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SteveD CB500K0:
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--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on December 10, 2024, 04:51:09 PM ---That K1 is lovely.
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It's a K0 not a K1
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That K0 is lovely.
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SteveD CB500K0:
My room mate at uni had a CB360 (G5).
It was horrible and a money pit.
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AshimotoK0:
I am tempted to say the 360 as the chrome looks nice and low miles but it's 1st year and they had cam chain tensioner problems. To be honest all three models ( the K4 the least though) eat cams and rockers particularly USA ones where the oil wasn't changed at the correct intervals.
All of these have acres of chrome and very expensive to re-chrome (rims £200 each, Mudguards £150 + each) so the chrome condition can be a deciding factor.
I used to get excellent repro silencers via Jo of Brituro, a member on here but they stopped trading and the new company won't do the special ones I had made.
Not a lot of help I suppose. You really need to see them in the flesh to decide I reckon. I couldn't make out the mileage on the 350K0
AshimotoK0:
My friend is selling a restored UK model in Gentle Maroon Metallic CB250K4 (UK models more sought after than USA imports). Everything has been re-chromed.
He never totally strips the engines though ... just the top end (it shows 10k) and he didn't change the camchain ... so could still be a project but more engine than cosmetics and the bottom ends on that bike are pretty robust anyway.. From memory the cam etc and bores were good... one rocker had slight pitting but I gave him a really nice one.
He got the paintwork done locally but the guy wouldn't do the pinstripes and black section, so muggins here did them.. what a pain in the ar$e that was.
Rozabikes Tim:
Plus one on the KO. Just so pretty!
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