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Battle of the Customs

Pezz's XR/CB400
25 (46.3%)
Jakec's CB550K chopper survivor
8 (14.8%)
mkoski's CB750K7 Project Anna Cafe-Tracker
21 (38.9%)

Total Members Voted: 54

Voting closed: August 31, 2019, 10:31:53 pm

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Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

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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 September 2019
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2019, 07:31:17 am »
Interesting builds this month! One of them really catches my eye though. Good luck everyone.
Squirrel 1.0 http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,127186.2050.
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Squirrel 2.0
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,176846.msg2055831.html#msg2055831

Squirrel 3.0
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,185362.msg2146449.html#msg2146449


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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2019
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2019, 12:24:29 pm »
One of them really catches my eye though.

lucky you. i'm really torn between two of them.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2019
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2019, 02:18:30 pm »
Interesting builds this month! One of them really catches my eye though. Good luck everyone.

I bet I can guess, Chris.  ;)
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 September 2019
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2019, 01:38:10 pm »
All nice, but if the gnarly 400/4 dirt bike doesn’t win I’m quitting this forum and moving to Canada.


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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2019
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2019, 09:34:01 am »
All nice, but if the gnarly 400/4 dirt bike doesn’t win I’m quitting this forum and moving to Canada.


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It's a close vote, people.  So do what you can to motivate your fellow members to vote.
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 September 2019
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2019, 11:21:35 pm »
All nice, but if the gnarly 400/4 dirt bike doesn’t win I’m quitting this forum and moving to Canada.


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It's a close vote, people.  So do what you can to motivate your fellow members to vote.
Motivated and voted. ;D
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2019
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2019, 06:17:03 pm »
All nice, but if the gnarly 400/4 dirt bike doesn’t win I’m quitting this forum and moving to Canada.


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It's a close vote, people.  So do what you can to motivate your fellow members to vote.
Motivated and voted. ;D

+1 :)
1977 CB550/4 Cafe - Speed Warrior / BOTM 03/11
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1976 CB400 SS - stock / BOTM 04/11 (SOLD)
1973 CB750 K - basket case (SOLD)
77 CB550 Cafe build
550/750 Filter Thread
Sidecar Rebuild Thread

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2019
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2019, 08:52:46 am »
Congratulations, Pezz!  What a cool and different bike.
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 September 2019
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2019, 12:19:45 pm »
Congrats Pezz and well done, a totally unique motorcycle.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2019
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2019, 02:40:49 pm »
Congrats Pezz and well done, a totally unique motorcycle.


+1 Kept coming back for looks, definitely very different from the usual BOTM. 8)
1977 CB550/4 Cafe - Speed Warrior / BOTM 03/11
1980 CB750F (project)
Whittaker GBF Vintage Racing Sidecar (XS750 power) - ITG / 151's / CMR Racing Products (SOLD)
1976 CB400 SS - stock / BOTM 04/11 (SOLD)
1973 CB750 K - basket case (SOLD)
77 CB550 Cafe build
550/750 Filter Thread
Sidecar Rebuild Thread