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Offline petermigreen

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CB500 K1 or K2?
« on: March 14, 2017, 07:13:52 PM »
Evening all. I have acquired a US import 500 with a makers plate showing 12/72 and serial numbers starting CB500-211****.
date suggests K1 but on checking the serial numbers against records these suggest K2?

What do the experts think please?
Thanks, Peter.
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Offline Nurse Julie

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Re: CB500 K1 or K2?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2017, 08:49:09 PM »
Trigger says K2.
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Re: CB500 K1 or K2?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2017, 08:50:50 PM »
Looks to be K2..
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Re: CB500 K1 or K2?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2017, 09:18:47 PM »
Thank you dear people.
I haven't found any information that lists any significant changes from K1 to K2 except for colour changes. Is that correct?
Thanks again, Peter.
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Offline Nurse Julie

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Re: CB500 K1 or K2?
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2017, 09:21:54 PM »
Trigger says.....clocks and clock bracket is one difference that springs to mind
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Re: CB500 K1 or K2?
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2017, 07:00:31 AM »
Honda ID book sez anything starting 21 is a K2 released 10th April 73 so would have to be built earlier to gets stock for sale. colours Candy Bacchus Olive; Flake Sunrise Orange;Maxim Brown Metallic (all with black) Large instruments tilted towards rider. First record I have of a 21 number is built 8/72
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Re: CB500 K1 or K2?
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2017, 07:09:15 AM »
All very helpful thanks.
Sold to me as a K1 so glad I've sorted that out.
Clocks do seem large though I've nothing to compare them to.
Thanks again gang!
Peter.
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Offline Seabeowner

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Re: CB500 K1 or K2?
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2017, 08:35:31 AM »
Think just about all 500s sold in UK were K1. (with small clocks) Some must have been hanging about for a while as I bought a new one in Aug 74. No idea of the frame No now. But notice the engine numbers of a couple of 500s I've had recently have started with 21 but the frames have been 20. They were "N" and "P" reg.
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1971  CB500K0  Candy Jade Green or Candy Gold
1973  CB500K1  Candy Ruby Red
1975  CB550F1   Shiny Orange
1978  CB550K     Excel Black

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Re: CB500 K1 or K2?
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2017, 04:48:41 PM »
Honda kept making K1 for the UK market and were made up until 1975 so not old stock
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