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Offline Bankerdanny

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9750 on: April 10, 2014, 12:55:10 PM »
Actually the builder of that engine created his own thread for it (with a link to the video) over at the SOHC/4 board: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=136179.0
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9751 on: April 10, 2014, 02:03:42 PM »
Thanks for the link, I want one for my sidecar. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9752 on: April 10, 2014, 03:11:12 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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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: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9753 on: April 10, 2014, 06:26:17 PM »
Great looking Rickman CR!  RR
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9754 on: April 10, 2014, 06:39:27 PM »
Ok, I know it's a Duc and modern, but check out the insane quad Beringer brakes and tubeless spoke wheels on Twinline and Ian Halcott's latest build.

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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)

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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: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9755 on: April 11, 2014, 02:58:17 AM »
Thats a sexy bit of gear...^^^^^
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9756 on: April 11, 2014, 03:50:48 AM »
I always liked that blue Rickman, bare bones...pure & simple.

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9757 on: April 11, 2014, 05:58:58 AM »
Thanks BankerDanny!
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9758 on: April 11, 2014, 11:44:30 AM »

LOVE IT....but whats the plastic bottle for?
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9759 on: April 11, 2014, 12:06:09 PM »
engine breath
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9760 on: April 11, 2014, 01:18:44 PM »
The bottle is an oil overflow/vapor catch can. Required by the race association. RR
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9761 on: April 11, 2014, 01:47:50 PM »
The bottle is an oil overflow/vapor catch can. Required by the race association. RR

I always liked a used a beer tin.  Ready made hole for the hose, and recycleable.  ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9762 on: April 11, 2014, 02:05:02 PM »
Billy Beer! Now I wonder if anyone remembers that brand?  ::)  RR
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9763 on: April 11, 2014, 03:19:34 PM »
Billy Beer! Now I wonder if anyone remembers that brand?  ::)  RR

I remember the Billy Carter quote on the can: "Of all of the beers I've tried, and I've tried a lot, I think this one's the best."
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: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9764 on: April 14, 2014, 10:50:50 AM »


Yep, I'm the kid that figured out how to put things back together...eventually.

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9765 on: April 14, 2014, 11:20:56 AM »


That kind of reminds me of a MORE refined Shinya style bike, with less rivets and steampunk influences.
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: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9766 on: April 14, 2014, 11:37:53 AM »
Looks a bit like mine did for a while last season.  :-[

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9767 on: April 14, 2014, 11:41:20 AM »
Looks a bit like mine did for a while last season.  :-[
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9768 on: April 14, 2014, 11:49:08 AM »
Godzilla arises!!!  :o  RR
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9769 on: April 14, 2014, 09:22:16 PM »
I've had requests for a longer Vid for the "Cafe Overkill" build, so here it is and with better resolution!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNF5ozQXrX4
« Last Edit: April 14, 2014, 09:23:58 PM by Godffery »

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9770 on: April 15, 2014, 05:43:23 AM »
It is a Shinya bike.  Weird tractor beam quality to it.   Kept coming back to it over and over before I realized it was one of his.
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9771 on: April 15, 2014, 08:54:52 AM »
That Shinya bike need a hammered cover over that..Uuuuugggly aircleaner...
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9772 on: April 15, 2014, 02:19:42 PM »
That Shinya bike need a hammered cover over that..Uuuuugggly aircleaner...

Ha !    At least we know it probably runs good - no pods
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9773 on: May 07, 2014, 01:08:34 PM »
1978k rebuild thread http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=68423.0
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #9774 on: May 07, 2014, 01:28:13 PM »
Inspiration or abomination? True form over function at the very least. On a positive note its a really unique piece of art.
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