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Offline andy750

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Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« on: July 14, 2010, 12:28:00 PM »
This thread is for those beautiful redhead ginger SOHCs...the sunrise orange, the burnt orange, the its almost-red orange...and CBs qualify...

Here are my two...

The K4  -sunrise orange



and another shot of the same bike



the other orange bike  -K2





Happiness comes in pairs  ;D



Redheads love orange bikes ;)



And the one that got sold..




cheers
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2. CB750/810cc K2  - road racer with JMR worked head 71 hp
3. Yamaha Tenere T700 2022

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2010, 01:01:37 PM »
Mine is "Safety Orange"... I work for an industrial paint shop.


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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2010, 01:20:16 PM »
I think I posted this before.  But, it's definitely orange!

No, I'm not painting the fairing orange.  The silver just goes so well with the engine!   ;D
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2010, 01:28:11 PM »


The tank is interesting, it fades from silver flake on top to orange flake on the sides. It's only custom if you count sun fading.

I have another orange bike, but it isn't a SOHC. (It's a Buell)
No matter how fast or how far I rode, I couldn't leave her memory behind.

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2010, 01:54:56 PM »
No, I'm not painting the fairing orange.  The silver just goes so well with the engine!   ;D

It looks awesome the way it is.

Almost makes me want to do the same thing on my 750 but then I would actually have to clean my engine.
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2010, 02:50:50 PM »
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2010, 03:09:18 PM »
Not mine, but here's Linda's (forum name smithrelo) pristine '75 550.  I've worked on it so many times over the past several years that I'm sort of attached to it.  This thing literally glows in the direct sun. 8)


 

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2010, 03:19:41 PM »


Damn!  You guys ride with Jay Leno? (To the right of the picture with his back facing the camera)  ;)  ;D
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2010, 04:02:07 PM »
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2010, 04:11:47 PM »
1977 CB750K early conversion.
When the majority of the United States population get to be 70 years old, they will finally realize what is really important. And by then it'll be too late.


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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2010, 04:34:26 PM »


Damn!  You guys ride with Jay Leno? (To the right of the picture with his back facing the camera)  ;)  ;D

We told him he could ride with us if he could make us laugh just once.


He ended up sitting that one out. :-\

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2010, 04:39:41 PM »
Here's my beauty...
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2010, 04:47:33 PM »
Here I am as an 18 yo D-bag. This was my first paint job. International Harvester Scout Orange. My bike nolonger looks like that and.....neither does my head of hair. :'(

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2010, 06:33:41 PM »

here is my 400F race bike

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2010, 06:44:49 PM »
daily rider, unless it's snowing
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2010, 07:41:08 PM »
Here's my favorite bike.

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2010, 08:14:26 PM »
First bike, just picked it up recently.  It needs a new paint job, and once ready I am sticking with Orange!

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #18 on: July 15, 2010, 05:33:13 AM »
The K4 finished spring 2010.
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #19 on: July 15, 2010, 05:40:51 AM »
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #20 on: July 15, 2010, 05:45:37 AM »
getting closer to done.

the side panel covering the e-panel is matte black now.



dodge viper sunrise orange, I believe

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #21 on: July 15, 2010, 07:42:28 AM »
The K4 finished spring 2010.

hey Johnie lets see a pic of this K4 out on the road - I only ever see it parked in your driveway ;)...can you tell me what fuel filters yuo are using on the K4 - I notice your gas lines are routed on the outside of the carbs. I used to have mine like this and running 1/4 filters on the outside but they werent so good at filtering...

Markcb750 - love this paint job - very nice!

Thanks to all for posting your orange bikes - all look very good and no idea we had so many ;)

cheers
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Current bikes
1. CB750K4: Long distance bike, 17 countries and counting...2001 - Trans-USA-Mexico, 2003 - European Tour, 2004 - SOHC Easy Rider Trip , 2008 - Adirondack Tour 2-up , 2013 - Tail of the Dragon Tour , 2017: 836 kit install and bottom end rebuild. And rebirth: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,173213.msg2029836.html#msg2029836
2. CB750/810cc K2  - road racer with JMR worked head 71 hp
3. Yamaha Tenere T700 2022

Where did you go on your bike today? - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=45183.2350

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #22 on: July 15, 2010, 08:10:27 AM »
Where's Ray? (myhondas) He has one of the most brilliant candy flake sunrise orange paint jobs I have ever seen.

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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #23 on: July 15, 2010, 08:48:49 AM »
Wow!that sure is sparkly,I love it.Heres what mine COULD look like.All the pretty parts are on a shelf and now its a rat.
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Re: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes
« Reply #24 on: July 15, 2010, 01:15:01 PM »
MINE:




Not mine but uber cool.

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