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Middleweight Match-Up

Korven's 1973 Candy Gold CB500K1
28 (68.3%)
jakec's CB400F
13 (31.7%)

Total Members Voted: 41

Voting closed: August 31, 2020, 08:39:31 pm

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Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

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Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« on: August 16, 2020, 11:56:31 am »
« Last Edit: August 16, 2020, 11:58:39 am by 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)

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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 September 2020
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2020, 09:43:24 am »
Here are some photos of the 400 taken in different light:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB6hYnTBSF-/
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Offline Sam Green Racing

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2020, 01:06:08 pm »
Now this one is going to be close Don.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2020, 03:35:13 am »
Did I open my mouth to soon Don ? hahahaha
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Offline Stev-o

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2020, 06:56:53 am »
Two gorgeous bikes, but only 1 vote.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2020, 09:47:16 am »
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2020, 01:53:16 pm »
Tough decision for sure! Beautiful bikes guys!!!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2020, 02:31:19 pm »
Great build there jakec, enjoyed reading through your thread. The changes you did really puts your touch to it and i like that, also that exhaust looks stunning!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2020, 02:24:51 pm »
Thanks, we both did similar restorations, buy a bike that looks really nice then uncover the hidden problems.. haha
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2020, 03:12:06 am »
Quote from: jakec on August 30, 2020, 02:24:51 pm
Thanks, we both did similar restorations, buy a bike that looks really nice then uncover the hidden problems.. haha

Judging by your bike and profile pic we seem to dig the same stuff.
« Last Edit: August 31, 2020, 10:29:26 pm by Korven »
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2020, 11:31:12 am »
Well I sure got that one wrong Don. hahaha
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2020, 08:41:30 am »
Quote from: Sam Green Racing on August 31, 2020, 11:31:12 am
Well I sure got that one wrong Don. hahaha

It definitely happens. 

Congratulations to korven on the well-deserved win!
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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 2020
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2020, 01:02:01 pm »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on September 01, 2020, 08:41:30 am
Quote from: Sam Green Racing on August 31, 2020, 11:31:12 am
Well I sure got that one wrong Don. hahaha

It definitely happens. 

Congratulations to korven on the well-deserved win!

sorry for the late reply but thank you! I must say jakes bike did deserve to win just as much.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month September 2020
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2020, 02:26:48 pm »
2 of the most evenly matched in a long time.  Great motorcycles!
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My 1977 CB750F restoration - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=66779.0
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'More Stock Than Not' thread - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=90807.500
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