:15 PM
Thank you guys for the nomination. I put a lot of heart and soul into this bike and it is nice to have that effort recognized, I do appreciate it.

Another stellar quality build.  Przjohn would double up and win 2 BOTM in one year!  Is there a third in the works for a hat trick?
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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)

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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