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Offline newday777

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8875 on: May 15, 2022, 06:53:13 PM »
Quote from: chiefum on May 15, 2022, 04:55:14 PM
Quote from: newday777 on May 15, 2022, 04:10:00 PM
Quote from: chiefum on May 15, 2022, 03:28:51 PM
Enjoying the beautiful WI weather.


Nice shot.
What mufflers do you have on your bike? K7/K8 or aftermarket?
They are aftermarket made by Hooker.


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So they just slip on over the stock head pipes?
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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.....
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8876 on: May 15, 2022, 06:54:56 PM »
Quote from: newday777 on May 15, 2022, 06:53:13 PM
Quote from: chiefum on May 15, 2022, 04:55:14 PM
Quote from: newday777 on May 15, 2022, 04:10:00 PM
Quote from: chiefum on May 15, 2022, 03:28:51 PM
Enjoying the beautiful WI weather.


Nice shot.
What mufflers do you have on your bike? K7/K8 or aftermarket?
They are aftermarket made by Hooker.


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So they just slip on over the stock head pipes?

Yes, I have the factory header.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8877 on: May 15, 2022, 07:03:22 PM »
Those Hooker pipes are super rare and beautiful...I thiink Chiefum might be the only one I have seen have those...I want some!
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8878 on: May 15, 2022, 07:10:00 PM »
Hey Sean, the NOS picture is the only other set I've seen. Now I'm thinking I should have bought them when they were for sale a while back, instead of just saving the pictures.  Lol


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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8879 on: May 15, 2022, 08:54:12 PM »
The Hooker 4 into 4 mufflers look like very high quality parts  8)
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8880 on: May 16, 2022, 03:28:36 PM »
I still have a 4into1 Hooker Header on my K5 that I sold to the original owner back in 1976.
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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: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8881 on: May 16, 2022, 03:29:52 PM »
Quote from: newday777 on May 16, 2022, 03:28:36 PM
I still have a 4into1 Hooker Header on my K5 that I sold to the original owner back in 1976.

Nice!!
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8882 on: May 17, 2022, 07:56:21 PM »
This bike has been renominated for BOTM but I need a "Second" to the nomination posted in the following thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180400.0.html
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8883 on: May 21, 2022, 02:58:52 PM »
A quick Saturday cruise.

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8884 on: May 21, 2022, 03:06:35 PM »
Nice looking 550
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8885 on: May 21, 2022, 03:58:01 PM »
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8886 on: May 22, 2022, 01:28:43 AM »
On the road between Crookwell and Boowara NSW.
We had a flat tire on the way and then ran out of daylight.
I took this photo just before the sun went down and then crossed my fingers that skippy didn’t jump in front of me the rest of the ride.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8887 on: May 22, 2022, 03:15:50 AM »
Quote from: Scott on May 22, 2022, 01:28:43 AM
On the road between Crookwell and Boowara NSW.
We had a flat tire on the way and then ran out of daylight.
I took this photo just before the sun went down and then crossed my fingers that skippy didn’t jump in front of me the rest of the ride.
So you were carrying an extra tube with you? Back in the 70s I carried extra tubes on my cross country trips with a spark plug compressor(remove all 4 plugs).
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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: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8888 on: May 22, 2022, 07:46:42 AM »
I had one of those inflators too, handy
I always wondered if fuel fumes would get into the tires
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8889 on: May 22, 2022, 12:47:35 PM »
Up until about 2 years ago I carried spare tubes.
Very stupid of me I didn't carry a spare tube on this ride even after about 5 years ago I had to change both tubes due to flats on a weekend away.
I was lucky that a passer by had a tube he could spare as he was quite close to home.
It was a larger size, but I remember being told in a pub one night that you can fold the tube back in on itself to make it a smaller diameter which worked fine to get us to our destination and back home again.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8890 on: May 22, 2022, 12:49:57 PM »
Out for a little 80 mile ride today
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8891 on: May 22, 2022, 01:22:52 PM »
Quote from: craz1 on May 22, 2022, 12:49:57 PM
Out for a little 80 mile ride today


Nice!!
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8892 on: May 22, 2022, 01:50:51 PM »
Quote from: craz1 on May 22, 2022, 12:49:57 PM
Out for a little 80 mile ride today


That looks like a(USA model?)CX650 Turbo at the front? What year is it ?
Great scenery  8) 8)
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8893 on: May 22, 2022, 02:30:15 PM »
Out with fellow forum member "Saxe" in Esquimalt Lagoon, west coast of Canada just outside of Victoria BC.. Olympic Mountains in the background over on the USA side.

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Offline Magpie

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8894 on: May 22, 2022, 04:48:57 PM »
At the DGR ride today in Langford BC.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8895 on: May 22, 2022, 08:32:23 PM »
It was a nice day for the DGR. I rode the Seattle DGR a couple of years ago. It was a great route but for those of us with stage 4 prostate cancer the lack of pee breaks was an issue. When I said something about it to the guy in charge he ignored me so I didn't go anymore. It's a great cause but you would think that they would accommodate those of us with it.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8896 on: May 23, 2022, 07:29:35 AM »
Quote from: craz1 on May 22, 2022, 12:49:57 PM
Out for a little 80 mile ride today


Great picture
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8897 on: May 23, 2022, 07:55:28 AM »
Beautiful country up there.
Pee breaks are a must for those of us that remember these bikes!!
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8898 on: May 27, 2022, 09:23:12 AM »

Today in the north of Germany >:(
its not the best pic.
The reason is. the Honda has a problem sins 10 years. She is always blueing. Two Person tried three times to solve this problem. They put in new Pistons and so on.
After nearly 1000 Km the blueing starts after each service again, first delicate then much more.
You start the cold engine, after 30 second the blueing starts and ends at, maybe 2 minutes.
The new mechanic is sure to find the mistake. He looked in the exhaust port and found a leak near the Valve.
Okay, when this is fixed, I send you better pics.

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #8899 on: May 27, 2022, 02:42:33 PM »
The chrome turns blue?
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