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mickwinf:
Thanks for replys.The bike was registered 1974 so would this be a k2? I am checking ebay for chrome as i want very nice guards, does anyone know if "hondachrome" and "mudguardmahem" are the same people as i am sure i saw the same background on both listings.Bryan i will take your advice ref rear lamp bracket.Steve will post pics of seat would be interested in a swap, dont know diference between k0 k1 k2 seats.My seat has a couple of small tears and a chrome strip is missing.Florence the flat spot is just as you pull away about 2000 rpm, if you give loads of revs it is ok but i am bit old for doing that round town!! Regards to all, Mick
SteveD CB500K0:
K0 seat has 7x3 pattern, everything else is either later or a poor imitation.
This is a picture of the modern pattern seat that David Silver sells.
florence:
Mine had a flat spot there with Motad on. I guess if you are aiming for standard pipes that should go?
s7paul:
I bought one of the reproduction seats from David Silver. The only thing that really gives the game away is the shiny trim around the base, which looks different to the original. However, the main issue is that the design of the base means that the seat sits about an inch higher than it should, so the lower edge of the seat seat isn't in line with the lower edge of the tank. It may seem trivial, but I find it annoying. The only way to fix it is going to involve major surgery to the seat base.
There is a company in the USA that refurbishes original seats (using the original base). They list their seats on eBay but they're stupidly expensive (and so is the shipping cost).
In my experience good original seats are extremely rare, so SteveD could literally be sitting on a (small) fortune.
SteveD CB500K0:
--- Quote from: s7paul on September 26, 2011, 09:56:24 PM --- so SteveD could literally be sitting on a (small) fortune.
--- End quote ---
...but not necessarily a profit.
I seem to recall paying about $100 for it. He wouldn't ship internationally so Bob Wessner took delivery for me and shipped it over. Freight was another $70.
So it owes me just over
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