{"id":6802,"date":"2014-01-12T20:53:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T10:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2014-01-17T08:26:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T22:26:34","slug":"kcc-900-update-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/kcc-900-update-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The KCC 900 UPDATE 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>By Swifty<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time the crew at BIKE ME! have built a bike (e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/bike-me-presents-the-postie-bike-of-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Postie Bike of Death<\/a>), but this time it is for a good cause. A little while ago a request came from a member to help get his wife to Bhutan for a health retreat. To do this she needed to raise at least $3,500 for the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.questforlife.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quest for Life Foundation<\/a>\u201d. Bhutan is a devout Buddhist nation that measures success in terms of Gross National Happiness. When you are a cancer sufferer, you deserve all the happiness you can get.<\/p>\n<p>When someone in BIKE ME! asks for help, everyone gets on board, and so it came to pass that we decided we would build a bike to raise the funds\u00a0 for the good lady to go to Bhutan and so the KCC 900 was born.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty soon offers flew in thick and fast, but it was Wayne and Carolynn at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmt.net.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tasmanian Motorcycle Transport<\/a> who shined the brightest with their very generous offer to donate a Honda CB900 to be customised. Over the coming weeks and months this machine will be transformed from a tired and well-loved motorcycle into something that people will stare at in wonder. A motorcycle, that you would want to own and ride. Not quite a caf\u00e9 racer, but a classic restoration. A motorcycle that is both classy and spectacular. And built, quite amazingly, by a bunch of people all working on different parts all over Australia.<\/p>\n<p>This is a very unique and fun way to build a bike. We know, because we&#8217;ve done it before.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6804\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6804\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6804\" alt=\"KCC-1-Col-L-Wayne-R\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Col-L-Wayne-R.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Col-L-Wayne-R.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Col-L-Wayne-R-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Col-L-Wayne-R-466x350.jpg 466w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Col-L-Wayne-R-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Col (left) and Wayne (right) finally get it off the truck\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6805\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6805\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6805\" alt=\"KCC-1-In-the-beginning-black\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-In-the-beginning-black.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-In-the-beginning-black.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-In-the-beginning-black-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-In-the-beginning-black-616x350.jpg 616w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-In-the-beginning-black-600x340.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-In-the-beginning-black-290x166.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the beginning there was black.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once finished, the KCC 900 will be sold with all proceeds going to the Quest for Life Foundation and getting the lady to Bhutan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6806\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6806\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6806\" alt=\"KCC-1-Possible-Happy-Ending\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Possible-Happy-Ending.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Possible-Happy-Ending.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Possible-Happy-Ending-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Possible-Happy-Ending-505x350.jpg 505w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KCC-1-Possible-Happy-Ending-600x415.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A possible version of the KCC 900 Happy Ending?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, what can you do to help out?<\/p>\n<p>Well, if you&#8217;re a motorcycle business or you have some mechanical skills and you wish to donate time, money and or parts to assist in the rebuild, please <a href=\"mailto:dave@bikeme.tv\">contact me<\/a> via email.<\/p>\n<p>In return, BIKE ME! will mention your kindness and efforts on ist Facebook page, this blog, within the forums and on any advertising when the KCC 900 is finally\u00a0 sold.<\/p>\n<p>Come on, get on board\u2026you know it makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.questforlife.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quest for Life Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And be sure to look up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmt.net.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tasmanian Motorcycle Transport<\/a> whenever you need to transport your bike interstate.<\/p>\n<p>Need more info? Daily updates on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/BIKE-ME\/145613175490284\" target=\"_blank\">Bike Me! facebook<\/a> page will fill the hole. And the 2014 <a  href=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/2014-kcc-poker-run\/\" target=\"_blank\">KCC Poker Run page is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not the first time the crew at BIKE ME! have built a bike (e.g. The Postie Bike of Death), but this time it is for a good cause<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4,67,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6802"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7255,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions\/7255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}