{"id":79,"date":"2007-10-08T11:17:07","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T04:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2011-12-29T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T19:10:45","slug":"midnight-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fmidnight-in-the-netherlands%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2007%2F10%2Fmidnight1.jpg&amp;description=Midnight+in+the+Netherlands\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[79]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Midnight in the Netherlands\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Midnight in the Netherlands&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\" data-text=\"Midnight in the Netherlands\" data-desc=\"Courtesy of Eddy a.k.a. Midnight While studying suspension modifications for the CB900F I found a Dutch motorcycle enthusiast on CB100F.net who has completed (and documented) some of the most unique mods I\u2019ve ever seen on these bikes. His user name is Midnight and he started this project at the\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnight1.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Courtesy of Eddy  a.k.a. Midnight<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">While studying suspension modifications for the CB900F I found a Dutch motorcycle enthusiast on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cb1100f.net\" target=\"_blank\">CB100F.net<\/a> who has completed (and documented) some of the most unique mods I\u2019ve ever seen on these bikes. His user name is <st1:time minute=\"0\" hour=\"0\">Midnight<\/st1:time> and he started this project at the end of October 2005 like most of us do, finding a reasonable yet leaky and rusty specimen of CB and getting to work. I usually write too much, so I will let his pictures do the talking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnight1.jpg\" title=\"Midnights 900\" rel=\"lightbox[79]\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnight1.jpg\" alt=\"Midnights 900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Within a couple of months he had cleaned up the rusty frame, painted the engine, mounted a 900rr swingarm and wheel with a CBR 600 F2 front wheel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnight5.jpg\" title=\"midnight5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[79]\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnight5.jpg\" alt=\"midnight5.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Around mid-April 2006, about 6 months after starting, his bike looked like this!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-admin\/upload.php?style=inline&amp;tab=browse-all&amp;action=view&amp;ID=83&amp;post_id=-1191814219&amp;paged\" id=\"file-link-83\" title=\"midnight15.jpg\" class=\"file-link image\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnight15.jpg\" title=\"midnight15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[79]\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnight15.jpg\" alt=\"midnight15.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Aside from a couple of comments regarding the ride height of the front end, everyone loved the finished product.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Now, another thing about <st1:time minute=\"0\" hour=\"0\">Midnight<\/st1:time> is his uncanny ability to obtain parts for these old Honda\u2019s that are practically unobtainable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-admin\/upload.php?style=inline&amp;tab=browse-all&amp;action=view&amp;ID=81&amp;post_id=-1191814219&amp;paged\" id=\"file-link-81\" title=\"moriwakicovers.jpg\" class=\"file-link image\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/moriwakicovers.jpg\" title=\"moriwakicovers.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[79]\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/moriwakicovers.jpg\" alt=\"moriwakicovers.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnightinprocess12.jpg\" title=\"midnightinprocess12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[79]\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnightinprocess12.jpg\" alt=\"midnightinprocess12.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnightinprocess16.jpg\" title=\"Midnights Single Sided\" rel=\"lightbox[79]\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnightinprocess16.jpg\" alt=\"Midnights Single Sided\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Chalk up another first for this guy. I\u2019m not entirely sure who makes that rear end, but it\u2019s pimp. Here is what it looks like now!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnightinprocess24.jpg\" title=\"midnightinprocess24.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[79]\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/midnightinprocess24.jpg\" alt=\"midnightinprocess24.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Garage\/Midnight\/\" title=\"Midnight's Garage\">CLICK HERE<\/a> check out the garage I made to show the rest of Midnight&#8217;s pictures. There are some great closeup shots of his work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">You can also see the original threads in the discussion forums over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cb1100f.net\" target=\"_blank\">CB1100.net <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cb1100f.net\/modules.php?name=Forums&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=17079&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;start=0\" target=\"_blank\">PART 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cb1100f.net\/modules.php?name=Forums&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=27342&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;start=0\" title=\"CB1100F.net\" target=\"_blank\">PART 2<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fmidnight-in-the-netherlands%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Midnight+in+the+Netherlands\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Midnight in the Netherlands\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Midnight in the Netherlands&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/midnight-in-the-netherlands\/\" data-text=\"Midnight in the Netherlands\" data-desc=\"Courtesy of Eddy a.k.a. Midnight While studying suspension modifications for the CB900F I found a Dutch motorcycle enthusiast on CB100F.net who has completed (and documented) some of the most unique mods I\u2019ve ever seen on these bikes. His user name is Midnight and he started this project at the\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Courtesy of Eddy a.k.a. Midnight While studying suspension modifications for the CB900F I found a Dutch motorcycle enthusiast on CB100F.net who has completed (and documented) some of the most unique mods I\u2019ve ever seen on these bikes. 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