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Bike of the Month June 2024
« on: May 22, 2024, 08:18:57 PM »
Only one eligible bike (again)  ::)

The winner is:
John aka BenelliSEI's 1976 CB750K
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,193860.0.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: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2024, 12:54:32 AM »
That bike really looks like a winner! ;)
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CB750 K6-76  970cc (Earlier 1005cc JMR Billet block on the shelf waiting for a comeback)
CB750 K2-75 Parts assembled to a stock K2

Updates of the CB750 K6 -1976
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180468.msg2092136.html#msg2092136
The billet block build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,49438.msg1863571.html#msg1863571
CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,168243.msg1948381.html#msg1948381
K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179479.msg2104967.html#msg2104967

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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2024, 04:42:16 AM »
Quote from: PeWe on May 23, 2024, 12:54:32 AM
That bike really looks like a winner! ;)

Thank you Per, much appreciated. John D.
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2024, 05:43:30 AM »
Congratulations John
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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: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2024, 08:14:46 AM »
Quote from: newday777 on May 23, 2024, 05:43:30 AM
Congratulations John

Tough competition!
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2024, 08:34:30 AM »
Looks stellar!
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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
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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
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2024, 10:08:40 AM »
Quote from: BenelliSEI on May 23, 2024, 08:14:46 AM
Quote from: newday777 on May 23, 2024, 05:43:30 AM
Congratulations John

Tough competition!

Very Tough! I had a hard time choosing
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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

Offline BenelliSEI

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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2024, 06:35:00 PM »
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2024, 12:24:42 AM »
Congratulations John
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2024, 08:13:53 AM »
Great bike, great color.
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2024, 12:45:45 AM »
  You got my vote!
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2024, 06:44:59 AM »
Very nice.
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2024, 02:50:00 PM »
It's a beauty, nice work John!
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2024, 01:46:17 PM »
Congrats..........it took me a while to make up my mind.........I have a similar tank-bag.
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2024, 07:43:52 PM »
Gentlemen….. Thanks for your kind words. Kudos to the previous owners (2); the motorcycle was always kept indoors and well looked after. It’s quite exceptional to have all the original finishes so intact. I think I only repainted the side and centre stands! The seat was replaced at some point, but I’m pretty sure it’s an NOS Honda part. One of the original HM341 pipes had damage and fortunately I had a really good one hanging in my racks. “Lash” did a lovely job on building the engine. Several of you contributed some small parts that were missing too. Much appreciated!

Dennis….. that tank bag was on a bike I bought, several years ago. Absolutely my favorite for day trips. It also hides one tiny ding in the tank perfectly……
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2024, 06:03:49 AM »
looks great john !    glad to see the k-6's getting some love
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Re: Bike of the Month June 2024
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2024, 06:45:34 AM »
Congrats....
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