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Green is for the money; gold is for the honeys

Doobie's 1972 CB750K2
13 (61.9%)
j343my's 1973 CB750K
8 (38.1%)

Total Members Voted: 20

Voting closed: June 30, 2023, 07:13:37 PM

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Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

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Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« on: June 19, 2023, 07:13:37 PM »
Money or honeys?

Doobie’s CB750 K2
No build thread

EFAD4E12-7A21-4CB1-8440-45AE6C34CB85 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr




BD0CD014-5B76-4397-9303-0CC4BD31BF6E by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

374E9644-339C-49AE-BC55-B0698AFD7D87 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

From Doobie: 
"I bought this K2 as a winter project last year from a seller in NH and had it shipped to me in MA. It had been sitting for a few years, didn't run and needed all the usual work such as having to rebuild master cylinder, caliper, forks, and carbs. I had to source a bunch of parts for it like the replica exhaust, fork ears, turn signals, and everything made of rubber. I also set ignition timing, valves, balanced the carbs etc. etc. etc."



j343my's 1973 CB750K
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,191433.75.html


« Last Edit: June 19, 2023, 07:16:58 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)

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

Offline Stev-o

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2023, 10:17:59 AM »
Both are very nice bikes.  Voted...
'74 "Big Bang" Honda 750K [836].....'76 Honda 550F.....K3 Park Racer!......and a Bomber!............plus plus plus.........

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2023, 11:12:41 AM »
Beautiful job fellas! Voted...yet another difficult choice.
1970 CB750K0 - Candy Ruby Red
1973 CB750K3 - Candy Bacchus Olive or Sunflake Orange
1970 Chevy Chevelle SS396 - Cortez Silver
1976 GL1000 Sulphur Yellow

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2023, 01:49:35 PM »
Both beautiful bikes gentlemen.
1965 Honda CB450K0
1972 Honda CT70K1
1975 Honda MR50
1975 Honda CB400F Supersport
1977 Honda CB750F2 Supersport
1978 Honda XL100
1979 Honda CBX Supersport
1982 Honda VF750S Sabre - Adventure Bike modified
1983 Honda CX650T
1995 Honda VFR750
2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin
2015 KTM 200 XC-W
1963 Suzuki T10
My 1977 CB750F restoration - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=66779.0
My 1975 CB400F restoration -
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=145196.msg1651779#msg1651779
'More Stock Than Not' thread - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=90807.500
My CT70 Resurrection - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=145221.0
Best Motorcycle Tool Ever - https://www.engduro.com

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2023, 05:45:43 AM »
I like the factory pipes.  But I have a 73 in this color.  Hmmm...

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2023, 06:45:24 PM »
Congrautulations, Doobie!!
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 July 2023
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2023, 01:56:07 PM »
You only go around once in life so it might as well be on a motorcycle.

CB550K4
CB750K2
CB750K2
CB750K6
CB750K6
CB750K7
CB750F3
CB900F2

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2023, 06:43:03 AM »
Congrats
'74 "Big Bang" Honda 750K [836].....'76 Honda 550F.....K3 Park Racer!......and a Bomber!............plus plus plus.........

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2023, 04:51:59 PM »
Congrats to Doobie ....!

Congrats to j343my for being nominated.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month July 2023
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2023, 05:14:25 PM »
Congrats Doobie
David- back in the desert SW!