1st Article on 500/4 in MCM

[Woodside]

And what is the bracket between the clocks on the first b/w pic

[AshimotoK0]

Loving the yellow suit, maybe I need to find one to be truly authentic😀😀😀

Yellow must have been a trendy bike gear colour in late 60's early 70's . Note the lack of indicators (had wiring but an 'optional extra' in the UK).

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[AshimotoK0]

And what is the bracket between the clocks on the first b/w pic

Possibly a UK registration plate ..so they didn't have to drill the front guard of the Euro bike. typical taht we were probably the last country to get the 500/4 , just like the CB750K0

[AshimotoK0]

What's odd about those pics is that it's a K0 YET it has the extra headlight switch on the bars that wasn't fitted except to the K1.

I did warn you I would become an anorak on these    Must have been a Europe Direct sales model on loan to them  Ken

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[Chris400F]

Definitely looks like pics of two different bikes then.
The switch is there in the first B/W pic in the article (along with the strange bracket) but not apparent in the colour cover shot or the larger B/W pic on the second article page.

Moustaches were also 'in' in the 70s along with yellow suits.

[masonmart]

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Fantastic Ash, how best to print these?

[AshimotoK0]

Those were just shots from a Tablet. I will scan properly and add them plus others to my Dropbox links: Hairygit kindly sent me something to change large scans to .PDF so when I have time I will reduce the file sizes dramatically.

Here's a taster of 'Other Bikes' 

MCM CD175A ‘Sloper’ Engine Strip

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/on91c9a57684szm/AABugNwlGhHhHHUOdMb154G0a?dl=0

MCM Roadtest CB250SS (K0) 1968

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aostg1ai2kf2oli/AAAEIMer-LyxCz6Bc6XQEqQna?dl=0

CB77 Review

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9cs5kfarxfwul51/AAASvmBq4G0Z8Mj-z7KKX5poa?dl=0

CB250/350K Engine Analysis

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/375m5b6zue1wpaz/AAAh2ajaexNfscwmwyOCehTDa?dl=0