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Trying to date MM/YY of my K2

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Trigger:

--- Quote from: Lobo on December 23, 2018, 12:14:54 AM ---This site never fails to deliver; thanks Bryan / Trig. 

Q. - why would the UK do away with VIN plates? My own synical guess would be the motor trade industry, not wanting Joe Soap realising that the motor he’d just bought was actually 14 months old (whatever). But yea, comments?

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We never did away with the VIN plate, we never required one back then on a motorcycle  ;) The USA had plates because of the federal law system of 1954, i think the UK was around 1975, when we started.

Bryanj:
I think it may have been a bit later as i dont ever remember seeing a plate on a 500 but the 550 k3 did. Not sure though and it would only have been a couple of years.

Trigger:
I am not sure when it was Bryan, it would of been a part of the homologation thing but, you would have to trawl through it to find a date.
I have UK spec Honda's up to 1976 with no VIN plates fitted.

JoVer:
when you put your frame number in at CMSNL you get :
cb750k2 four k2 usa
model year 1971
base name k2
frame range cb7502000001 - cb7502099999
engine range cb750e2000001 - cb750e2099999

grtz, Jo

Lobo:
Thanks Joe, hadn’t thought of the CMSNL route, though there is nothing about my bike to suggest USA initial origin. It’s certainly in the DVLA system since registered mid 1972.
There is no VIN plate either, which fits in with Trig’s observation.
A CB750 reference book I have (John Wyatt) simply says the K2 types started at frame #2000001, and the K3 at 2200001 - though not stipulating end numbers.

It goes on to say the UK K2s were the early frame numbers, but doesn’t elaborate further.

So whether frame #(20) 77106 is early in the K2 run I have no idea; tho’ 1971 suggests so? it’ll be interesting to go back to CMSNL & see whether “UK” pops up as frame type.... or what.

Thanks all, hope the hangovers subsiding...

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