BLACK SWAN: A HOT-RODDED HONDA CB900 WITH DUCATI PARTS

[weeksy]

https://www.bikeexif.com/honda-cb900f-nct-motorcycles

Hmmmmm Yeah i can kinda get that one. The opposite side though, not so much.

[Yorick]

Why ???

[cheb]

Why not?

Maybe the builder prefers building bikes than going round and round in circles on the same bit of tarmac? Each to their own.

I can't say i like it, but then anything using that engine has to be a Freddie Spencer rep IMO.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Jesus, that's shit, what a waste of a CB900, it's well known there's only one thing you can do with a CB900, Freddie replica.

[Skub]

Needz twin cans.

At least...

[derek badger]

[Mr. Dazzle]

Since I have no fucking idea what a CB900 is supposed to look like and only a vague motion of who Freddie Spencer is I sorta like that

Looks pretty good from the front 3/4, but oddly gappy from the sides.

[cheb]

Since I have no fucking idea what a CB900 is supposed to look like and only a vague motion of who Freddie Spencer is I sorta like that

Looks pretty good from the front 3/4, but oddly gappy from the sides.

They look like this:



and can be made into this:



This chap:



wasn't too shabby back in the day:

[weeksy]

Yeah I'll take the cafe racer version over that all day, every day.

[weeksy]

Where does it say Freddie Spencer rep?

NOwhere, Cheb brought the Freddie Spencer rep into the discussion.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I can find out what a CB900 literally looks like or who Freddie Spencer is on Google. I just mean it has no context whatsoever for me, so naturally I don't buy into the "waste of a CB900" thing. I just see a bike that looks cool from some angles

[cheb]

My comment was that the only reasonable thing to do with a DOHC 750/900/1100 engine is to make it into a Spencer rep. That's because I think they look aces. The 'irk the purists' in me thought about getting CB900 tank and bodywork and fitting it to the TDR.

[A_morti]

I can find out what a CB900 literally looks like or who Freddie Spencer is on Google. I just mean it has no context whatsoever for me, so naturally I don't buy into the "waste of a CB900" thing. I just see a bike that looks cool from some angles

Same here. I don't care if he's done the "wrong" conversion, because I have no connection to the "right" conversion.

To me he's taken an old heavy UJM, made it look pretty and ride better, and that's the whole story.

[cheb]

The youth of today, mutter, mutter, mutter.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I can find out what a CB900 literally looks like or who Freddie Spencer is on Google. I just mean it has no context whatsoever for me, so naturally I don't buy into the "waste of a CB900" thing. I just see a bike that looks cool from some angles

I wasn't being serious, and I appreciate anyone under 50 will have no concept of Freddie Spencer and Eddie Lawson racing AMA Superbikes, but it was popular in the early 80s.

Freddie was the Marc Marquez of the time, he could do things on a bike no one else could at the time, like using the rear brake to control rear wheel spin.

[Couchy]

Unsure if you can still buy the Duke videos Fast Freddie, one of the best bike documentaries made

[weeksy]

THe more this thread pops up, the more i like it

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

THe more this thread pops up, the more i like it

The bike or the thread?
If it's the bike, what do you like about it, for me the only good looking parts are the engine, carbs and exhaust.
If it's the thread, what's not to like, middle aged men reminiscing about the early 80s.

[cheb]

THe more this thread pops up, the more i like it

Yeah, it's got some good links to watchable videos.

[weeksy]

THe more this thread pops up, the more i like it

The bike or the thread?
If it's the bike, what do you like about it, for me the only good looking parts are the engine, carbs and exhaust.
If it's the thread, what's not to like, middle aged men reminiscing about the early 80s.

The bike. I like the stance, the headlight, the overall look. But does seem to miss where the big hole is at the back.

Couldn't give a monkeys about early 80s racing, means absolutely nothing to me.