Nice bike just reminded seller its not a K1 !

[AshimotoK0]

Remember this bike going for a song on eBay a few years back (from memory about £7K) .. lovely restoration. Just messaged seller (original restoration company) that  its not a K1?  There was a feature on it in one of the mags .. think owner was an Elvis lookalike .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333517194606


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[AshimotoK0]

Just got this from seller

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=150072.0

So is it a K1 dressed up as K0? Don't think so 

[AshimotoK0]

According to John Wyatt book K0 up to 1044947 K1 from 1053399 .. So is it a K0 transition.. has later K1 carbs?

[Trigger]

Honda never listed a Transition model  shame it has no fin rubbers 

[AshimotoK0]

Honda never listed a Transition model  shame it has no fin rubbers 

But it's not a K1 surely? Evidently not the one sold on eBay it's another one he restored for somebody.

[AshimotoK0]

Sent photos from John Wyatts book and he has now added an amendmebt to listing an it's a UK bike.

So another 'K0' transition  (or whatever Trigger calls it  ) has surfaced

[Bryanj]

He is saying it has the single pull 4 seperate throttle cables but i can see a bracket with a bell crank!

[AshimotoK0]

He is saying it has the single pull 4 seperate throttle cables but i can see a bracket with a bell crank!

Yes correct Bryan . I noticed that too. It must be one of the 36 UK transition bikes I guess.

[Bryanj]

He is still mis representing it though

[AshimotoK0]

He is still mis representing it though

I think he's just worded that incorrectly, he should have said it has the pull/push arrangement not the 4 cables but the number is supposed to be inside the K0 limits according to the "expert" John Wyatt.  That's not a dig at John just a reflection of his status on the 750s. In that respect he's misrepresenting it by saying it's a K1. In the end who cares, it's a bloody nice bike and if it is a transition bike that would make it rarer than the K0 diecast versions.

He's now corrected it Ken .. agreed it's a rare bike and superb condition so interested to see what it goes for. He says the customer asked for the later carbs to be fitted ... wonder what the originals were? He doesn't give the full frame number so could be slightly before the transition model.


This is what he added today:-

n 17-Feb-20 at 21:18:32 GMT, seller added the following information:

"CORRECTION

AFTER MUCH INFORMATION FED TO ME FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CB750 (THANK YOU), AND ITS MANY VARIATIONS, TOGETHER WITH MY OWN REFRESHMENT OF THE WORK I CARRIED OUT ON THIS BIKE, THE CONCLUSION IS
    THAT THE BIKE IS IN FACT A KO, AND NOT A K1             MODEL.
 
THE CARBS ARE THE LATER TYPE (BAR OPEN/CLOSE, NOT 4 SEPARATE CABLES).  THIS WORKS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN ANYWAY AND IS WHAT THE CUSTOMER ASKED FOR AT THE RESTORATION. "

[steff750]

  the black kill switch got me thinking  and the wrong carbs spoil it for me ,but as you say still a very clean and tidy CB750 UK model

[AshimotoK0]

Honda never listed a Transition model  shame it has no fin rubbers 

Sent to me by a dear friend .. thanks mate . ... you are a CB750 guru extraordinaire 

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[Woodside]

I've got this book
Like most honda related things probably better to take it with a pinch of salt

[steff750]

  yes i have both the books, the second book was issued for the Honda America market and the first book was for the Honda UK market ,and i would say that is why there was and still is confusion, so the american cb750 was called the k0  after they had changed from the sandcast engine .because the UK only got the diecast model anyway they was also called cb750 , the k0 is mentioned in the first book Has being a transitional model and it was dropped in favour of the k1 that everybody got 

[JamesH]

Looks like the seller pulled the auction and sold outside of eBay. I wonder what £ he achieved?