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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3150 on: September 17, 2012, 12:09:06 AM »
'72 Honda CB500 K1. This is my first bike, and after about a month of learning and hard work, I finally took my first long-ish ride (50 miles) today.

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3151 on: September 17, 2012, 02:24:15 AM »
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3152 on: September 17, 2012, 02:29:19 AM »
'72 Honda CB500 K1. This is my first bike, and after about a month of learning and hard work, I finally took my first long-ish ride (50 miles) today.



Those forks look a bit long.

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3153 on: September 17, 2012, 02:37:47 AM »
I would say they are 6 inch overs, a stock length set and that bike would look nice... ;)
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3154 on: September 17, 2012, 04:03:51 AM »
Great shots as usual Picasoo - where are you in the photos? What is that tower?

How did your bike do on the dirt road?

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3155 on: September 17, 2012, 05:16:30 AM »


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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3156 on: September 17, 2012, 07:00:05 AM »
me and hijynx up at Paradise, Mount Rainier, WA 9/16/12
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3157 on: September 17, 2012, 01:07:26 PM »
I would say they are 6 inch overs, a stock length set and that bike would look nice... ;)

Ha, I'm workin' on it. My friend's dad gave me a stock set off a wrecked 500. Since it's running and I'm finally getting to ride, I kind of have the "if it's not broken, don't fix it" mindset.

If someone could link me to, or PM me, some good fork replacement instructions that would be very helpful.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3158 on: September 17, 2012, 03:45:12 PM »
Looks like it was a great ride!  Wish I could have made it.  I was so bummed when I woke up Sunday am with my back jacked up!

me and hijynx up at Paradise, Mount Rainier, WA 9/16/12

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« Reply #3159 on: September 17, 2012, 05:57:39 PM »
Picked up a roofing staple in the rear tire on the way home from work today. 
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3160 on: September 17, 2012, 08:26:55 PM »
Picked up a roofing staple in the rear tire on the way home from work today. 

Greg - curious, just how man flats have you had on that 100,000+ mile bike?
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3162 on: September 17, 2012, 10:33:43 PM »
Picked up a roofing staple in the rear tire on the way home from work today. 

Greg - curious, just how man flats have you had on that 100,000+ mile bike?

I think this is number 4 on this one, if I remember right.  2 flats at speed in the front and 2 in the back.  All uneventful, except for a little inconvenience.  Ask Andy about flat tires.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3163 on: September 18, 2012, 02:30:54 AM »
Great shots as usual Picasoo - where are you in the photos? What is that tower?

How did your bike do on the dirt road?

Thanks
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Thanks Andy...
I'm on the 2 and 3 photo...(from behind and with helmet)
Here is me from the front and without helmet :)



the tower is a belltower-steeple for the new church up in the hill!

As you can see, that is down hill and dirt road... with cb750 is a little bit tough I think couse the bike him self is to heavy for that kind of road!!
My friend was riding behind me with Yamaha xs400 and he was just fine 'couse he is lighter than cb750...
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3164 on: September 19, 2012, 06:49:13 PM »
Sweetie and me did an 80 miler this afternoon......... @ Rt 266/ Chicken Road in TN.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3165 on: September 19, 2012, 07:41:38 PM »


from this past winter/spring, but I really like this one. Warm enough to ride, cold enough to snowboard with my '81 cb650c

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3166 on: September 20, 2012, 04:42:33 PM »
Nice solo ride today from Brooklyn to Bear Mountain. First time opening the bike up in a while and it felt fantastic. Fast and smooth. That's the Hudson River in the background of the second one.







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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3167 on: September 20, 2012, 04:56:49 PM »
Vames - nice bike and pics. That the bike you rescued?
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3168 on: September 20, 2012, 05:28:48 PM »
Thanks. I love this 400f. It growls like a rabid German Shepherd. At about 7K RPM in the higher gears, the already-low vibration suddenly gets even lower, the exhaust tone changes a little bit, and it takes off like a rocket straight through to about 9.5K-10K. Sixth gear is a great invention, too.

It's not the bike I rescued. That one got sold a while back (along with my CL350 twin and CB750F) to make room in my limited time and budget so that I could give this bike all my love. Plus space is hard to come by here in Brooklyn, so owning multiple bikes is a problem.

I always thought Honda should have made the 400F stock in black. Not that I hate blue, red and yellow, black is definitely the fastest color for this bike.

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3169 on: September 20, 2012, 05:40:53 PM »
I didn't think that was the bike, just wasn't sure. That was a great thread!

Black does look good on the 400, I agree.  Nice job.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3170 on: September 23, 2012, 03:15:40 PM »
In front of my favorite coffee place, in Oakland, CA.

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #3171 on: September 23, 2012, 03:30:23 PM »
You get coffee from a dumpster...!!!!!    ;D ;D
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« Reply #3172 on: September 23, 2012, 03:43:04 PM »
You get coffee from a dumpster...!!!!!    ;D ;D

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« Reply #3173 on: September 23, 2012, 04:05:09 PM »
At the park on the first day of Fall. Has really cooled off, only 90*!






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« Reply #3174 on: September 23, 2012, 05:01:50 PM »
Back Alley in Adams Morgan, DC.