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Chris400F:
I first found mention of the change when I visited the Chestnut Registrations web site and got a pop-up telling me the news.
Further investigation found notes of a meeting between the FBHVC (Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs) and the DVLA, see page 8 of:
http://fbhvc.co.uk/members-pages/newsletter-archive/_file/200/fbhvc-news-4-15-pdf-pdf/
There are vehicles where the model range life spanned the period when black and white plates were and were not allowed; some owners
may wish to fit black and white plates even if on their particular vehicle they weren't fitted from new.
It's a bit like things like exhaust systems. back then some people binned the standard systems and fitted 4 into 1 systems because they
'looked modern', but now many people are seeking the originality factor. It's a matter of personal taste.

MrDavo:
The K1 I had when I was a student had a red frame, dark blue tank,  4 into 1 and a Yoshimura cam, and I had no urge to make it standard. How times change.

Anyhoo, I ordered the plate off Chestnut, and insured the bike with Bennets instead of the broken Sportster, after an initial hassle because due to a glitch their system for policy modifications had never heard of the CB750, though I could insure it under a new policy, which I did, fully comp for £80 or so, ironically cheaper than when I was 19 and could only afford TPFT cover. I do want a black and white plate because I can, I know all about the original 1972 cut off because I illegally put a black and white plate on my 1977 T140V. I got pulled for it on the M61, recovering the bike to my mums after I'd headbutted a VW in Manchester who hadn't seen me. The copper let me off with a warning, what he hadn't noticed was that I nearly rear ended his Range Rover because I had no front brake (I had taken off the broken disc), the forks were bent and twisted in the yokes, and the front wheel was shaped like a potato crisp.  :-[

Back in the garage today, the first job was the clutch inner cover, that all went well, and was all fastened up again and the clutch re-adjusted, , when I noticed the gasket still on the old cover - D'oh!!! I also took the chance to spray a bit of silver on the kickstart shaft. A nice number 7 bolt went on the kickstart pinch bolt too.



On to the other side, here it is apart. The 911's whaletail makes a useful table.



I'd swapped the gearshift cover first, big mistake - to get the alternator cover off I had to take the other 2 covers off first, or there was no slack on the wiring. Here I have fitted the alternator coils into the new cover:



Here it is back on but built into the new cover, before the wiring got tidied out of the way:



The finished result, the K0 sidepanel is temporary (and for sale soon) while I wait for painters who promise much but do little.



Once the wife had gone out I pinched her hairdrier, and put black heatshrink over the nasty red connectors on the front brake light switch.

Finally, here are the bits I took off, pm me if you are interested, otherwise they will appear soon on the bay of fleas.

Woodside:
That's the best cup holder /side table ive seen

MrDavo:
Just for you, cup holder / side table in action, Oulton Park....

H2Eric:
Pardon me for butting in here, but shouldn't the transmission cover for the K1 be a plain specimen. The ones with the cast in gear change pattern were not introduced until the introduction of the K4, at least not according to the Original Honda CB750 book by John Wyatt. However, if you wish to be rid of the plain one, let me know what you want for it.

Cheers
Eric

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