Topic: I Had One Of These, But Not At That Price!

[bill440cars]

       Sure didn't know that these seats would become SOOO expensive back when I put one on my 66' CB72 back in 68'.


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        Look closely at the seat on my CB72.

       

[HavocTurbo]

tell me that's not ACTUALLY you....

J/k  sweet ride my man!!! 

[Ecosse]

Cool helmet Bill! And three sweet bikes.

What's the story here... and what's up with your gas tank?




More pix of Bills youth please.

[j-conn]

i like i like. i may just have to try and reproduce that fur my project. they look so great on the cb77's. i really dig that one pic thats floated around here of the 2 black ones.

i really hope that 30 years from now ill be rooting through my garage/closet/basement and find something like that.

[bill440cars]

tell me that's not ACTUALLY you....

J/k  sweet ride my man!!! 

           Sorry, but it is me! That was my 66' CB72 Honda Hawk that would take on a Super Hawk but not the Black Bomber!

           Thanks for the compliment on my ride. Those megaphones sounded good too!

[HavocTurbo]

For some reason... take that helmet and overall look of the day and I picture slingshot dragsters going down the strip with you.

[bill440cars]

Cool helmet Bill! And three sweet bikes.

What's the story here... and what's up with your gas tank?




More pix of Bills youth please.

           The location was in Japan at Misawa AFB (1968) at their dirt dragstrip. I was on my 66' CB72 Honda Hawk (stripped down for racing and sporting a Sears Moped gas tank! They were a commonly sought item for racing because they were small and easy to mount with one bolt up through the middle of the tank. That tank disappeared but I came across another one a few years ago.  I was racing against a CL77 (305) Scrambler that was slightly "Warmed up" and almost beat him (almost). That Yamaha in the background was a NEW 68' 350 Scrambler and was just looking.  

[bill440cars]

       Here's the only other photo that I have of my old Honda in action.

     

      Then here is one of me and my Cb72 before I started messing with it.    I mean, Pure Stock!

         

       BTW, in the top photo, I was racing a Suzuki 250 dirt bike and actually BEAT that one!    Needless to say he was NOT happy and caught a lot of flack from his 2-stroke buddies.

[Ecosse]

Greate stuff Bill, thanks! Ever thought of a replica of that old girl?


Dumb question.

[Sam Green Racing]

like the white socks billy

[bill440cars]

like the white socks billy

           Hey, back then I was "Styling" Sam.   You know, the white socks, the black loafers, the wheat colored jeans. The shirt was the only thing that changed colors from day to day. Of course, during "Work Time" I was wearing green pants & shirt with green socks and black boots with a red ballcap with 67th TFS (Tac Fighter Squadron) on it and working on F4C Phantoms.


        Bill, I've got an old CB77 Super Hawk but can't afford a Restore to replicate the original CB72, so I'm gonna try to build it close to what I'd like to have built a 2nd one that I acquired while over in Japan and ended up selling it to a buddy. Maybe my Super Hawk can take the place of the Hawk and the one I didn't get to build back then.

[Ecosse]

Promise me when you finish your CB77 you'll have a picture with it wearing a similar get up!

Were the F4 Phantoms the ones without the benefit of machine guns because dog fighting was determined to be "obsolete"?

[billybobobrain]

What did you pay for your seat Way back then!

[azuredesign]

Bill those photos are the bee's knees, thanks!

[bill440cars]

Promise me when you finish your CB77 you'll have a picture with it wearing a similar get up!

Were the F4 Phantoms the ones without the benefit of machine guns because dog fighting was determined to be "obsolete"?

        Ha, I don't know if they even make "wheat colored" jeans  anymore, but I'll see what I can do. Now, it still won't look exactly like that because I am a bit heavier now AND i have a beard, which is white.

         The F4Cs had provisions for a "Gattlin" gun to be mounted on, what's called "The Centerline" and the F4D had one built in the nose of the plane, just under the radar system.

[bill440cars]

What did you pay for your seat Way back then!

        Sorry, I don't even remember, but I paid about $250 for the 2yr old bike.