Honda UK registered CB500K0's

[Laverda Dave]

I have one. Recently back from the dead!

Welcome to the forum. A fine looking machine you have there. The location appears to be Sawyers Hill in Richmond? I was there last week 'taking covid allowed exercise'.
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[triplE675]

I have one. Recently back from the dead!


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Welcome to the mad world of the SOHC.
You have one very beautiful bike. I wish my next one i build comes out as good as your 

Welcome to the forum from me too

If you have a trigger built K0 then that's an extremely rare bike that not only shows but goes too . 


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[Trigger]

1234pot

This link below  is also very useful for engine strip/rebuild.

Trigger ...is that a genuine UK 500K0 in the 1988 Classic Mechanics strip?


https://www.dropbox.com/s/czobu24604mdiiv/Classic%20Mechanics%20%26%20MCM%20500-4%20Rebuild.pdf?dl=0

Found that article confusing as, the engine being stripped looks to be a K1. Maybe the picture of the bike was only used as illustration purpose's. The reg number is first date of reg in the UK as Feb 72 but, the head is the later type 

[AshimotoK0]

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Found that article confusing as, the engine being stripped looks to be a K1. Maybe the picture of the bike was only used as illustration purpose's. The reg number is first date of reg in the UK as Feb 72 but, the head is the later type 
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Yea probably just a library shot .. still a useful article though

[Trigger]

Found that article confusing as, the engine being stripped looks to be a K1. Maybe the picture of the bike was only used as illustration purpose's. The reg number is first date of reg in the UK as Feb 72 but, the head is the later type 
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Yea probably just a library shot .. still a useful article though
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No use to me 

[AshimotoK0]

MCM Article is actually a strip at the Honda Training School in the 1970's .... so got to be of some use to somebody on here Trigg 

[philward]

I have one. Recently back from the dead!


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Welcome to the mad world of the SOHC.
You have one very beautiful bike. I wish my next one i build comes out as good as your 

What a beautiful bike! My new August 1972 500k1 was black too - 40,000 fun and trouble free miles. I'm about to start my 500k2 engine rebuild having no experience of working on the 500 engine as it was so reliable! It was that good after 3 years that I only lost about £120 when part ex'ing for my Z1B (still got the receipt for the Z1 transaction upstairs)

[Nurse Julie]

I wonder if that's the K0 that my NOS exhausts went on?

Nope, they went on Grahams gold UK 500 K0

[1234pot]

That just my fat arse after a couple of hours riding odd Job Lockdown can be so cruel. It has reset itself I’m glad to say.


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[AshimotoK0]

Got to say the ripple in the seat cover would bug the hell out of me, OCD kicking in I suppose 

If it's the same bike I a thinking of it has a Genuine Honda NOS seat fitted.
 
I have seen a couple of Genuine NOS seats though and they don't seem to  have the raised padding in the panels, like you particularly see on the early USA bikes, which is kind of surprising.

I got mine from David Silver and I think it was a dealer take off but it definitely looks different to the NOS 'spare part' ones I have seen.

[Nurse Julie]

I wonder if that's the K0 that my NOS exhausts went on?

Nope, they went on Grahams gold UK 500 K0

He still got it Julie or was it sold on?

I sold it 5½ hears ago Ken. We often still hear from the chap that bought it, he rides it very regularly and just loves it, he lives in Surrey .

[Charliecharlcomb]

I have one. Recently back from the dead!

Spookily I photographed mine in the same spot around 25 years ago. Made the cover of VJMC mag. Still got it.

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[1234pot]

....That is amazing!


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[1234pot]

You might be interested in a print I came across on eBay by Steve Dunn. He’s done an incredible range of bikes. He sells on eBay. Well worth a look.


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[Bryanj]

its wrong. the rear plate should be vertical