Bike giveaways are nothing new, but we haven?t seen one quite like this before. This terrific Honda CB750 comes from Ironwood in The Netherlands, and if you hire it for a day, you?re in with a chance to win it.
The people behind this unusual competition are Motoshare, a local bike rental company (think AirBNB for motorcycles) and the huge European parts supplier CMS, who mostly specialize in components for Japanese machines.

Tickets to ride (and win) cost 99 EUR, which is about US$115. And if you live outside the Netherlands, you can also just buy the ticket for a chance to win. A maximum of 120 tickets will be sold.
We suspect this Honda is going to have a busy life, but it?s no rent-a-dent: Ironwood main man Arjan van den Boom has built it to the same high standards as the BMWs he?s best known for?although it?s a little easier to ride than the infamous Mutant BMW R80.
The base bike is a 1981 CB750F, meaning it?s the later DOHC version with four valves per cylinder and extra frame and swingarm bracing over the previous model year, for even sharper handling (at the slight expense of weight).
?It was in pretty good condition,? Arjan tells us. ?The engine had already been opened and worked on. And due to the budget and short lead-time, we wanted a bike that had less work required on the engine.? But just to be on the safe side, Ironwood replaced all the seals and gaskets.

They also upgraded the Keihin carbs to CR spec, and topped them with DNA pod filters. There?s a f...