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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10175 on: March 18, 2018, 10:08:09 PM »
I have so many though...
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10176 on: March 28, 2018, 08:07:47 PM »
 I want to ride with her, might be distracting..
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10177 on: March 29, 2018, 05:55:22 PM »
Frank You wouldn’t get any riding done. Your eyes will start spinning


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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10178 on: March 30, 2018, 07:20:19 AM »











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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10179 on: May 14, 2018, 09:04:46 PM »
Love it

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10181 on: July 06, 2018, 01:04:41 PM »
wow.
If it works good, it looks good...

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10182 on: July 06, 2018, 01:28:25 PM »
 I remember that, I think my first or second bike mag,
 Think it was Tico from California Cycle Eng,  built it maybe..
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10183 on: August 12, 2018, 10:20:12 PM »
Just in case anyone likes the tracker look..

And a really clean Amen 750  Black Bart, by Tony Carlini..
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My next bike will be a ..ANFOB.....

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Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10184 on: August 15, 2018, 12:51:21 PM »
That one is at Motorcyclepedia in New York. If you’ve never been, it’s well worth the trip.

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10185 on: August 15, 2018, 02:10:11 PM »
The Petersen Automotive Museum has an exhibit called Custom Revolution through March 2019
https://www.petersen.org/custom-revolution

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 #10186 on: August 15, 2018, 06:24:53 PM »
Thanks for sharing that. 8) 8) 8)
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10187 on: August 17, 2018, 11:48:05 PM »
+1
It's cheaper to learn from someone else's experience but first you have to learn to tell the difference between a fact and a Furphy.

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10188 on: August 18, 2018, 12:02:56 AM »
The new Honda CB1000R is available for sale -- the Neo-Sports Cafe and it doesn't look half bad for a modern bike -- https://powersports.honda.com/2018/cb1000r.aspx
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 #10189 on: August 20, 2018, 10:44:03 PM »
 Those  red 750 4 cylinder  trackers are all over the place.
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My next bike will be a ..ANFOB.....

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10190 on: August 21, 2018, 07:58:03 AM »
Those take some juevos to ride in anger.
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 #10191 on: September 03, 2018, 08:53:52 PM »
A 400 four from Colorado.
One of the guys I met at the AHMRA race.
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Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10192 on: September 04, 2018, 01:42:18 AM »
the headlight looks like some german zundap or erly MZ..
i kan not speak english/but trying!!
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« Reply #10193 on: September 04, 2018, 03:21:04 AM »
 He made it from fibreglass and a GL speedo.
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My next bike will be a ..ANFOB.....

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73 836cc.. Green, had it for 3 decades!!
Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10194 on: September 09, 2018, 12:00:16 AM »
Love it

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10195 on: September 09, 2018, 03:49:13 AM »
just hope it not are the same bike. if it is., a crime have been done
i kan not speak english/but trying!!
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=60973.0
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=144758.0
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10196 on: September 19, 2018, 06:18:04 PM »
When I was young and desired a chopper I made my own hardtail using the swingarm.
I am saying , don't be afraid to try an idea out, May work..
 Trying to be inspirational..
Pic may be downside up..

Man I could use one of them finned point covers for my 350 display motor..
« Last Edit: July 02, 2019, 10:41:45 PM by 754 »
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Kelowna B.C.       Canada

My next bike will be a ..ANFOB.....

It's All part of the ADVENTURE...

73 836cc.. Green, had it for 3 decades!!
Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10197 on: September 20, 2018, 09:38:09 AM »
Great photo, Frank!
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 #10198 on: September 20, 2018, 09:56:28 AM »
Great photo, Frank!


Your eyes look different though, sure that is you ::),           Larry

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« Reply #10199 on: March 10, 2019, 08:18:04 PM »
 Seen at Daytona..
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My next bike will be a ..ANFOB.....

It's All part of the ADVENTURE...

73 836cc.. Green, had it for 3 decades!!
Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way