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robvangulik:

--- Quote from: Trigger on September 26, 2018, 08:43:29 AM ---It even has the wrong tank badges ( correct for a late 1973/74/75 ) as we were the only country still getting the K2.

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On the continent we also got the K2 until the K6 came late 1975.
I bought a 1974 K2 secondhand in1976.....

Trigger:
Interesting ! I have a German acquaintance that informed me years ago that all the K2's in Germany were just late 1972/1973 units. Did yours have the very late engine numbers 24***** and the later head and barrels ?
It will be interesting to get some information listed on K2's sold on continent.

Do you have any old pictures ?

robvangulik:

--- Quote from: Trigger on September 26, 2018, 08:11:02 PM ---Interesting ! I have a German acquaintance that informed me years ago that all the K2's in Germany were just late 1972/1973 units. Did yours have the very late engine numbers 24***** and the later head and barrels ?
It will be interesting to get some information listed on K2's sold on continent.

Do you have any old pictures ?

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Do you realize what you're asking, how long ago that is?
Amazingly i found the vin etc. in my 'archives' , chassisnr. was2093091 eng. 2344603,
Ishould have a pic somewhere, not like it was when i bought it (candy gold) but as i rebuilt it after i dropped it at some 130km/h-around 80mp/h.
Special paint and a 4-1 exhaust. I'll have to start a search, when it takes more than a week, start a rescueparty.......

Mr_Sheene:
Okay Graham, you've got me confused. Not tricky I know. You say 'It even has the wrong tank badges (correct for a late 1973/74/75) . It is a 1975 bike and according to what little I know, it's the correct badge in the wrong colour; it should be white, shouldn't it? Honda running out of badges doesn't sound quite right in my limited experience. Having been badly savaged by e-bay, I'm very suspicious. I also think it strange that a much loved bike (aren't they always? Have you ever heard a seller say 'it's a dog'?) only has 11k+ on the clock. My Norton can do better than that and it doesn't even run that often.

Trigger:
The parts book say they should be the white type but, i came across two K2's in 1993 that were still boxed in the back of Honda dealers that had black badges and i have a few UK unit with black badges. Most late K2's i have come across have had black badges, most restored ones have had white badges  :o
It is not a 1975 unit, it is a 1974 production K2 but, would of taken 6 to 8 months to arrive in the UK.

I would say from the condition in the pictures that the mileage is about right. If i was closer, i would love to view it and satisfy myself that it is what it is.

As for Ebay, i have bought some cracking bikes. Some that were listed wrong with minimal information, turned out to be still on there original tyres. But, i have also ended up going to view a bike that was that bad, i had to start on the seller who locked himself in his kitchen and would not come out. That bike was never advertised again by that seller and has never been up for sale since.
   

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