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Title: K0 Bobber?
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on October 05, 2018, 08:50:40 PM: I’m in danger of needing an anorak here.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F332830114703

K0? Surely not with a 21 frame.

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Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on October 05, 2018, 08:52:22 PM: Nothing against bobbers by the way. I went out on the Triumph 1200 Bobber and had a ball!

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Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Allington (Steve) on October 05, 2018, 09:09:17 PM: I bet a lot worse happened to others :)
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Skunky on October 06, 2018, 06:35:37 AM: German Cross rear light ::) Really?
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Seabeowner on October 06, 2018, 09:44:25 AM: DK are a bit sloppy at their listings at times. They've had a couple of K0s listed as K1. I informed them of the mistake the first time, but they just said thanks and never changed it. It's probably a K2 and not sure its worth £1k.
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Bryanj on October 06, 2018, 10:50:29 AM: Cant be K0 and you have got a lot of work to be able to register that------wheres the front brake?
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Skunky on October 06, 2018, 01:47:43 PM: Quote from: Bryanj on October 06, 2018, 10:50:29 AM
Cant be K0 and you have got a lot of work to be able to register that------wheres the front brake?
Brakes would only spoil the Bobber look ::)
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Bryanj on October 06, 2018, 05:21:40 PM: Might spoil the look but the look is a static one in UK without it!
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Seabeowner on October 18, 2018, 10:24:15 AM: It got bid up to £1750, nearly £1900 delivered!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Honda-CB500K0-Four-Unregistered-US-Import-Barn-Find-Classic-Bobber-Restore/332830114703?hash=item4d7e38838f:g:UiwAAOSwArFbt1Ra
...And now it's back on with the same description. At £1060 today and I think that's too much.
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Seabeowner on October 25, 2018, 10:41:16 AM: OK. Someone explain why this is so attractive? £2350 if you have it delivered.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Honda-CB500K0-Four-Unregistered-US-Import-Barn-Find-Classic-Bobber-Restore-/332843337779?hash=item4d7f024833%3Ag%3AUiwAAOSwArFbt1Ra&nma=true&si=5MhjpTboXtLFdlgR%252BpNEy%252BbMvpw%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Tomb on October 25, 2018, 11:54:31 AM: WOW I have a garage full of crap like that (not my doing I might add) I think I'll sell up and retire on the procedes
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: SumpMagnet on October 30, 2018, 10:09:39 AM: Interesting.....

They got it up to £1750...and the buyer failed to buy.....So they readvertise for more....and get more.... Wonder who pulled the sale. And why.

That aside, it's not a bad example of a bobber ( a seriously abused term these days ) but it's not really going to ever be a usable thing. No front brake, no rear suspension, and no paperwork. Plus a modified frame. Personally...if I wanted a bobber, I would buy a cheaper project bike and do it myself rather than buy something like this. You never know for sure how well the work has been done unless you tear it all the way down and look.

I personally don't mind the bobber look, though in my youth...this was just a 'chop'and we didn't need to classify everything, but before buying this sort of thing, you have to accept that it will be massively uneconomical to return it to standard, and that it will never be worth what you will pay for it.

Also...strip the frame paint off and find out if it was done by a pro....or a keen amateur with a home MIG hidden under a layer of filler.......
Title: Re: K0 Bobber?
Post by: Allington (Steve) on October 30, 2018, 10:47:54 AM: More and more of these things are being bought as ornaments or retail display objects although I can’t see a lot of people going to fleabay for them.