Author Topic: I’m officially crazy! (Read 4099 times)

bobrebos1 · « **on:** January 06, 2024, 12:42:46 AM »

I’m June of 2024 I’m taking this sketchy ass 1972 Honda home built CB 750 chopper on a ride to Ferguson NC. 300 miles….then in September I’m riding it from Chattanooga Tn down to Clearwater Beach Florida….a 600 mile ride!

Why oh why! My wife says “it’s all about the adventure “. I think I’m crazy!

nc43bsa · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2024, 12:54:07 AM »

I have no reason to doubt the motor will make it.

Whether your butt will make it is the question.

slopokes · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2024, 06:15:52 AM »

Go for it—you can always stop at the dollar storeand pick up a pillow ..

MerleLowe · « **Reply #3 on:** January 06, 2024, 07:09:54 AM »

The only crazy part is riding around FL. Those flatlanders drive funny. I know, I'm married to one.

Perazzimx14 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2024, 08:21:15 AM »

Crazy, no! Sadistic, maybe! It's nothing more than being able to deal with the harsh ride.

tommy2cyl · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2024, 08:38:01 AM »

Looks like it will be a bunch of fun in the rain on twisty roads.

twowheeladdict · « **Reply #6 on:** January 06, 2024, 09:15:15 AM »

Any bike can be ridden anywhere. It is all about how you get there and how fast you get there where the differences come into play.

On my Concours 1400 I could cover 600 miles in a day. On the Van Van it would be 600 miles in a week.

inditx · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2024, 10:02:25 AM »

Listen to your wife bro, life is an adventure.
Carry on!
inditx

George S. · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2024, 11:10:06 AM »

Usually it’s the other way around. I decide on an adventure, and my wife is the one who says I’m crazy!

bobrebos1 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 06, 2024, 05:00:57 PM »

Last year I broke down on my chopper due to a broken/loose ignition wire causing bike to cut out. Fixed it with a new electrical terminal/connection and got it home. Old stuff breaks sometimes!

Stretch · « **Reply #10 on:** January 06, 2024, 06:24:43 PM »

Enthusiast - you're an Enthusiast.

-Stretch

John A · « **Reply #11 on:** January 06, 2024, 06:29:19 PM »

Sanity is overrated.

Shorty · « **Reply #12 on:** January 06, 2024, 08:44:08 PM »

While in Clearwater, stop at Bert's Barracuda, local HD shop. Folks there will appreciate your chopper. You might run into a scruffy dude named Shadetree Surgeon, a Youtuber who builds choppers, and rebuilds donated bikes of every kind to raffle them off for charity. One of his choppers is a CB750.

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #13 on:** January 06, 2024, 08:49:20 PM »

Years ago a guy from if I remember correctly rode a partially restored Guzzi to the KS rally with a knee pad zip tied to the frame for a seat.
GliderJohn

Ncdan · « **Reply #14 on:** January 06, 2024, 10:08:26 PM »

Quote from: bobrebos1 on January 06, 2024, 05:00:57 PM

Last year I broke down on my chopper due to a broken/loose ignition wire causing bike to cut out. Fixed it with a new electrical terminal/connection and got it home. Old stuff breaks sometimes!

If you make it as far as NC and break down, get in touch with me and I’ll have your back👍

normzone · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2024, 12:37:48 AM »

With all due respect to you having his back, a pre-plotted map of places one could get good massages along his route would REALLY support his back.

As a man who knows, take my counsel.

bobrebos1 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2024, 02:30:43 AM »

Quote from: Shorty on January 06, 2024, 08:44:08 PM

While in Clearwater, stop at Bert's Barracuda, local HD shop. Folks there will appreciate your chopper. You might run into a scruffy dude named Shadetree Surgeon, a Youtuber who builds choppers, and rebuilds donated bikes of every kind to raffle them off for charity. One of his choppers is a CB750.

I watched his video s few times! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eTiZ6NChcUI&pp=ygURc2hhZGV0cmVlIHN1cmdlb24%3D

chuck peterson · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2024, 06:46:15 AM »

If you’re sane enough to understand that you are crazy then you’re not…

guzziart · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2024, 07:10:09 AM »

Quote from: bobrebos1 on January 06, 2024, 05:00:57 PM

Last year I broke down on my chopper due to a broken/loose ignition wire causing bike to cut out. Fixed it with a new electrical terminal/connection and got it home. Old stuff breaks sometimes!

Yeah, I recall you posting about it here. While none of my junk has stranded me...yet, last year was the year of running out of fuel (3 times on 2 different bikes) and getting stranded...because of my own stupidity.
Anyway, I think it would be a hoot to ride your cb750 chopper cross country! I'm sure you'll get plenty of looks because people don't see that sort stuff these days. Also, I don't imagine the tank has the capacity for long range so stopping every hour or two so just about the time your bones can't take it anymore you'll be pulling in for fuel & a stretch. My
Lemanses have plenty of range but I'm only good for an hour and a half before I have to pull off, stretch and un-numb my groin by standing/walking it off. Good luck & enjoy your trip, I don't think you're crazy!
Art

Tkelly · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2024, 09:32:28 AM »

The NC trip will answer all your questions.Get your motor runnin,head out on the highway,lookin for adventure whatever comes our way!

tazio · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2024, 11:59:29 AM »

Bob, you'd be crazy NOT to do it!
Make the run, son.

Shiny Hat · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2024, 03:12:30 PM »

This is crazy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-WgGh9lvx4

What you’re doing is going for a ride.

twowheeladdict · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2024, 04:27:49 PM »

Quote from: Gliderjohn on January 06, 2024, 08:49:20 PM

Years ago a guy from if I remember correctly rode a partially restored Guzzi to the KS rally with a knee pad zip tied to the frame for a seat.
GliderJohn

I rode my bike to a custom seat guy, talked about what he was going to build, took photos of me on the bike for leg position, etc. and then i rode home with a stadium cushion for a seat. repeat when he finished. talk about sitting down in the bike!

Scout63 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 08, 2024, 07:34:44 AM »

Excellent plan. If this were the mid 70’s there would be an a dude on an 8 valve chopper in every town. Now you are carrying the torch for all of us.

Moparnut72 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 08, 2024, 09:36:13 AM »

There is a group of 6 or 7 Sportster choppers that I think come through town every summer. I have seen them a couple of times and I assume it is an annual ride.
kk

Perazzimx14 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 08, 2024, 09:58:28 AM »

Quote from: Moparnut72 on January 08, 2024, 09:36:13 AM

There is a group of 6 or 7 Sportster choppers that I think come through town every summer. I have seen them a couple of times and I assume it is an annual ride.
kk

Guessing two bars on opposite ends of town?

Moparnut72 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 08, 2024, 12:25:56 PM »

No, actually passing through on a trip. They were not local.
kk

Perazzimx14 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 08, 2024, 03:14:01 PM »

Quote from: Moparnut72 on January 08, 2024, 12:25:56 PM

No, actually passing through on a trip. They were not local.
kk

There's a first for everything.

Huzo · « **Reply #28 on:** January 08, 2024, 04:03:59 PM »

Not quite the same, but I get it…

I really do.
12,000 km in 6 weeks. Now, just do it.

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Author Topic: I’m officially crazy! (Read 4099 times)

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