A Dutch ad for a change CB500K2-ED

[deltarider]

A Dutch ad for a change: a CB500K2-ED Candy garnet brown. Admitted - first time - in augustus 1976.
https://www.marktplaats.nl/a/motoren/motoren-oldtimers/m1473983530-honda-cb500-four.html?c=08c285449651fa109c354bbabe740c1b&previousPage=lr
Highest bid sofar: € 3.850,-.

[Seabeowner]

A K2. We never had K2s. Were they sold in Europe or is this an import?
Also what happened to the honda4fun site? It shows as a blocked (virus) site. Do not try.

[Bryanj]

There were many different "country" differences as well as a european direct model

[deltarider]

A K2. We never had K2s. Were they sold in Europe or is this an import?
Also what happened to the honda4fun site? It shows as a blocked (virus) site. Do not try.

Yes, these CB500K2s were traded in 1976-7 in continental Europe and have probably been assembled in 1975-6. Mine for instance was first admitted february 1977. The Parts List deals with three submodels: ED, F en G, knowing: European Direct Sales, France and Germany resp. This 'European' K2 is different to the CB500K2-A, that was already on the US market in 1973. A bit strange is, that where our enginenumbers are younger, our framenumbers are older than the K2-A. Odd, because ours share many 'new' things with the CB550K2 that was on the US market not before 1976. But Honda motorcycles and numbers... Our K2s came in: Excel black, Candy sapphire blue and Candy garnet brown. In Holland they might well have been a batch for grey import, I really don't know. This model K2 may have served to empty the shelves of CB500 parts, as Honda later also did with the CB500K3, who knows? If you are interested in the differences with earlier models, you can have a look here: http://www.honda4fun.com/home/faq/generali/111-cb500-differenze-k0-k1-k2 or here: http://cbfourclub.nl/?page_id=1238. Scroll down and click 'Onderlinge verschillen in de CB500 modellen'. Below a pic of a CB500K2-G with its for Germany typical blinkers and taillight and another in Candy sapphire blue.

[Woodside]

Looks interesting that site if only I could read german...I'm sure I could translate it on the phone somehow...
Just goes to show not everything on websites is correct ..
Shouldn't the k0 fuse panel have round pin plugs?

[Menno]

Dutch. Not German.
18.000.000 people might get a little irritated if you mix them up.
The other 80.000.000 would only find it very funny.

[Woodside]

Oops...even says Dutch up top.

[robvangulik]

Dutch. Not German.
18.000.000 people might get a little irritated if you mix them up.
The other 80.000.000 would only find it very funny.

Says the Dutchman who lives in Germany

[Bryanj]

Woodside, only the very early K0 i think the loom etc changed from a number not a model

[Menno]

Dutch. Not German.
18.000.000 people might get a little irritated if you mix them up.
The other 80.000.000 would only find it very funny.

Says the Dutchman who lives in Germany

Yes! And therefor very much aware..     

[paulbaker1954]

Looks interesting that site if only I could read german...I'm sure I could translate it on the phone somehow...
Just goes to show not everything on websites is correct ..
Shouldn't the k0 fuse panel have round pin plugs?

Translates as

Beautiful and 100% original Honda CB500 Four
Built in 1976 with 32000 km on the clock.
Originally unrestored with traces of use.
rock hard engine and technically fine.
runs very nicely, brakes and shifts

[deltarider]

Wow, Paul! Never knew you're bilingual.
However your 'runs very nicely, brakes and shifts' should be: runs very nicely, brakes and shifts smoothly.