Could this be a proper K0 with linked carbs

[AshimotoK0]

Could this be a proper K0 with linked carbs?? Interim model ?? like DSS sold James May and was from France


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB750-K0-Project-barn-find-/221793607598?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item33a3eddfae

Engine sounds like K1 but dunno about 'interim' rare model
I don't think it is a US import because it has correct km/h clocks for Italian market. I would have thought the airbox would be later 'ribbed' black type though.


CB750 (1969-1970)
frame from 1000001,
engine from E1000001
CB750 K1 (Aug 1970-Nov 1971)
Frame from 1053399,
engine from E1044806

[AshimotoK0]

Got this from SOOC site

Hi from Australia. The CB750 K0 Has always had some misunderstandings.. In the US market CB750 went to VIN AND ENGINE Nos CB750-1044649 CB750E-1044805 in US service bulletins refured to as pre-K1..Now this is where the trouble started In the US Market The K1 was introduced at CB750-1044650... In Other markets around the world the K1 was introduced later...Here in OZ we got K1's at VIN CB750-1054244...These bikes were in all other markets than the US with VIN's from CB750-1044650 to CB750-1054243 Here in OZ and later in some markets, True K0's These where a transition model they had all CB750 pre K1 fittings EXCEPT THE CARBS were the K1 LINKAGE TYPE. these bikes were refered to here as a K0, I have seen these in the Aussie, UK and Jap markets and may be others. Hope this throws some light on this very confusing point. at around 10k production a rare bird...

Steve Swan:
Posted by Steve "Guest"

 you the man tom

that is the way i see it also ,  here in the UK there where only about 36 of the so called k0 models sold
the only people who refer to the k0 over here are shop nerds and geeks  who now nowt bout bikes
as you know the yanks murdered the English language so why not Japanese aswell 

they also had the same black plastic air box as the k1s apart from that there is no difference it is the frame numbers that confuse things, i think the japs used the parts that where available at the time ,too add fuel too the fire i have seen a k1 that is exactly like the cb750 with the four cable carbs plastic clocks and air-box but it had a very early k1 frame number , i saw it as a cb750 no question about it but a vjmc guru insisted it was a k1 simply because of the fame number there is surely as too be some overlap of these models  so is this the case also with the sandcast models

[Spitfire]

Mine also had linked carbs


Cheers

Den

[steff750]

Re: Could this be a proper K0 with linked carbs

no its not ash and neither was james mays the engine # are too high
but i reckon the pic of spitfire's was.i bet the engine # would show that ,as i dont think the owners would have had access to the link carbs then and i bet that pic was taken in 1970 there was 121 transitional bikes between cb750 and k1
i have fitted a set of link carbs to one of my cb750's  (and thats a 1971 cb750 sold well after the k1 was already introduced) only because i knew they was well set up and had came off another of my bikes
i would say people did change these carbs a lot in thr seventies just because they are better than the four cable carbs
as i have said before all this is hindsight honda never came up with the names sandcast or k0 these are terms used by others later on
read any honda literature and it will alway state cb750 k1 k2 k3 k4 the same for cb250 k1 k2 k3 xl250 k1 k2 k3 etc etc

[AshimotoK0]

Spitfires rear tyre looks like original so I reckon 1970 photo too.
Don't tell James May that the bike DSS flogged him is really a bitsa  and not an  interim model ..That'll take the cheesy grin off his face if what you are telling us is true Steff 

http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/stock/classicbike_oct_2013_web.pdf.

[Spitfire]

The photo was either 1970 or 1971, I was told that the bike was an interim model, I can remember working the throttle with a screwdriver under the end carb linkage when the opening cable broke. I bought the bike from Bill Smith Motors it was originally from Ireland hence the registration number.

Cheers

Dennis

[MeilakJ]

HI to all,
I am not an expert (yet ) but from the rear light and indicator lences it seems like a German spec bike!!

[royhall]

I love that bit in the article "No leaks, No rattles, No stress". My unrestored bike rattles like a bag of spanners, and wondering if it will tick over at the next set of lights can be a bit stressful. Grant ya it does't leak oil though.