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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB750 => Topic started by: AshimotoK0 on May 28, 2015, 02:07:26 PM
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This person seemed to list his CB750K0 bike at a reasonable auction price, not sure if it sold or not. Rob a friend of mine and fellow 350K twin owner, sent the seller a very valid question on it, as he had owned one in early 1970 and has been watching all of the examples sold recently. (The seller included his question at the end) I reckon people like 'Frank' on eBay are artificially hiking up the price but never actually realize anything like the asking price. I have always pitched on my UK K0 being worth about 9k when complete (not that I reckon I will ever sell it) and this is what the seller was asking as a start price for his.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111671781774?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Make no mistake though that those early bikes are money pits with sharks (mainly on eBay UK ) out to pull a fast one on you. Example this looks a little optimistic when Saisei have a set of Yamiya NoNo pipes on there at the same time at less than half the price. A well respected sandcast restorer I know took a brand new set of HM300's off his bike and bought a set of no.no. ones from Saisei as he considers they are more in keeping with the original pipes and without the 'paragraphing' stamped into them. My Genuine HM300's are stashed in the loft but when I eventually get the bike done and come to fit them, God knows if they will fit properly as i heard horror stories about fit and quality at the end of production.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-HM300-Exhaust-System-NOS-CB750-K0-K1-/261897859386?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cfa54313a
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Blimey Ash £2900 that's just a rip off. You would be scared to start the engine at that price. Its no wonder some owners are in the ridiculous situation of keeping the exhausts in the loft and running the bike with a cheap 4 into 1 fitted. Just paid £880 for a set of Sankei exhausts for the 350F and I thought that was madness. Its £200 more than I paid for the entire bike. Crazy.
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Its no wonder some owners are in the ridiculous situation of keeping the exhausts in the loft
;) init
i got two sets of cb750 exhausts in the loft now if they sell for that sort of money im gonna have to cash them in lol
i got a set of hm300 and set of no number pipes and dont really know or care which pipes are correct for the k0 model but on the bikes they will go when the time comes,unless i sell them first ;)
on the subject of twins ,a guy not to far from me said he sold a restored cb250 k0 for £4700 but i think he was telling pork pies ,i was offered the very same bike for £1200 although it was unrestored then but still in original condition i have known that bike to have spent the last forty years in a local bike shop
can a learner legal bike then, be worth the effort now ::)
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The true price of a KO is what someone is prepared to pay. Classic motorcycles sold a blue one last week for 25K.
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;) wish he came to me first trigg,i could have sold him mine and thrown a red one in for free. now you got thinking im sitting on a gold mine ;)
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On the right day with the right person prices can be quite high, to restore properly you have to spend a small fortune, it is really foolish to then sell for less than what you spent doing it up, but then you do see these people who spend 10k doing a bike up and selling it on after all the hard work for much less
As for franks prices i just dont believe they are real, just take a look at what early z,ds are fetching now they are overtaking sandcast prices in some instances
pete
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Its no wonder some owners are in the ridiculous situation of keeping the exhausts in the loft
;) init
i got two sets of cb750 exhausts in the loft now if they sell for that sort of money im gonna have to cash them in lol
i got a set of hm300 and set of no number pipes and dont really know or care which pipes are correct for the k0 model but on the bikes they will go when the time comes,unless i sell them first ;)
on the subject of twins ,a guy not to far from me said he sold a restored cb250 k0 for £4700 but i think he was telling pork pies ,i was offered the very same bike for £1200 although it was unrestored then but still in original condition i have known that bike to have spent the last forty years in a local bike shop can a learner legal bike then, be worth the effort now ::)
The CB250K0 properly restored is a rare animal now Steff (more so even than the much loved CD175A 'sloper') and I think they would probably go for £4k+ as they never come up for sale in decent nick. They were all ridden into the ground in the 70's I am really enjoying restoring mine and my 350K1 plus I am building the '68/69 JDM replica from a UK K0. I just got the correct combined speedo/tach NOS and a really nice tank (its like CB72 with chromed sides) plus fenders ...all won within a week on my behalf by my new buddy in Japan. What a find he has been, as I never dreamed I could ever locate those parts.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE !!! has anyone got any spare engine parts to flog me !!
So you reckon the £25k CB750K0 went for that money then Graham? Incredible.
Ash
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;) i must be a tight wad ash i just dont see any bike worth the asking price lol
i agree the cb250ss are rare now because we trashed them all i ended up under a land rover with mine and a load of broken bones, it was my pride and joy when i was 16 until i passed my test lol ,there was at least six of us had k0s k1s and k2s thats not including the k3s and k4s that nobody liked,
The true price of a KO is what someone is prepared to pay. Classic motorcycles sold a blue one last week for 25K.
if it did sell ash ,then it was not sold on ebay and i aint got anybody rushing to buy mine either ??? i think we can expect frank to relist his reserved bikes very soon.
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'68 CB250K0 = 120 BHP/litre .. not bad for a 60's learner 4-stroke !
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'68 CB250K0 = 120 BHP/litre .. not bad for a 60's learner 4-stroke !
Is that at the crank or rear wheel ;) ;)
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'68 CB250K0 = 120 BHP/litre .. not bad for a 60's learner 4-stroke !
Is that at the crank or rear wheel ;) ;)
Dunno but my CB250K2 with the 'fat cam' engine and Read-Titan 325cc conversion (Hepolite pistons :-[ ) went like stink in 1975. Having said that the silky smoothness of my 1st 400/4 was a revelation (as was the 72 500/4 that I bought on behalf of a mate of mine).
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Ash, what engine parts do you want? I've got three or four engines. All K3s though so no nice cams I'm sorry to say.
S
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;) wish he came to me first trigg,i could have sold him mine and thrown a red one in for free. now you got thinking im sitting on a gold mine ;)
Steff and Ash - you are both sitting on gold mines, trust me...you both underestimate the true value of your K0's...
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;) wish he came to me first trigg,i could have sold him mine and thrown a red one in for free. now you got thinking im sitting on a gold mine ;)
Steff and Ash - you are both sitting on gold mines, trust me...you both underestimate the true value of your K0's...
Don't tell them that James, i was still looking for a cheap UK unit ::). Have the UK 500K0 unit and wouldn't mine its bigger brother.
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Too late..just did :-)..
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Too late..just did :-)..
Anyone got a 750K0 UK unit that they would like to part with PM me. Doesn't matter what condition.
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U got 25k hanging about trigg lol
That's the going rate if we was to believe ebay I got five to choose from or u can have all five for 100k lol
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Ash, what engine parts do you want? I've got three or four engines. All K3s though so no nice cams I'm sorry to say.
S
Hi .. I have a cam and rockers/cam housing , and top half crankcase plus NOS gear-shift drum for my third bike but nothing else, so all other bits needed if you have anything to offer for sale. Any details/pics .. cheers .. Ash