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Choose your favorite SOHC Race Bike!

Daggless888's CB500-4RR #288 Race Bike
25 (55.6%)
Matt aka slikwilli420's CB750 #237 AHRMA Superbike
20 (44.4%)

Total Members Voted: 44

Voting closed: March 31, 2022, 08:38:06 PM

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Vote for Bike of the Month April 2022
« on: March 16, 2022, 11:29:13 AM »
What many have been waiting for.  Choose your favorite SOHC4 Race Bike!  Both of these are spectacular builds with

Daggless888's CB500-4RR #288 Race Bike
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,176162.75.html

Davies Motosport CB500 frame, swingarm, fairing, tank, seat, engine con-rods, rear sets, triple trees
Heavily modified CB500 engine: Nova 6-speed transmission, lightened/balanced crankshaft, overbore kit with nikasil coatings, JMR-sourced cam
Custom wheels using lightened SL350 and CB350 hubs and Avon AM22 tires
Reverse megaphone racing exhaust headers (loud AF)
Custom shaped fiberglass rear hugger (fender)
Keihein CR carburetors
Rebuilt forks with Maxton internals and custom shocks
AP Racing brake caliper

299B5096-55E2-4678-BEBD-E4AE81085ED7 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
3B097481-F640-4AE3-89AA-959C2AF63630 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
B59570D5-1483-4F91-86E5-61ECE8E88334 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
1CAC4A0C-BFA4-4EFE-9AF8-71217F069C49 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
28D388B5-9E79-42F3-BEC5-A318EDA3A18B by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
60821E21-1DD4-42C5-8CDB-85F89D3673FE by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
FBBB32FF-6DFA-4F1F-A0D7-E5A0A9EA8A38 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
943B764E-FA43-43DC-BB9C-D81665F85570 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
9682DC24-1748-4E86-B9AC-60C75CC6CBB4 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
48D52573-3B3A-47B5-87C4-06CDC01CB74C by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
B9151E1A-6370-4466-8D1C-30384D911C0C by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
34AB3C51-86DE-4781-9DCE-3862EA2F0532 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
C5D4B120-2778-4846-B44A-BC5693C9A272 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
68FF98AE-CFA6-4FAD-B29F-35876C253E09 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr


Matt aka slikwilli420's CB750 #237 AHRMA Superbike
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,173120.0.html
-1977F frame, detabbed, cross-braced and gusseted, removable top frame rails and custom motor mounts
-41mm Suzuki GSXF forks, internally lowered, custom fender with AHM fork brace, AHM replica triple trees by Moto GP Werks
-Speedhut tach/oil pressure mounted in stock gauge housings
-Calfab swingarm with RaceTech G3S piggyback shocks
-AP calipers on custom hangers, ISR one-off 13” rotors on Kosman centers, Brembo P32 caliper on Moto GP Werks hanger and Ducati rotor out back
-F bodywork with cut down seat, painted RWB as the early 70’s factory bikes
-Hand built oil tank (1 gallon) with custom oil lines running to Setrab oil cooler mounted in front of forks just like the factory bikes of ’80-82
-One off rearset brackets, engine mounts, front wheel bearing hubs and lots of other little bits
-2.5/3.5 Astralite 18” wheels, courtesy of our beloved departed, Frank (754)
-1026cc engine, 72mm flat top JE pistons, Carillo rods on balanced crank, back cut trans, Mirko primary tensioner and Cycle X cam chain tensioner, 94hp at the wheel
-394lbs with half a tank of fuel, ready to rock









20220106_162940 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
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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)

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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 2022
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2022, 06:19:27 PM »
The idea was to build the bike the factory might have built if their program got started just a little earlier in the single cam era, before the DOHC bikes hit the market
-1977F frame, detabbed, cross-braced and gusseted, removable top frame rails and custom motor mounts
-41mm Suzuki GSXF forks, internally lowered, custom fender with AHM fork brace, AHM replica triple trees by Moto GP Werks
-Speedhut tach/oil pressure mounted in stock gauge housings
-Calfab swingarm with RaceTech G3S piggyback shocks
-AP calipers on custom hangers, ISR one-off 13” rotors on Kosman centers, Brembo P32 caliper on Moto GP Werks hanger and Ducati rotor out back
-F bodywork with cut down seat, painted RWB as the early 70’s factory bikes
-Hand built oil tank (1 gallon) with custom oil lines running to Setrab oil cooler mounted in front of forks just like the factory bikes of ’80-82
-One off rearset brackets, engine mounts, front wheel bearing hubs and lots of other little bits
-2.5/3.5 Astralite 18” wheels, courtesy of our beloved departed, Frank (754)
-1026cc engine, 72mm flat top JE pistons, Carillo rods on balanced crank, back cut trans, Mirko primary tensioner and Cycle X cam chain tensioner, 94hp at the wheel
-394lbs with half a tank of fuel, ready to rock
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Vintage Speed Parts Mashup: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=133638.0
Rickman CR Parts Kit Refresh: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154837.0.html
AHRMA CB750 Racer: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,158461.0.html
AHRMA Superbike Heavyweight Racer: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,173120.0.html
'76F CB750 Patina Redemption: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,174871.0.html

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2022
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2022, 12:01:57 AM »
Had to throw this in there 😎
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2022
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2022, 06:01:20 AM »
Not fair. Wanna vote for both !
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2022
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2022, 07:29:21 AM »
Quote from: ekpent on March 17, 2022, 06:01:20 AM
Not fair. Wanna vote for both !

+1...they dont race in the same class on the track!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2022
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2022, 02:01:46 PM »
They are both exceptional bikes, but I’m fundamentally biased….🙄

George.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2022
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2022, 08:45:49 AM »
I love each of these purpose-built bikes. 
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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)

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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 2022
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2022, 08:43:23 AM »
Both bikes are super-worthy............and both have rather tall riders ;)

As in any two-man race, somebody has to come in second, but there are no losers :) :) :)
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2022
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2022, 10:29:42 PM »
Wow!! What amazing bikes.  Kudos to Dangless888's CB-500-4RR race bike!!

I'd gladly have either of these awesome bikes!
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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 April 2022
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2022, 06:03:54 AM »
Congratulations Daggless888, that is a very well built and prepared machine!
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Vintage Speed Parts Mashup: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=133638.0
Rickman CR Parts Kit Refresh: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154837.0.html
AHRMA CB750 Racer: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,158461.0.html
AHRMA Superbike Heavyweight Racer: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,173120.0.html
'76F CB750 Patina Redemption: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,174871.0.html

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month April 2022
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2022, 08:05:40 AM »
It would be great to hear them!
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