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1st CB250K0 have ever seen for sale in UK with correct exhausts !

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AshimotoK0:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133963152008?hash=item1f30d37a88:g:Z0AAAOSwN0lhufA8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTFt-ZgJp0

A Canadian import sadly (high bars/one piece winkers) but the 1st restored example I have ever seen in the UK  with the correct one piece welded exhausts. These exhausts have totally different baffling than any other CB250/350K model ..even the later K0's. They sound awesome ..bit like the difference between HM300's and 341's on CB750's

These exhausts were slated in this '68 MCM review as being too noisy.  ;D

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pge7smh2wta4rv2/MCM%201968%20CB250SS%20Review.pdf?dl=0

philward:
Thats a beautiful bike - I had a new K3 but that is so much nicer.

AshimotoK0:
Little bird told me he paid £4k for it .. which was a steal

Oddjob:
Now that's my idea of a bike, you can keep your CB72 and 160s, the 250K0 was when Honda started to produce proper motorbikes IMO. Lovely.

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on January 03, 2022, 06:09:23 AM ---Now that's my idea of a bike, you can keep your CB72 and 160s, the 250K0 was when Honda started to produce proper motorbikes IMO. Lovely.

--- End quote ---

I agree Ken .. and  I have K0's and a '64 CB72.
Getting the one-piece exhausts has been a nightmare for me for my early one, which i want as a 100% correct UK bike. I got two left hands NOS but damaged and Allenchrome did a super job of re-chroming one (they only took it on because it was NOS). I have what looks like a dealer take-off right hand but most chromers (including Prestige) won't touch it because the baffles are fixed and it doesn't drain quickly enough. My only options are Agbrigg in Leeds (a deffo no-no for me) and Quality Chrome, who are local to me.

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