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CB500 K2 Cafe build.

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Mitchv60:
Morning,recently joined the forum and I thought I start a thread on my project I;ve just started. :)

CB500 1972 K2 purchased just over 3 weeks ago with the intention of doing a cafe racer build.Unfortunately the bike was in worse condition than I hoped so now its a ground up build rather than a tart up.


First job is to make sure it runs before I take the engine out of the frame.I'm going to have a compression/leak down check done to see the the state of play and then I'll do an oil change if hasn't got to come apart,then clean the carbs.


Carbs off ready for ultrasonic cleaning/servicing.

Ordered my new battery,oil filters,carb servicing kits,master cylinder service kit as that seized solid.
This is state of play as of last night.It will stay like this now until I get the engine checked and carbs cleaned and back together to see if she fires.


Just for comical value,the pile of rust after the strip down :o

deltarider:
Cb500K2
Were they imported in England?

Mitchv60:
It was imported from the US in 97

deltarider:
Interesting. The US 500K2's were 1973 and didn't have the colors and striping of the later 500K2 [ED, F, G] for Europe in 1976.

Mitchv60:
 ::) ::)
yes,this is a bit of a bone of contention.
The bike was registered as built in 72 in the US so I presumed it was a K1 but i have been told by chaps on here it is a K2.
Have a look here and you'll see http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,4793.msg22158/topicseen.html#new

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