Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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Cafe Racer Magazine had their annual Readers Ride-In Bike Show today.
Was at a park near their headquarters in Sewickley, PA, which is a few miles west of Pittsburgh.

Turnout probably was a little down because of the rain & heat.
We got wet on the way home. RedZone/GT550 ran fine but the T500 broke down near home. Got the T500 home with problem TBD.

Pics of the entered bikes:
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BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
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T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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Re: Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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Last but not least, Suzukis owned by forum members.
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BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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Re: Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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Found some links to a few of the winners.

People’s Choice and Best Japanese Cafe awards: Andrew Frederick’s seafoam green 1973 CB 350 Honda:
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Best in Show: Tyler Stepp’s all-white 1974 CB 360 Honda:
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Wildest Engineering: Virginian Sean Skinner’s Yamaha Virago:
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http://cyrilhuzeblog.com/2016/08/17/9th ... w-winners/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/263343600392002/
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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Re: Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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Just got the October/November issue of Cafe Racer magazine. Its has the ride-in bike show article.

Forum member desmocat / Shoemake Vintage won 2nd place for wildest engineering. Congrats. :up:
The magazine pic is similar to mine show above & here:
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The two bikes we took were also shown: Redzone & my T500. :)
The magazine pic is similar to mine show above & here:
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BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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Re: Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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Very nice. I think the date may be slightly out though.
It grates that I understand though as I seem to speak the same language!
Think of how stupid the average person is, then realise that half of them are more stupid than that.
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Re: Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2016

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Oops. 2106 vs. 2016 — I can’t blame this typo on auto spell correction.
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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Re: Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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The Photobucket policy change trashed the pics. I moved the pics over to Flickr & am reposting them.


Cafe Racer Magazine had their annual Readers Ride-In Bike Show in August 2016.
Was at a park near their headquarters in Sewickley, PA, which is a few miles west of Pittsburgh.

Turnout probably was a little down because of the rain & heat.
We got wet on the way home. RedZone/GT550 ran fine but the T500 broke down near home. Got the T500 home with problem TBD.
(Update: I think the T500 died because the pod filters got soaked in a downpour. Compression was low so we did a top end rebuild with oversize pistons & all is good.)

Pics of the entered bikes:
ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0250 by jabcb, on Flickr

ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0252 by jabcb, on Flickr

ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0254 by jabcb, on Flickr

ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0256 by jabcb, on Flickr

ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0257 by jabcb, on Flickr

ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0259 by jabcb, on Flickr

ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0261 by jabcb, on Flickr
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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Re: Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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Last but not least, Suzukis owned by forum members.
ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0262 by jabcb, on Flickr

ImageCRM_2016-08-13_0263 by jabcb, on Flickr
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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Re: Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show 2106

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Nice pics. Thanks for reposting.
Think of how stupid the average person is, then realise that half of them are more stupid than that.
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