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Bike of the Month September 2024
« on: August 19, 2024, 09:57:56 PM »
Again, only one nominee, so no vote. But alas, the winner is a beauty!

Britman's CB750K3
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,192460.0.html


britman by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

britman 1 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

britman2 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
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 September 2024
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2024, 07:37:35 AM »
Nice job Britman!
'74 "Big Bang" Honda 750K [836].....'76 Honda 550F.....K3 Park Racer!......and a Bomber!............plus plus plus.........

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Re: Bike of the Month September 2024
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2024, 07:46:11 AM »
Nice color, I bet it's a bit loud.
1973 CB 750 K3
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Re: Bike of the Month September 2024
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2024, 08:37:38 AM »
Congrats 👏
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: Bike of the Month September 2024
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2024, 04:38:16 PM »
Well done, looks great!

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Re: Bike of the Month September 2024
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2024, 09:26:03 PM »
Definitely a head turner! The questions and conversations at the gas station would be endless...
David- back in the desert SW!

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Re: Bike of the Month September 2024
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2024, 12:53:43 PM »
My K4
11,xxx miles.

May not be the original seat cover… but everything else is.  Found it in a in IL.
Almost didn’t buy it.  Was very dusty and didn’t show well.  Original owner swapped out the HM341’s but kept them safe.  They were put back on when I bought it.



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Re: Bike of the Month September 2024
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2024, 02:33:09 PM »
Well done, looks great!

Yes it does  8)
75' CB400F/'bunch o' parts' & 81' CB125S modded to a 'CB200S'
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Re: Bike of the Month September 2024
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2024, 05:18:40 AM »
My K4
11,xxx miles.

May not be the original seat cover… but everything else is.  Found it in a in IL.
Almost didn’t buy it.  Was very dusty and didn’t show well.  Original owner swapped out the HM341’s but kept them safe.  They were put back on when I bought it.
Welcome to the forum CB7scott
Go to the new members section and introduce yourself and your bike there.
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