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kent400:
Honda CBX 1000 and Honda 400 four F2 (1977/78) with the green km/h scale on the face. This scale may have only been printed on speedo gauge faces for the UK market.

Lecram:
Thanks guys. Would you please post here pictures of the bikes' gauges? There are so many different version available and when I search on the internet, I see similar bikes with different gauges (probably replacements)

Lecram:

--- Quote from: kent400 on July 07, 2017, 09:40:00 PM ---Honda CBX 1000 and Honda 400 four F2 (1977/78) with the green km/h scale on the face. This scale may have only been printed on speedo gauge faces for the UK market.

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CBX 1000 are coming, I also found a picture of the 400 with mph/kmh scale
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AshimotoK0:
I too will be buying a set of your 500K0 faces soon Marcel.

My wish would be for replacement crimped chrome or stainless steel bezel for 60's style 'oval'  Honda 'dual' instruments fitted to CB72, CB77, CB450K0 and CB250K0 JDM, CD250 JDM. A long shot I know but the restoration community of these bikes is crying out for such a replacement part.

Also a video clip of the assembly and gluing of your plastic CB750K0 gauge covers would be useful.

Keep up the good work !! 

kent400:
Interested to hear CBX 1000 gauge faces will be available, the gauge needles on these are often broken and being plastic have become brittle. The image of one on the underside shows they were not solid having a channel. Removing one needs great care as the needle boss cover is also plastic, you need to get under the brass tube that's over the pin and that's just under the gauge face. The same needle design was used on the CB650F and probably a few other 1980 on gauges. The needle is secured on the boss by two pegs and it looks like the melted to secure them. Easy enough to remove one from the boss and re-secure another using epoxy glue. I've been reduced to fashioning a replacement needle from clear acrylic and then painting it. Not sure if 3D printing would produce a suitable replica.

Ash mentioned the oval speedometer bezels, the same one was used on the CB160 and most were chrome plated brass however on my own CB160 the bezel is stainless steel and obviously a better option. That stainless bezel is definitely original. [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ]    

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