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Coronavirus Middleweight Boxing Match-Up

AMD500's CB500/550 Standard/Restomod
35 (94.6%)
Bobarama's 1971 CB500 K0 Restoration
2 (5.4%)

Total Members Voted: 37

Voting closed: March 31, 2020, 04:12:51 pm

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Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« on: March 16, 2020, 04:12:51 pm »
AMD500's CB500/550 Standard/Restomod
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,175068.0/all.html

amd3 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

amd4 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

amd5 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

amd6 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

amd7 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

amd8 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

amd9 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

amd10 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr


Bobarama's 1971 CB500 K0 Restoration
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180757.msg2094883.html#msg2094883

IMG_20200122_143007 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

Sorry, only one finished photo available in build thread.  Bobarama: Please post some additional photos!
« Last Edit: March 16, 2020, 04:22:38 pm by SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan »
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

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2020, 08:57:12 am »
Any button to click on?
AMD500 gets my vote
CB750 K6-76 1005cc JMR Billet block.
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 April 2020
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2020, 04:50:37 pm »
Any button to click on?
AMD500 gets my vote

Voting should be open.  Votes continue to come in.  Unfortunately, I cannot cast a vote for you.

I hope that the owner members will chime in (especially Bobarama) with additional build information and photos.
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 April 2020
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2020, 08:20:58 am »
Think my build thread says most of it. Nothing's ever done right? Currently looking to do a modern brake upgrade that lets me keep my forks...
the final touch of this iteration of the build was the Cat face tail light. Thanks, everyone for the kind words!

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2020, 06:17:31 pm »
Any button to click on?
AMD500 gets my vote

Voting should be open.  Votes continue to come in.  Unfortunately, I cannot cast a vote for you.

I hope that the owner members will chime in (especially Bobarama) with additional build information and photos.

Don, as PeWe said, there is no voting button, even I can't see it.
 Being a Mod, I can normally jump from voting to seeing how the voting is going.
All I can see is Lock, Edit and Remove Poll.
 Not sure what has happened.

Sam. ;)
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2020, 10:21:13 am »
NEWS! EXTRA, EXTRA!  ;D
I could vote now!  :o  :D My laptop running Google Chrome. Adblock is running too, no problems this time.

I mostly use Tapatalk (Phone) nowadays (I have become a SOHC forums addict) and there no chance to see the voting buttons. I checked now when I saw them on my PC

But, I have looked for the buttons before on my laptop and my job's laptop. Maybe looked in wrong thread or something else.
CB750 K6-76 1005cc JMR Billet block.
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 April 2020
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2020, 12:58:55 pm »
I love the Tracker Handlebars! What was your source for those?

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2020, 05:07:09 am »
I love the Tracker Handlebars! What was your source for those?

http://barracudaracing.com/product-category/bars-grips/

Great folks. They will make custom bends as well. Ine thing to note is that they are just a hair over 7/8, requiring some finessing to get controls on.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2020, 12:25:33 pm »
gotta vote for the red one just because I love 4 cylinder builds with tanks off smaller bikes. Calls attention to the engine, I think
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2020, 12:50:12 pm »
gotta vote for the red one just because I love 4 cylinder builds with tanks off smaller bikes. Calls attention to the engine, I think

My CB915 with a CB350F tank.
C95 sprint bike.
CB95 hybrid race bike
CB95 race bike
CB92
RS 175. sprint/land speed bike
JMR Racing CB750A street ET drag bike

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2020, 06:39:16 am »
gotta vote for the red one just because I love 4 cylinder builds with tanks off smaller bikes. Calls attention to the engine, I think

My CB915 with a CB350F tank.

HOT DAMN! that is one sweet race rig. Always loved the 350four tank. looks mean!

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2020, 09:41:48 am »
gotta vote for the red one just because I love 4 cylinder builds with tanks off smaller bikes. Calls attention to the engine, I think

My CB915 with a CB350F tank.


All-white race leathers. I probably would have scuffed those getting them on/off at the track.
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 April 2020
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2020, 02:56:42 pm »
gotta vote for the red one just because I love 4 cylinder builds with tanks off smaller bikes. Calls attention to the engine, I think

My CB915 with a CB350F tank.


All-white race leathers. I probably would have scuffed those getting them on/off at the track.

Custom made Don about $1600 and when I dumped at VMP, because I was unconscious, they just cut them off me. OUCH. hahaha
C95 sprint bike.
CB95 hybrid race bike
CB95 race bike
CB92
RS 175. sprint/land speed bike
JMR Racing CB750A street ET drag bike

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2020, 11:45:08 am »
wow, Thanks guys!

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2020, 01:17:04 pm »
Congrats to AMD...
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2020, 02:34:38 pm »
Congrats AMD, it's a fine looking bike.

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C95 sprint bike.
CB95 hybrid race bike
CB95 race bike
CB92
RS 175. sprint/land speed bike
JMR Racing CB750A street ET drag bike

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2020, 06:48:19 pm »
Big congratulations to AMD!  What a pretty 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 April 2020
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2020, 07:34:56 am »
Congrats on a FINE looking bike..........I call that style a GENTLEMAN'S EXPRESS ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2020
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2020, 07:42:40 am »
Congrats on a FINE looking bike..........I call that style a GENTLEMAN'S EXPRESS ;) ;) ;)

That's the idea! Thanks again everyone