Honda-SOHC

It's obviously a guessing game we are playing here, so here's my two penneth worth.
A reserve of £5000.
The lower the reserve,  the more chance of it selling.

Thank you.

Thanks folks, great feedback.

A bit of background to answer some of the questions. It has been taken back to every single component and rebuilt from the ground up. I was never aiming for a concours restoration, and wanted to reuse as many of the original parts as possible.

I decided not to powder coat the frame as it looks unnatural to me, and so I left the frame as-painted and had the worst parts touched up.

The engine was vapour blasted but not to a shiny condition as I wanted a dull condition to show off the chrome parts. The internals were all dimensionally checked and rebuilt with new shells, bearings, rings, pistons, seals etc.

The carbs were stripped, ultrasonically cleaned and rebuilt, but not vapour blasted (same reason).

Fair comment about the kick start position and the carb clamps which I put on the wrong way. I use clear petrol hose when doing a rebuild so I can see flow, and will have the petrol pipe changed before sale. The paint is all new and is excellent, so I guess the photos don't do it justice. The colour was matched with a patch under the tank that hadn't been sun faded, and a new batch mixed. The stripes are painted on i.e. not decals.

No-one's mentioned there is no Oil tank dipstick - any suggestions, as DSS and CMSNL have none?

But back to my original question, what's a reasonable reserve estimate for the bike?

Hi all,

I've posted a YouTube link on a different thread, but to answer some questions, I've had Honda fours for almost 40 years now (I still have the CB1100RD from 1983) and joined this forum as I'd been on the global SOHC forum for a while and was advised to join the UK version as this is where I'm based.

I'll post photos on the other thread so you can see the old girl better.

Cheers

Gareth

Hello all.

I'm based between Birmingham and Derby and have just completed a restoration of a US import K1. Lots of videos on YouTube of the struggle but she's finished and ready to go to auction at Bonhams in October at the Stafford Show.

Cheers

Gareth