UK model October 1970 Honda 750 photo.

[Nurse Julie]

Just seen this on a FB page. 1st registered with DVLA October 1970 , on SORN.

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[Martin6]

Lovely. Are the black fork tops correct?

[Nurse Julie]

Lovely. Are the black fork tops correct?

No, they should be painted blue, as should the headlamp bowl. There are a few bits that are non standard but nice to see another UK K0.

[Bryanj]

Front indicators look odd as well

[Oddjob]

Yeah, look like either Kwack or Suzuki indicators Bryan.

[Martin6]

Wonder why they moved away from that original seat design. Looks much better in my view.

[Laverdaroo]

I think it looks like the seat isn’t fitted properly or not clicked into the lock far enough. Eye of the beholder and all that


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[K2-K6]

Looks really cool, and likely consistent with being around all those years.

A very nice bike.

[Spitfire]

Looks really good, especially in blue, we only got the turquoise/greeny blue ones round here.

Cheers

Dennis

[philward]

I always think that the K0 looks so much more 1960's in styling than the K1 onwards - yet very little visual differences (this one even has the later lower bars but looks so much different to the later K's) - maybe just me.
And I prefer the looks of the K0 by the way

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

New V5C issued 20th Feb 2022 - SORN'd no MoT hisory on DVLA.

[jojotut]

Hi just looking at the KO is that airbox correct! The reason I ask is that I have the same one on a April 1971 K0 but thought they should be the same as the tank and side panel covers

[Nurse Julie]

No, that airbox is not correct. There are quite a few things incorrect with that particular bike.

[jojotut]

Ok thanks for that, do you know anyone who has info on the K0's imported to the UK.
Jojo

[AshimotoK0]

Ok thanks for that, do you know anyone who has info on the K0's imported to the UK.
Jojo

Initial batch of 20 imported in January 1970 (build date October 1969) I have the 14th one and Mick Taylor (kettle738) on here had the 1st CB750 1010369 but he has sold his. The 1st one of the batch  was restored by a guy in York then sold to a guy called Eamon (SteveD's friend ). There were then two significant batches imported in early 1970 and probably a lot more in the latter part of 1970.

Honda UK  were 'testing the water' with the 1st batch evidently because they got their fingers burned with unsold stock of the CB450K0 Black Bombers. Plus other markets got priority. For instance we never officially got any sandcast bike in the UK.

I do have a spreadsheet file with the UK model bikes Frame/Eng/Registrations that I (and others) have gathered over a ten year period.

One of the first batch of 20 was broken for spare parts out of the crate by Queens Park Motors in Salford. A guy I know in York (same guy who restored 1010369)  bought the frame when QPM closed and built a bike mainly from NOS parts.