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Title: 550 K1 Finished ( I Think )
Post by: Davelu88 on May 13, 2019, 01:15:35 PM

Hi all just finished my K1 , not one for the purists as wrong colour for a 75 , smaller indicators, new pipes & seat  & gold badges apart from that she is original & untouched i think with 6k on the speedo .  ;D

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Post by: JamesH on May 13, 2019, 01:16:58 PM

She looks beautiful Dave. Wow.

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Post by: Johnwebley on May 13, 2019, 01:18:11 PM

Very nice. Looks good in the sunshine

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Post by: Davelu88 on May 13, 2019, 01:19:12 PM

Cheers James i tried to keep the original parts i could .

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Post by: Trigger on May 13, 2019, 01:56:13 PM

Very nice, apart from the rear pegs are on the wron way  ;)

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Post by: Nurse Julie on May 13, 2019, 02:03:25 PM

That looks lovely Dave. That color is lovely.

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Post by: Davelu88 on May 13, 2019, 02:08:01 PM

Cheers Graham, should the pegs be pointing upwards when closed &  thx Julie yes it is a nice colour , ive still got the Jade Green tank maybe one day i get that repainted  ;D

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Post by: Trigger on May 13, 2019, 02:11:12 PM

You may have the left on the right and the right on the left  ;)


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Post by: Davelu88 on May 13, 2019, 02:12:55 PM

Seems about right for me !!!   ;D ;D

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Post by: Davelu88 on May 13, 2019, 03:11:45 PM

 Pegs put on properly now  ;D

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Post by: deltarider on May 13, 2019, 03:19:44 PM

Beautifull colour! And I would never change the indicators for the bigger ugly ones.

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Post by: Seabeowner on May 13, 2019, 04:00:44 PM

Well done, looks stunning. From another fan of the smaller indicators.

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Post by: mickwinf on May 13, 2019, 04:06:39 PM

looks great whichever indicators it has!

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Post by: Erny on May 13, 2019, 04:16:45 PM

Dave, big congrats!
Looks great!

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Post by: paul G on May 13, 2019, 04:18:26 PM

Love the colour well done :)

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Post by: Laverda Dave on May 13, 2019, 04:32:14 PM

Another one back on the road, well done. Great colour.

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Post by: taysidedragon on May 13, 2019, 05:13:05 PM

Nice job. Looks great! ☺

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Post by: paulbaker1954 on May 14, 2019, 11:34:39 AM

lovely jubbly - interesting indicator point. My K0 500 came from US and already had the smaller ones

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Post by: hairygit on May 14, 2019, 11:41:19 AM

Quote from: paulbaker1954 on May 14, 2019, 11:34:39 AM

lovely jubbly - interesting indicator point. My K0 500 came from US and already had the smaller ones

They started fitting those hideous large ones around 1974ish, the U.K bikes didn't get them until the 550K3 and 750F2

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Post by: Safo on May 18, 2019, 02:50:29 PM

Very nice indeed, looks like you painted the engine if so what paint was it?

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Post by: Moorey on May 18, 2019, 03:16:23 PM

Looks very nice. Take a long look at it as it will never look as good again if you use it.  ;)

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Post by: Davelu88 on May 18, 2019, 04:44:17 PM

Engine was very clean to start with with just a few bits of missing paint around the fins so has been painted with Simonez VHT