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Whoa! That is one of the coolest things ever!
1982 cb750k
1982 cm200
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i LOVE that kind of stuff. I remember visiting House on the Rock when I was in Wisconsin, and that place had a small museum inside with at least a dozen mechanical contraptions like this (though no where near as sophisticated of course).
Mark Davis
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
amateur photographer, hot rodder, motorcyclist, adventurer
"Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
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Hahaha!!! That was great. Though I'm fairly confident my microwave could whip that car's @$$ 
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its probably almost as spacious too :P
1981 SS with Kerker 4-1 exhaust and extremely attractive rider.
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This one isn't really an oddity, other than the fact it is one of the very, very few "show" bikes I've seen online that I would SERIOUSLY consider riding....a lot! (once they get a seat on it, that is.)
http://silodrome.com/harley-sportster-custom/
Mark Davis
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
amateur photographer, hot rodder, motorcyclist, adventurer
"Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
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anyone want a smoothie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDlMLqdvHzI
It's only illegal if you get caught.
If at first you don't succeed, use more lighter fluid
95% of Harley Davidsons ever made are still on the road... The other 5% made it home.
New Baltimore, Va '82 CB900c, 1980 CB985F/K 'Mutt"
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OOh, now I want a CBX powered cafe....like this....(of course the guy that built this tube frame likely gets BIG bucks for his fabrication skills!)
Mark Davis
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
amateur photographer, hot rodder, motorcyclist, adventurer
"Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
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I think I'd have to label that one as a street fighter rather than a cafe. Either way,that's one slick bike. I loooove the s-arm on the bike!
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Oh man!Is there anything in this world that sounds as good as an American V8 with open exhaust? The answer is no!
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Maybe not a true oddity,but definitely something you don't see every day:
A CB350 mixing it up with the new guys.  Sideport power,baby!
 Not sure what this model is. But it looks suspiciously CB'ish.
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That bottom picture is a late model Triumph.
TOOLS
Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."
1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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Dang,how'd I miss that primary cover??
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You might wanna turn the volume DOWN actually...Honda 1966 RC149. 125cc 5cyl.
And it's big brother. The RC166. 250cc 6 cyl.
If you can find the time I highly suggest you do some research on these bikes.Here's why:
"With a crankshaft made of 13 separate components, each no larger than a domino, it was said to be so delicate that it could easily be deformed by hand, yet held up to the astronomical forces exerted upon it when spinning 333 times per second and twisting out the equivalent power of an average Japanese family car of the day. This was only made possible by the use of incredibly precise construction jigs that allowed the crank to be assembled with the kind of accuracy normally reserved for achieving space flight. Ludovic Surcin, designer of the jigs, likened the task to balancing thirteen billiard balls on top of each other and then making sure they stay put."
They were engineering marvels,even by today's standards.The valve train was assembled with tweezers the parts were so small.
Here's a piston/rod.
 Overview:
 This bike made 260 hp/litre. In other words,if this had been 1,000cc vs 250 it would have made that full 260 hp. How many modern liter bikes are pushing 260 hp today?...very few.
And if you're wondering why they don't just let the bikes idle it's because they won't. The rotating assemblies are so light that they produce no flywheel effect. Gotta rev 'em to keep 'em running.
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TURBO!!!Oooh,I want this bike in a bad way! I bet the sounds it makes are awesome. Exhaust note...turbo whine...waste gate flutter...belt drive whirring....  oh yeah...
 
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That looks like something dangerous and really fun, I'll take 2!
It's only illegal if you get caught.
If at first you don't succeed, use more lighter fluid
95% of Harley Davidsons ever made are still on the road... The other 5% made it home.
New Baltimore, Va '82 CB900c, 1980 CB985F/K 'Mutt"
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Russ Collins put three engines on to his Honda drag racer in the 1970s. Drag bikes need a huge amount of power for maximum acceleration, and some models are even powered by rocket engines. His three engine bike was named "Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe", a thundering, three-engine, nitromethane-burning, Honda. This frightening machine became the first, seven-second motorcycle in drag racing and the first Top Fuel bike with a Japanese engine to hold a NHRA National Record. The "AT&SF," also, became the first motorcycle to win NHRA's coveted "Best Engineered Car" award at the Springnationals in 1973. Russ Collins' three-motor monster eventually ran a best of 7.80 sec./179.5 mph but, in the end, proved a death-defying ride. In 1976, it was destroyed in a horrendous crash at Akron, Ohio that nearly killed Russ, put him in the hospital for several weeks and kept him in a wheelchair for several more. You can't keep a wild man down, though.
 Russ Collins was born in New Jersey in 1939. He was into anything mechanical and his interest in cars lead him to be an accomplished car mechanic and a body man, he later get into trucking business and drove around the country. He fell in love with California and moved there. He became a shop manager and a mechanic in motorcycle dealerships. While there, Honda unveiled the revolutionary CB750 Four and he got one to play with. Collins built a four-into-one exhaust system that a lot of Honda owners wanted, so in 1970 he quit his job at the motorcycle dealership and opened RC Engineering, which later became a leading maker of racing fuel-injection systems for Japanese-made sports cars.
Source: http://briskinfo.com/gk-questions/who-put-three-engines-on-a-motorbike
89 VN 750A - Given to son-in-law
79 CB 750K-sold 3 May 21
78 CB 750K
77 CB 750K
77 GL 1000 x 2
77 CB 550F
Holton, KS, US
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I love this kind of stuff!!! SO jealous of this build!
