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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB500/550 => Topic started by: Woodside on December 03, 2017, 06:53:58 PM
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evening guys.
i have been in touch with menno about some work im looking at having done..
my black uk k0....yes its still a project but i am getting around to it...
i need to know what colour ? ...im sure black wasnt a k0 colour in the book but then again honda said k0 wasnt a uk model either..
i have an old v5 from i think 1977 that says black
i have spoken to the 2nd owner who bought it in 76 seized and he said it was black..
i have seen another early uk k0 only a handfull of vin from mine and that was black too...
so can anyone shed any light on it....
from memory were the k0 colours
gold?
green?
brown?
im pretty certain im on the right tracks but dont want to screw up at the outset
discuss ;)
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Black available K0 but not in USA according to Parts Book Jason :)
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thanks ash...
thays probably where the "not in black" came from ...chinese/japanese whispers from america ...
does anyone know ...was it a solid black with silver pinstripes breaking it up
did you get my pm about the spokes i have for the cd175a
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The UK 500K0 came in Black, Gold and Brown ;)
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yaahooo
black it is then
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thanks ash...
thays probably where the "not in black" came from ...chinese/japanese whispers from america ...
does anyone know ...was it a solid black with silver pinstripes breaking it up
did you get my pm about the spokes i have for the cd175a
Sorry I was away on a Cruise but I didn't broadcast it on the internet..My CD125 spokes are pretty nice thanks and will re-plate Ok but thanks for the kind offer ta !
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no problem ash...they will still be here if you need them...
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My k0 tank is plain black but I strongly suspect a previous owner paint job. Sidepannels very thin too compared to every other set of honda cb sidepannels I have seen. Paint very thin on then too. On mine I suspect they are replacements and it has had a paint job. I was offered a cb500 in black that seemed very original yesrs ago, that had pinstriping similar to the other coulours but black both sid4s of the pinstriping. Being a good 12 and more years ago it was before they were being commonly restored and the patina suggested to me original -it was a barn find by a friend who had a knack of sniffing out bargains. I remember the seller telling me to avoid the 500 in favour of the 550 or 650s not long before that when I was looking at the cb500 sidecar I bought. I don't regret getting the smaller bike and wasn't too sorry to break the cb550 I had for parts and rack up many miles on the 500.
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So... plain black, not exel black...
Black was never delivered to the continent I think...
Never seen one in original paint.
European colours:
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The last NOS Black tank I had in my hands had white stripes, the same white as the tank badges ;)
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I have found that some Honda decals go silver once old. Here is a couple of pics that show a low mileage tank that very rarely sees the light of day, still showing a strong gold and another that is out in all weathers and washed a lot and has faded. I know they are not CB500's but, a good example of a Honda stripe that has faded from gold to silver ish ;)
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cheers oddjob this will be really helpfull...
the ones ive seen on black tanks...(pics on the net) look silver
but triggs white to go with badges makes sense too...the tank i have here i think has had a repair so cannot really go on that either...
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Hi Jason
My black K0 has silver stripes - I sent you the photo back in August - the bike is totally original.
Cheers
Geoff
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cheers geoff
thats the picture i was looking at to check...cheers
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There was a black CB500 tank on ebay last week. When I questioned the
buyer seller he said it was original paint. Silver stripes. (I thought the top stripe looked a bit wide)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB500-4-K-K1-Petrol-Fuel-Tank-17500-323-000/182936824264?hash=item2a97e269c8:g:rTQAAOSwUoNaIBW9
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i saw that
those stripes look like stickers..not painted
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I'll try to dig my cb500 tank out, I have a feeling that the silver pinstriping is undercoated with white. Being a very worn paint job you can see each layer where knees have polished the paint off down to steel. The paint is old enough to have gained a texture like leather so original is very likely in my oppinion.
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Jason, Thought the stripes were originally stickers and heavily lacquered over. They are on my K0 as the end is folded under the underside of the tank. Menno paints the stripes I believe.
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yeah you are correct menno does paint them on...
maybe because of that i thought they were originaly done that way...
i agree with you the top stripe did look rather large...
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Gonna dig up this old topic..
I have been messing with my spare tanks ..
1st one leaked and had dents under the crappy paint job
2nd one was on the face of it a mess....and was hammerited gold
It cleaned up a treat and was gold originally underneath ..with no dents and very clean inside
What I'm getting at to clean this old tank back to bare metal I sanded the paint back..
When I got to the pin stripes
The stripes seemed to be applied in a large solid White line first with the black inner stripe over the top to give the effect of 2 white stripes..
Should have taken pics but that was as I found it on a very original paint job under the mess...
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Which brings me to another question...
I know a few have refurbished their tank badges..
What white or shade of white did you use.
It looks abit creamy on my badges but that could well be age
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Jason. Could you ascertain if the big black panel in the center was a transfer or paint?. I have been having the same conversation on another forum about the CB750/4 tanks about how they were applied originally.
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Paint no doubt about it...
I'm guessing the black was painted the colour painted...
Big white stripe to cover the joint...then a small black painted stripe just off centre of the white stripe to give the effect of a larger and smaller white pin stipes...
All DA'd off so could see the application as I worked down the layers ...
Wish I thought about pics
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The tank I am taking about was almost definitely fitted and was original to a k0 bike
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Thats what I thought.. brilliant white would be to bright.
The ones I have look creamy..off white
Cheers for confirming
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I can verify my cb500/4 tank has the lines painted on, it's easy to see as its worn through to the bare metal by my knees both sides. It also shows the various layers used for what was probably the candy green once upon a time but had gone more like green leather....