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Vote for Bike of the Month October 2022
« on: September 26, 2022, 03:26:02 PM »
VOTING IS OPEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190895.0.html

Matt aka slikwilli420's CB750 #237 AHRMA Superbike
-1977F frame, detabbed, cross-braced and gusseted, removable top frame rails and custom motor mounts
-41mm Suzuki GSXF forks, internally lowered, custom fender with AHM fork brace, AHM replica triple trees by Moto GP Werks
-Speedhut tach/oil pressure mounted in stock gauge housings
-Calfab swingarm with RaceTech G3S piggyback shocks
-AP calipers on custom hangers, ISR one-off 13” rotors on Kosman centers, Brembo P32 caliper on Moto GP Werks hanger and Ducati rotor out back
-F bodywork with cut down seat, painted RWB as the early 70’s factory bikes
-Hand built oil tank (1 gallon) with custom oil lines running to Setrab oil cooler mounted in front of forks just like the factory bikes of ’80-82
-One off rearset brackets, engine mounts, front wheel bearing hubs and lots of other little bits
-2.5/3.5 Astralite 18” wheels, courtesy of our beloved departed, Frank (754)
-1026cc engine, 72mm flat top JE pistons, Carillo rods on balanced crank, back cut trans, Mirko primary tensioner and Cycle X cam chain tensioner, 94hp at the wheel
-394lbs with half a tank of fuel, ready to rock




78 CB750F "Modular-ish" cafe build
"The goal was to make this a cafe style bike that could be "converted" back to being the standard tail if I decided to ride 2 up. I made the seat perch boltable so that I could remove it accommodating for the cafe tail. I also made it so the seat lock could be added and removed as necessary. The bike got mostly new everything. The head was a stage 3 job by Mike Rieck who most of us hot rodders are familiar. I installed a DP836 kit from Dynoman. It has a Megacyle 125-65 (i think) along with Mikuni RS34 carbs. The pipes are cycle x. ARP studs and stainless screws throughout. I updated the front brakes to a set from a DOHC bike and a Brembo master for a little more stopping power.

The front springs are progressive and the back are Ikons. I had plans to upgrade the rear brakes to a dual piston set but never got around to it. I added a Tarozzi fork brace for a little more stability on the front end. I toyed with swapping the rims out for a GL1000 configuration but grew fond of the Comstars. Reminds me i need to inspect the rivets.

What you don't see is I added a wideband to the HUD and changed the faces to black. I think most everything about it has been shown. There's a lot of other little things that I just cant remember at this point. The thing has been a great riding, reliable, and fun bike.
Link to the gallery: https://postimg.cc/gallery/yHmLtNj"


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