I just ended a tournament yesterday.
and i got 5th. not too bad.
i play fighting games, i play guilty gear.
I play this game semi-competitively.
so.. yeah.
I'm pretty much the only person in the community who rides motorcycles.
My name is Omi, i'm 30 years old.
I ride a 2014 Honda CB1100.
and i'm also fixing a Honda CB750 from 1980.
There is no modern technology on this bike, except fuel injection and a gear indicator.
that's it.
there's no ABS no nothing.
The bike is just a gift from Honda, bringing it from the past,
and i love it.
What i like about the bike is the style.
It's got modern classic style.
It's got a big inline four eleven hundred and forty cc air cooled engine.
produces about 90 HP, and i think it really represents the old UJM's.
UJM stands for Universal Japanese Motorcycle.
Basically it refers to Japanese motorcycles produced around 70's - 80's.
The big four - Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki they produced this sort of bike that
pretty much the same.
Where they all have like inline four cylinders, straight seat, all air cooled so that's why
people call them UJM'.
I...when i was young i mean, really young, my uncle used to have a Xunda motorcycle.
it was basically the German Zundapp motorcycle.
They sold their production line to China where my home town is and my uncle bought one,
and i was sitting on it.
I think that's the first time motorcycles really amazed me.
Now motorcycle is banned in China, especially in the urban area.
so there's no motorcycle you can see on the road.
which is very disappointing.
If i had to go back to China, and i couldn't ride motorcycles, i would be really sad.
because that's one of my biggest hobbies right now.
Riding motorcycles and working on motorcycles to me the fun is like 50/50.
Last year just before Christmas found this CB750 on Craigslist.
i think CB750 is the perfect bike for a cafe racer project.
I did quite a lot of work.
i replaced the solenoid relay, i cleaned the carbs, rebuilt the brakes, sealed the tank
i fixed the turn signals, i learned pretty much everything from YouTube.
If i ever finish this cafe racer project i will be so happy, and just take her out for
riding or even go to bike shows - you know.
Should my uncle ever come to the United states, and i will show him my project bike, i think
this old bike will make him happy.
hopefully.
Now i'm just like the young him. and we finished closing a circle.
Riding motorcycles is a very stupid thing to do... because you've got no AC you've got
no wind protection.
It's very.. i mean i rode to L.A and it was painful.
But.. we do it because there's nothing else like Motorcycles.

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