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CB750K Restoration Matchup

Geoff Hastings' CB750K4
9 (25.7%)
Magpie's (aka Cliff) CB750K3
26 (74.3%)

Total Members Voted: 34

Voting closed: October 31, 2021, 10:16:41 PM

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Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

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Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« on: October 16, 2021, 10:16:41 PM »
« Last Edit: October 16, 2021, 10:18:39 PM 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)
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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

Offline Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2021, 05:56:38 AM »
Nice bikes! I want to vote for both....
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2021, 08:48:43 AM »
 I agree Jerry. Both are awesome.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2021, 11:55:31 AM »
Quote from: Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er on October 17, 2021, 05:56:38 AM
Nice bikes! I want to vote for both....

I agree, tough choice here.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2021, 01:14:28 PM »
I was agreeing with you all and thinking this was going to be a close one but what do I know.
I took a look how the voting was going not expecting to see many and OMG, someone has a lot of catching up to do already. hahahaha.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2021, 07:41:26 AM »
Congratulations, Cliff!
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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 2021
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2021, 08:51:31 AM »
Congratulations Cliff, both bikes looked much of a muchness, maybe it was just a better quality picture that swayed some.
Well done both of you anyway and thanks Don for putting 2 great bikes together.

Sam.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2021, 03:11:35 PM »
Geoff,sorry the odds were stacked against you with it being pumpkin season the orange won out... You have a gorgeous bike and Cliff does as well.
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Offline Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2021, 06:38:41 PM »
Orange has been on a roll lately  ;)
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2021, 08:59:33 AM »
Thanks guys! Cliff.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month November 2021
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2021, 09:43:56 AM »
Orange IS the new Black, ya know?!!
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