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Bryanj:
That should be 10/71 mate

Trigger:

--- Quote from: triplE675 on January 02, 2021, 04:35:37 PM ---Hi Bryan,
                  My K0 has frame No 1043899
Engine No 1044119
Can you give manufactured date from your
 Iñfo ?


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Yours should show the build date on the VIN plate as, it is a USA unit.

triplE675:
Thanks Gràham,
                                Everyday is a learning day
So parallel imports happened back in the 70's .Honda UK made an error in not bringing  the cb 500 KO in when they were launched in 1971. Thanks for the history lesson. On the black KO You don't get many  49 year old bikes cherished from  day 1.

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AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: triplE675 on January 02, 2021, 11:38:53 PM ---Honda UK made an error in not bringing  the cb 500 KO in when they were launched in 1971.

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Not sure about that .. there were a lot of major gearbox issues with the 1st 500's in the USA so Honda UK may have made a shrewd move ...only importing it officially when the gremlins had been ironed out.

Trigger:
The UK 500K0 is a very rare bike to have and i have only known 7 of them in all my time. Not sure if all were parallel imports from Holland as, Honda must of intended to sell in the UK because the owners hand book shows a wiring diagram for the UK.
The UK wiring diagram does not show the extra HI-LO switch wiring on the L/H handlebar but, the Holland wiring diagram does. The one i have now has the R/H handlebar switch from the 750K1 which matches the UK wiring diagram  ;)

The German Honda owners club has the same problem as the UK, half the owners saying that the 500K0 was sold in Germany and the other half of the owners recon that theirs are from Holland and first registered in Germany.

The truth is out there but, Honda will not confirm in anyway whatsoever. If paperwork and documents were not transferred to a computer they seem to be lost forever.

The UK 500K0 gold press bike, reg number GTT 131K was photographed and tested at Shoreham airfield in early 1972. 

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