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Custom CB750 Shootout!

Jeff Stephens aka Godffery’s CB750F Custom
25 (55.6%)
bigutah's CR750
20 (44.4%)

Total Members Voted: 45

Voting closed: September 30, 2023, 04:56:53 PM

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Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« on: September 17, 2023, 04:56:53 PM »
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
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2023, 05:19:05 PM »
How do you choose?
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2023, 07:55:28 PM »
How do you choose?

Top of the page.
It's a tough choice between the two 😕
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My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2023, 03:31:36 AM »
 Man, this is one of the toughest choices in a while!
 Can't go wrong with either one.
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2023, 08:06:10 AM »
Both beautiful bikes, with a lot of attention to detail.  Hard choice....

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2023, 06:33:14 PM »
Man, this is one of the toughest choices in a while!
 Can't go wrong with either one.

Agreed! This is one of the toughest matchups all year.
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 October 2023
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2023, 07:33:01 PM »
 
How do you choose?

Looks as if I would have to sell my house to have the money to build one as gorgeous as these. Wow!!!!  Wonder if I can come to a decision.   :-\
I don't have a motorcycle, sold it ('85 Yamaha Venture Royale).  Haven't had a CB750 for over 40 years.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2023, 08:30:25 AM »
Voted....not an easy choice.  Good luck to both....
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2023, 07:58:48 AM »
Both equally deserving….. wow!

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2023, 01:40:47 AM »
 Sorry for not having a SOHC/4 build thread for this bike here, (haven't been able to post pix to the forum for some reason) But if your interested, I do have a number of photos from this project posted here: https://www.instagram.com/godfferysgarage/

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2023, 07:48:42 PM »
How does one pick between aged perfection and innovative excellence?
Whew...
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2023, 11:09:07 PM »
Sorry for not having a SOHC/4 build thread for this bike here, (haven't been able to post pix to the forum for some reason) But if your interested, I do have a number of photos from this project posted here: https://www.instagram.com/godfferysgarage/

Try a screenshot of your pictures before posting(hit the crop button to get rid of the extra boarders that a screenshot gives). It's the only way I've been able to fit the forum size requirements from my phone.
« Last Edit: September 22, 2023, 11:11:50 PM by newday777 »
Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2023, 07:55:42 AM »
Sorry for not having a SOHC/4 build thread for this bike here, (haven't been able to post pix to the forum for some reason) But if your interested, I do have a number of photos from this project posted here: https://www.instagram.com/godfferysgarage/

Try a screenshot of your pictures before posting(hit the crop button to get rid of the extra boarders that a screenshot gives). It's the only way I've been able to fit the forum size requirements from my phone.
Hmm, So your thinking it's a file size issue?  Okay, I'll try that next time.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2023, 08:05:53 PM »
How do you choose?

Looks as if I would have to sell my house to have the money to build one as gorgeous as these. Wow!!!!  Wonder if I can come to a decision.   :-\

My vote is in!  I couldn't decide, so my daughter picked it.  She struggled with the choice as well.
I don't have a motorcycle, sold it ('85 Yamaha Venture Royale).  Haven't had a CB750 for over 40 years.

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The Kid's Bike - 750K3

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2023, 09:43:12 AM »
How does one pick between aged perfection and innovative excellence?
Whew...

This question says it all ! My vote is in.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2023, 10:03:05 PM »
Congratulations, Jeff! What an amazing pair of bikes this month! Well done!!
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 October 2023
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2023, 07:29:58 AM »
 Thank you!
It's an honer and thanks to all who voted for it!

 BTW; I noticed that the thread for previous BOTM and BOTY haven't been updated since about 2012, or was the data lost after that date for some reason?

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2023, 07:39:26 AM »
Congrats Godffrey!
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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2023, 01:32:23 PM »
Congrats to both of you. We have a winner and two truly stunning machines.

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Re: Vote for Bike of the Month October 2023
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2023, 02:28:36 PM »
Congrats Jeff
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