Hi, Dave here, I've been lurking a while while buying a K1 CB750, after owning one when I was 19, er, quite a while ago. The one I had was blue, with a red frame, 4 into 1 and a Yoshimura race cam, I part ex'ed a Suzuki GT550 against it at Sports Motorcycles, Manchester.
I got rid because it kept trying to kill me, although that probably had more to do with me being 19 than the bike.
Anyhow, here's my K1 now, it's a South African import, already restored, I've been carrying on with that since I bought it, and am getting her somewhere near, but still with work to do. It is a rare colour for a K1 (not sold in Europe or USA), with HM300s that sound glorious. It looks like a new bike, I will eventually show it as well as use it.
At the moment the rats nest in the headlight needs redoing, after fitting the correct bars and threading the wires through. The old bars are in the photo, the external wires with cable ties were bugging me.
An ex racer, I have worked for race teams including Honda Britain in the past, so I'm not afraid to do most stuff myself. I also have a 30 year old Porsche 911, though that's a different story, different forum.
I'm currently awaiting a dating letter from the VJMC, after Honda UK (and South Africa) were worse than useless, unable to confirm info that a 5 year old could find on Google. They even sent me a refusal in an unstamped letter which I had to collect and pay excess postage on!
Not impressed, they don't give a monkeys about a bike they didn't sell themselves.
I've serviced the bike and put new Avons on, so I can get it MOT'd (after I redo the wiring). I've also replaced all the allen screws with Firrips ones in the search for originality.
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