Hi!
The round oilfilter cover was original polished by brush or scotch brite cloth and finally clearcoated.
Enginecase was original silver painted as you can see below starter motor.
Good luck with your restore, Bo from sweden.
 

Hi!
The metal part without on-off-on was used above VIN 600 but pointerless killswitch ended around VIN 450. Try to find one of these later ones and grind off the nose at the switch.
Kind regards, Bo from Sweden.

Hi!
Last weekend we had our yearly meeting in Sweden. I used #31/66 for the trip to the meeting and when I left it was wonderful sunny weather. Also second day we had wonderful weather, but on the trip back again on Sunday it was rain all the time. #31/66 is a very reliable bike, made 412 miles without any problems and is absolut tight, I mean it does not leak any oil at all. The Pictures shows the bike dirty after the trip but now it is washed and shiny again. The luggage rack is also dismounted again. The speedoface shows km/h but ODO still shows miles.
Kind Regards, Bo from Sweden.

Hi Stewe!
Please try to look at ignitioncables, they have white clips with number for each cylinder instead of  numbered plasticbands. I did not know until I found it on #31/66, number 1 missing, so I checked with Kerry and he also has them on #28/132. Interesting since it looks as we will never reach the end of knowledge what Honda did at the beginning of production.
Bo

Hi!
Thank you! It is faded on fueltank, headlightshell and sidecovers. I mean it is important at a non-restored bike to save as much as possible as it is. In fact, the bike is probably produced second day after productionstart, it means 16/3 1969.
To restore such a bike as I have done with #24/43 takes a lot of time with ”detectivework”. If you do not have the 19-litre fueltank used on first 450 bikes,  carbs with straight venturipipes used on first 300 (at least 302) bikes, first kind of gauges used at first 450 bikes and first kind of alternatorcover used at first 580 bikes it is almost impossible to reach a full success.
Bo

Hi!
This bike was purchased last year. It was stored at a Honda-dealer in 1973 in a heated room. It has been there until last year when I purchased it. It was delivered to me 5 weeks ago and then I have done following:
New caliperseal, new seals in mastercylinder, new brakefluid, new tyres front and rear, changed the K2 rearwheel to a twohole sandcastwheel (will be changed to a nonhole sandcastwhell later), new forkears since old were too damaged, changed gauges from K0 to correct refurbished early gauges, mounted 11 mm mirror stems and doublestamped mirrors, new rubber grips, mounted 28 carbtops short slides and 5 mm throttlecable, mounted new parts in shortnecked petcock, cleanded inside of 19-litre fueltank, checked valves, new oilfilter, new oil, new breakerpoints, checked oilpump and it was in shape like new, mounted missing band on the later 17-hole seat to keep it in used shape, mounted new Lotus-Root exhaust and finally washed and polished the bike. I am going to keep it as original as possible and will use it for our year-meeting in Classic Honda Club Sweden the weekend 10-12/8. It will bring another 500 km on the bike.
Kind Regards, Bo from Sweden

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Bo

Hi!
Next week I will make some photos and post as a new topic or if I understand how to do, make a. Ew thing like Bo:s f i 24 and 31.
Until then, Bo