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[Vote] for Bike of the Month November 2019
« on: October 16, 2019, 10:09:56 AM »
Well, we only have one eligible bike nominated but it sure is a nice one!

Congratulations, Scott S!!  Your CB550F Street Tracker/Springers Bike is the November 2019 Bike of the Month!!

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179015.0.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: [Vote] for Bike of the Month November 2019
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2019, 11:55:45 AM »
 Well, I've been nominated five times and, while it's always an honor,  I would have much rather won (or lost) by a vote.
 Thanks so much anyway. And especially to Don, for putting together the BOTM every month/year.
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Re: [Vote] for Bike of the Month November 2019
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2019, 12:24:04 PM »
if don adds a vote button i'll click on it if it makes it more official  ;D
but congratulations! any of your previous nominations would have made a worthy winner as well so the glory is well deserved.

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Re: [Vote] for Bike of the Month November 2019
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2019, 09:00:42 PM »
if don adds a vote button i'll click on it if it makes it more official  ;D
but congratulations! any of your previous nominations would have made a worthy winner as well so the glory is well deserved.

I second!
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1978 Honda CB550 Four K4
1971 Honda CB500 Four K0
2008 105th Anniversary Edition HD Road King
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Re: [Vote] for Bike of the Month November 2019
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2019, 10:33:23 AM »
I was hoping for someone to nominate a bike to compete with this one.  It would have been VERY tough to beat.  Not to worry.  This IS an official WIN.
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: [Vote] for Bike of the Month November 2019
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2019, 12:30:30 AM »
Bike look really fine and is a worthy winner! The seat look extra good! Like the bike was produced like that from factory.

Many builds have for me strange seats.

I often have problems to find the  vote buttons. Only read about bikes but no vote button in sight.
CB750 K6-76  970cc (Earlier 1005cc JMR Billet block on the shelf waiting for a comeback)
CB750 K2-75 Parts assembled to a stock K2

Updates of the CB750 K6 -1976
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180468.msg2092136.html#msg2092136
The billet block build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,49438.msg1863571.html#msg1863571
CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,168243.msg1948381.html#msg1948381
K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179479.msg2104967.html#msg2104967

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Re: [Vote] for Bike of the Month November 2019
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2019, 03:38:28 PM »
Very nice bike. You did a great job and I like the colors on the paint scheme.

I agree this is a winner.