CR500Rider
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Location: San Antonio, TX USA
Sandberm
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Location: Pasco, WA USA
I like em', but I dont have the time to own one.
I love Bratstyle. If i had the talent and time i would do up a bike bratstyle.
CR500Rider
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Location: San Antonio, TX USA
4stroke4DWIN wrote: Totally bitchen, I had my I on a couple CB's but they both got scooped up before I could get a hold of the guys. LOL whats the turn knob on the top clap?
60's version of a steering dampener.
flarider
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Joined: 4/1/2008
Location: Merritt Island, FL USA
Mine
1975
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TeamGreen
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Joined: 11/25/2008
Location: Redding, CA USA
Nice, Dave.
Real Nice!
Ride that thing to Daytona SX?
Matthes. He's SO Hot this year. Matthes.
dougie
Posts: 2586
Joined: 4/1/2008
Location: Temecula, CA USA
I had a CB350 71' I think. Loved the bike but the mufflers went and I had to replace with loud aftermarket of which only one pipe was available for it. I'll see if I can find some pics of my bikes. I think Ive owned 30 some in my life.
dougie
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Ahh here is me and my 71' CB350 circa 1975. Originally it was red and white but I took off the tank badges and side cover badges and painted it all gloss black and put on the only cafe fairing available at the time. Used to think I was Ricky Road racer on that thing. Had some great times on that bike. Mostly though it was my transportation at the time. I was 25.
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slowvet
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Location: San Marcos, CA USA
dougie wrote: Ahh here is me and my 71' CB350 circa 1975. Originally it was red and white but I took off the tank badges and side cover badges and painted it all gloss black and put on the only cafe fairing available at the time. Used to think I was Ricky Road racer on that thing. Had some great times on that bike. Mostly though it was my transportation at the time. I was 25.
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I had the exact same 1/4 fairing on my '78 xs500e. I also chopped the seat ala superbike style, made my own rear sets and had a 2 into 1 exaust and clubmans. Fun! Then an '85 gpz 550 for a while then a new '86 gsxr 1100. Cool shot dougie!
dougie
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Heres a 76' Gold Wing the years without the fairings. Beautiful bike, I bought it in the mid 90's. Sold it cause it was a huge pig. R[img]
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dougie
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This is my favortie bike I ever owned. I got more miles of smiles out of this little POS than any other bike I owned. I bought it for 125bucks. Look at the muffler. I contacted Honda in Gardena to see if they still carried something that old. They had two of them at over 200 a piece. I was poor back then and that was too much so I just rode it the way it was. I ended up buying a second one. My brother and I would wheeling them up and down the street in opposite directions entertaining the kids on the block. Bullet proof bike. The second bike had all the original paint but for some reason I liked the ugly girl better..go figure
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dougie
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I was away from bikes from 77 to 80 but started jonesin. I was a heavy drinker at the time. I quit drinking cold turkey and started saving my beer money, In 10 months I had saved enough for a New Honda CB750F To me then and now one of the prettiest bikes ever. Excuse the hot red Kerker. It was a stage I went thru
Sandberm
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Location: Pasco, WA USA
What in the living hell is that thing Dougie? Some sort of SL125/trials bike hybrid?
Love that pic of you cool guying it on the CB, classic stuff.
Racer92
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Location: Central, TX USA
dougie wrote: Ahh here is me and my 71' CB350 circa 1975. Originally it was red and white but I took off the tank badges and side cover badges and painted it all gloss black and put on the only cafe fairing available at the time. Used to think I was Ricky Road racer on that thing. Had some great times on that bike. Mostly though it was my transportation at the time. I was 25.
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The shirt & flip flips and 70s 'stache make this one a classic.
Bow-chika, bow-chika, bow-chika, bow-wow
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slowvet
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Sandberm wrote: What in the living hell is that thing Dougie? Some sort of SL125/trials bike hybrid?
Love that pic of you cool guying it on the CB, classic stuff.
I think it's a TL.
dougie
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Location: Temecula, CA USA
4stroke4DWIN wrote: BOOM! jackpot, I closed the shop for lunch and ran over to the antique store and low and be hold BAM! I scored a blue flake nesco helmet still in the original box and plastic rapper circa 1971. woot woot now I need a bubble shield and I'm right back in the 70's..........Lol i was only 5 when all this was new stuff but damn is it cool now.
What condition is the "soft" foam in? In many helmets they used a softer foam for the cheek pads and one at the top of the helmet. I ask because I have quite a few helments, all have many memories for me and some are pretty cool but I was out in the garage a year or so back and opened a few boxes and that soft foam had turned to dust. Short shelf life I guess. Ive gotta go back an fix the cb 750 post above but photo bucket was giving me fits this morning.
flarider
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This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - FDR
"Grant money is not pork" - Rep Allen West
dougie
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Sandberm wrote: What in the living hell is that thing Dougie? Some sort of SL125/trials bike hybrid?
Love that pic of you cool guying it on the CB, classic stuff.
Yeah it was a TL125. Real user friendly. And lmao at Racer, I figured the mustache would remind someone of Dirk Diggler
dougie
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When I bought the 750 in 80' I started to go watch races, mostly Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside Raceway. I got the bug and in 81' I also bought myself a CB 400T and I took it box stock road racing. But I was giving away 50cc to the guys on Suzy's. So in 82 when the CB 450T came out I had to have one. This is the 450. I raced that thing for years. Id taken out the base gasket to raise compression and that worked up until the day it didnt. I was going into turn 3 at Willow springs rcwy and I was downshifting like a mofo when it threw a cam chain. Locked up the rear end and manged to get the clutch in and ride it off at high speed into the dirt. Ahh the memories
dougie
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In 1983 Honda introduced the Interceptor and Homey had to have one. I went to the Anaheim Bike show and ordered one. I wanted to be the first guy to have one. The lowers are aftermarket from Germany and came paint matched and it was perfect.
dougie
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Racer92
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dougie wrote: In 1983 Honda introduced the Interceptor and Homey had to have one. I went to the Anaheim Bike show and ordered one. I wanted to be the first guy to have one. The lowers are aftermarket from Germany and came paint matched and it was perfect.
As I recall you had a pretty nice seat cover for that scooter !
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JPT
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Location: Las Vegas, NV USA
Great pics dougie.
My wife calls you guys the Yahoos.
