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Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

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Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« on: January 16, 2023, 10:06:43 AM »
Voting is now open through January 31:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,191694.0.html

Here's a tough choice - with one owner presenting two of the three bikes.

Cedric's 1971 CB750K1
2-CB750K1-10-22-22 (4) by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr


JamesH's Red 1970 CB750KO



JamesH's Blue 1970 CB750K0
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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 February 2023
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2023, 01:38:27 PM »
Ok, this is impossible!!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2023, 01:59:38 PM »
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2023, 03:58:11 PM »
i voted for the k1 since i have one now.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2023, 06:02:36 PM »
I think we should be allowed 3 votes here :-)
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2023, 07:01:17 AM »
3 incredible restorations!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2023, 08:30:28 AM »
I Abstain
I can’t possibly choose one over the others.
Chrome, paint, engine, wheels, tires, gauges, seat
The whole package, deluxe! x3

Any nitpicking would be way above my pay grade.
How about videos with a cold start, idle speed, throttle response?
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2023, 08:37:05 AM »
Agree with Kevin...no way to pick one over the other. It's a TIE!!! Excellent work fellas!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2023, 01:31:45 PM »
Agreed, great bikes but one has to win, vote!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2023, 02:06:04 PM »
I guess the choice is do you prefer red or blue. 8)
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1974 Honda CB 550 K0                                            1971 MGB/GT
1975 Honda CB 400F Super Sport                          1972 MGB/GT
1977 Kawasaki KZ 1000 LTD                                   1985 GMC S15
1978 Kawasaki KL 250
1980 Suzuki GS 1100E
1982 Honda CB 900F Super Sport
1983 Honda CB 1100F
1984 Honda VF 700S Sabre
1984 Honda VF 1000F Interceptor
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2023, 02:26:25 PM »
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2023, 08:27:39 AM »
Don't forget to VOTE - only 8 days left!
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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 February 2023
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2023, 07:08:15 AM »
Voted...
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2023, 08:14:58 AM »
Yah I voted, but could only go for the color I liked best. You guys did awesome builds on those...fantastic!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month February 2023
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2023, 09:41:54 AM »
Five days left to vote and it's still neck and neck!   http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,191694.0.html
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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 February 2023
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2023, 08:28:14 AM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on January 26, 2023, 09:41:54 AM
Five days left to vote and it's still neck and neck!   

My money is on James....ha!
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