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OEM colour label?
ST1100:
Hi,
screened all frame tubes, couldn't find a [paint sticker]... (maybe removed by POs during their unqualified tinkering...)
So how to determine the OEM colour the bike came out the factory??
The title does not tell anything there.
Its a '76 CB500 four
frame: 2083333
engine: 2169911
(frame: CB 5001018430
engine: CB 500E-101905)
TIA
cheers!
deltarider:
--- Quote ---Its a '76 CB500 four
frame: 2083333
engine: 2169911
(frame: CB 5001018430
engine: CB 500E-101905)
--- End quote ---
According to the first two numbers it must be a CB500K2 (ED, F, G). It was a serie marketed (1976-7) on the European continent in countries like: Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and others. ED stands for European Direct Sales. Not imported in UK as far as I know. What the second set numbers mean, I don't know.
These K2s differed from the K2 (A) marketed in the US in 1973 and they came in these three colours:
PB-3C-C Candy sapphire blue
YR-2C Candy garnet brown and
NH-57 Excel Black (see pic below)
I believe the colourcode is on the inside of one of the side panels.
Information found on p. 3-4 in Parts List: CB500K2 (ED, F, G) [1976.05.20]http://www.honda4fun.com/pdf_parts_list/pdf_spac500/CB500-76/CB500-76_1.pdf
P.5 shows you where the frame- and enginenumbers are.
Scroll down here for that appropiate Parts List: http://www.honda4fun.com/materiale-documentazione-tecnica/parts-list/parts-list-cb500
BTW, what stamped on number do the carbs have?
Can you post a pic of that bike?
Trigger:
--- Quote from: ST1100 on November 23, 2015, 02:34:48 PM ---Hi,
screened all frame tubes, couldn't find a [paint sticker]... (maybe removed by POs during their unqualified tinkering...)
So how to determine the OEM colour the bike came out the factory??
The title does not tell anything there.
Its a '76 CB500 four
frame: 2083333
engine: 2169911
(frame: CB 5001018430
engine: CB 500E-101905)
TIA
cheers!
--- End quote ---
No paint codes back then. Frame and engine starting with CB500 10..... is a CB500K0
ST1100:
Thanx!
(familiar with the distribution area codes due my ST1100 engagement, no AR (Austria) model back then ;-) )
So are they definitely K2, with the edgy tank decor as shown in your pic (your mount?), or earlier with the significant semicircle decal lining?
Also: "framed" 500-4 badges, or the clean ones on the side covers?
Seems I'll have to inspect the wiring harness/connectors to ID it as true K0 or not...
Will also have to look for any markings on the carbs (provided that their still the originals) and come back to you.
ST1100:
Did some further research:
Cb500 four K2, G, '73~76:
- Candy Baccus Olive
- Flake Sunrise Orange
- Maxim Brown Metallic
- Candy Saphire Blue
Seems I'll need to contact Honda Austria to inquire if this is a G or ED model and which colour is probably had...
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