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Start of refurb
david451:
--- Quote from: K2-K6 on July 05, 2011, 06:51:58 PM ---The 17inch wheel maybe a bit of a curve-ball and could have been retro-fitted to it.
They certainly sound like mid production series models from the details.
I guess if you "cafe" one of them you'll only be doing what others have and will only know how you feel about in years to come. It's quite personal how anyone has their bikes though so free choice really.
If you didn't get them they may not have been back running at all, and it can be done so that it's possible to return to original if the mods are all bolt together.
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One of the reasons I might cafe one is that the exhausts are holed, it has a king and queen seat and high rise bars. I thought if I am changing all these bits then I'm half way to cafe. At 1k for a set of exhausts thats a lot of my budget gone for a rebuild.
Don't get me wrong here if it's getting a cafe makeover then it will be done properly, a bit special and being a retired mechanic will take the time to get it right. But it wont be a bolt together job it will need attacked with an angle grinder to get a few ugly bits off. Thats if I go that route of course.
Bryanj:
The 77K DID NOT have a hidden oil filer cap, only the "F" did, so I think you have a 77 "K" which were not common in the UK, did not sell very well and are a nightmare to get original parts for as some bits are different so if it was me thats the cafe one!!
david451:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on July 06, 2011, 05:49:18 PM ---The 77K DID NOT have a hidden oil filer cap, only the "F" did, so I think you have a 77 "K" which were not common in the UK, did not sell very well and are a nightmare to get original parts for as some bits are different so if it was me thats the cafe one!!
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That's strange hearing that because looking at the 74 and the 77 they both look identical other than one has the fuel tap on the left when the other the right. I am going to rob parts from the 77 to make the 74 complete to start off and then look at what fate the 77 is going to be dealt.
I spoke with a chap who deals in the states and he says that following the cafe program that there has been an explosion in cafe racers, and that it should head this way at some point.
In terms of resale value they might be worth more in the cafe than restored to original, but I am in no hurry to do them since they are not losing money sitting in the garage.
mick:
they have been making cafe racers out of these old Hondas and the like for the last 5 years or more to my knowledge
Bryanj:
Mick, I think you missed a number out, shouldn't it be 35 years!
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