Interesting motorcycle pictures
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what the 999 should have looked like. arete americana ducati. wow
cb900f. i love the mount for the headlight. who said harley parts don't work on jap bikes?
i want to find this bike. something tells me its awesome. and if you've seen what's pulling that trailer, i think you'd agree
cb900f. i love the mount for the headlight. who said harley parts don't work on jap bikes?
i want to find this bike. something tells me its awesome. and if you've seen what's pulling that trailer, i think you'd agree
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okay, here's a vid of it, on the trailer. i know it's a cruiser, but hot damn, id love to find some info on it.
and you can see what's pullin' it btw
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Way too many to put all here, check the link:
Oma Aika: lokakuu 2011
This I liked, kind of art deco thing going on...
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1975 HONDA CR750 YOSHIMURA LEMANS SPECIAL
ebay description:
Honda : CB | eBay
The collector who owned this bike for the last 37 years related to us that it was professionally built in 1975 from the frame-up by Yoshimura North, with no expense spared. It is believed that it was built on commission for a privateer race team that wanted to compete in the Bol d’Or 24 endurance race in France, as well as the Lemans 24 hour race. But the team’s efforts never materialized and the bike never went to Europe. Instead, the bike was immediately purchased by the aforementioned collector and drained of all its fluids. It went directly into his extensive art collection and was stored in his living room as a prized piece for the next 3 decades.
From what we were told, Yoshimura built the motor to their full race specs. They fitted their aluminum racing tank and racing saddle. They equipped it with authentic Honda CR750 CR31 carburetors, the CR750 megaphone exhaust and CR750 tachometer. They fabricated a custom aluminum oil tank, used aircraft style oil lines and a heavy duty oil cooler, and fitted an ARD racing magneto. They chose Ceriani forks and triple trees up front, and a Dresda swingarm with Koni air shocks in the rear. The bike rides on amazing Kimtab magnesium wheels and Goodyear racing slicks. Stopping power is provided by Hunt plasma-cut triple discs. Many of the parts on the bike, especially the carburetors, tach, and magnesium wheels are now extremely hard to find and worth quite a large sum in their own right. The bike is fitted with high powered Marchal headlamps, as well as a low-mounted Cibie spotlight on the right front fork. The fit and finish is exquisite, down to the perfectly braided safety wire on various nuts and fasteners.
Honda Cr750 Slideshow by Northeast-Sportscar | Photobucket
ebay description:
Honda : CB | eBay
The collector who owned this bike for the last 37 years related to us that it was professionally built in 1975 from the frame-up by Yoshimura North, with no expense spared. It is believed that it was built on commission for a privateer race team that wanted to compete in the Bol d’Or 24 endurance race in France, as well as the Lemans 24 hour race. But the team’s efforts never materialized and the bike never went to Europe. Instead, the bike was immediately purchased by the aforementioned collector and drained of all its fluids. It went directly into his extensive art collection and was stored in his living room as a prized piece for the next 3 decades.
From what we were told, Yoshimura built the motor to their full race specs. They fitted their aluminum racing tank and racing saddle. They equipped it with authentic Honda CR750 CR31 carburetors, the CR750 megaphone exhaust and CR750 tachometer. They fabricated a custom aluminum oil tank, used aircraft style oil lines and a heavy duty oil cooler, and fitted an ARD racing magneto. They chose Ceriani forks and triple trees up front, and a Dresda swingarm with Koni air shocks in the rear. The bike rides on amazing Kimtab magnesium wheels and Goodyear racing slicks. Stopping power is provided by Hunt plasma-cut triple discs. Many of the parts on the bike, especially the carburetors, tach, and magnesium wheels are now extremely hard to find and worth quite a large sum in their own right. The bike is fitted with high powered Marchal headlamps, as well as a low-mounted Cibie spotlight on the right front fork. The fit and finish is exquisite, down to the perfectly braided safety wire on various nuts and fasteners.
Honda Cr750 Slideshow by Northeast-Sportscar | Photobucket
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That's all I want. All I want from Honda is to do a production model of that engine. I'm not expecting 250 hp, but I want it to be big bang.
This is one of the coolest motors ever designed. I think it's the coolest motorcycle engine.
It's been 6 years since it was retired - and nothing has been as cool in motogp since. Even the desmo motors - they've got nothing on the V5.