Honda CB750 Sandcast
Web Site and Bulletin Board Changes => Web Site Changes => Topic started by: Wayne on April 24, 2016, 10:48:47 am
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I added an area to the board dedicated to the K0. Enjoy.
http://cb750sandcastonly.com/smf_forum/index.php/board,59.0.html (http://cb750sandcastonly.com/smf_forum/index.php/board,59.0.html)
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I added an area to the board dedicated to the K0. Enjoy.
http://cb750sandcastonly.com/smf_forum/index.php/board,59.0.html (http://cb750sandcastonly.com/smf_forum/index.php/board,59.0.html)
Thanks, Wayne !
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;) yes thanks wayne us limey's was to late to get the sandcast ,only got ko from january 1970 ,but the same bike really apart from engine cases lol ;)
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I am putting together a VIN directory /info file on the 1st UK bikes. If anyone has any info they are willing to share please PM me. I with then put it on here in this section. I have quite a bit of info on the 1st UK VIN from member Kettle738 and also on the UK press bike, as I met the original owner at Bonhams auction in April this year and the person who restored it in the 90's
Thanks guys for creating this section. As Steff says we never got sandcasts here, apart from the Gold PP 'Brighton' bike. We never even officially got CB500K0's over here either. Talk about being low down in the pecking order !!
Cheers ... Ash
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No such thing as a CB500K0!!....
Chris R.
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No such thing as a CB500K0!!....
Chris R.
Was it just plain old CB500 then Chris ? It is just plain old CB500 in my combined parts book ..problem is if you ask anyone for a part they always want to refer to it as K0. Same with CB250/350 'K0'. I always refer to it as CB250SS (SuperSport)
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Same as those who insist on calling sandcast and diecast cb750's ko's.
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Hmmm So we are calling this section K0 Korner then. Shame on you guys ;D Shouldn't it be CB750 Diecast Pre-CB750K1 Korner . Happy with the Korner bit though , quite liked Alexis !
Chris ..do you have any info on any early UK VIN's to share with me for my data file please. Already have your old 'museum' one covered though.
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Hmmm So we are calling this section K0 Korner then.
Game set and match The quarterback is down. Go Ash. ;D OK I'm taking the piss here fellas (if you don't know what that means don't ask). Actually, I often wonder what is correct ie: KO (K Oh!) or K0 (K Zero) When I look for bits on eBay I use both searches and get different results so sellers use both. In fact here is what I think is an oxymoron. KO is one thing but K0 (K Zero, an oxymoron) really says just K which in fact is what the first model was, a CB750K. The Zero adds nothing at all and we really do need to string up the inventor of this term because there is no such thing as a K Zero. It's like saying K nothing so there is no K, or it doesn't exist. But it does exist so we need to get rid of that 0 (zero)
Give it to me Jimmys
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Hmmm So we are calling this section K0 Korner then. Shame on you guys ;D Shouldn't it be CB750 Diecast Pre-CB750K1 Korner . Happy with the Korner bit though , quite liked Alexis !
Chris ..do you have any info on any early UK VIN's to share with me for my data file please. Already have your old 'museum' one covered though.
Ash, that has to be about the best reply to any post on any thread i recall on the forum !
it wold be great if we could have general and well detailed pictures of the so called "K0" production machine distributed to dealers (in UK?) for retail sales. Certainly, at least for me, the "K0" is as much of an interesting bike as the "French sandcasts." the "K0" as i understand it, basically a CB750 with K1 carbs..... what we need is good pictures of a documented authentic machine. for the most part, i don't go much for the journalistic hyperbole blathering about what unique bikes they feature in their magazines they are selling to many readers who are armchair restorers. al that's being printed is information some journalist interviewed from someone else that may or may not be well researched.
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Hmmm So we are calling this section K0 Korner then. Shame on you guys Grin Shouldn't it be CB750 Diecast Pre-CB750K1 Korner . Happy with the Korner bit though , quite liked Alexis(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/laughing/crying-with-laughter.gif) (http://www.sherv.net/)(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/laughing/crying-with-laughter.gif) (http://www.sherv.net/)(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/laughing/crying-with-laughter.gif) (http://www.sherv.net/)
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Actually, i do like it. it's got a catchy ring !
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Yeh, the K0 thing has kind of caught on and been applied to first version of quite a number of models which subsequently progressed through K1, 2,.... variants.
A typical case of something becoming established "fact" by virtue of its widespread use. We know what we mean though??
Chris R.
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Do any known authentic ko bikes exist ?
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With Steve's revelations, I have been up all night trying to figure out a new user name, since mine is bull dust ;D ;D
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With Steve's revelations, I have been up all night trying to figure out a new user name, since mine is bull dust ;D ;D
I like the title too !!! .. I was just trying a witty reply to Chris's comment that my 500K0 doesn't exist. I vote you get some sleep and leave the title just the way it is. As I understand it it was introduced by US dealers to identify the early bike from the K1 onwards models when ordering parts.
Attached is what John Wyatt says about the K0
The UK specific bike 'holy grail' part is the rear fender.. I managed to get a NOS one off eBay. I paid a lot for it but it was being sold on behalf of a dealer's widow, to raise funds for her so I was happy to pay a lot for it in a bidding war. Another item is the RH bar switch with a scary centre off headlamp position. Chris will probably know a lot more differences.
Once I have bit of free time I want to add a lot to this section and thanks for introducing it.
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Thanks Ash, I feel better with my user name since I live in the US. :D :D
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Ash - I have records of approximately 50 / 60 original UK pre-K1 CB750's (pre-internet days, a couple of us created a database of UK survivors, based purely on observation, ie, seeing them out there in use!)
Steve, the above records contain details of 4 genuine original UK sold K0 CB750's, which certainly did exist back then in the '80's / '90's.
Knowing the original UK registration numbers (license plate numbers to you), it would be possible to check UK vehicle computer records on-line and ascertain whether or not they still exist. Not a foolproof system, as the authorities are not always notified when a vehicle is destroyed, and it is possible for an owner to change the registration number.
Chris R.
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This is an interesting article on a UK CB750 in my 'Dropbox'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/snq82hsiwr7a2t7/AAC3x_LhlQ8Y_eA7F-8OJaqsa?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/snq82hsiwr7a2t7/AAC3x_LhlQ8Y_eA7F-8OJaqsa?dl=0)
To this day it has only done just over 500 miles I think.
I was in discussion after the Bonhams auction of the original UK press bike, with someone about the correct rear lamp fastenings on UK model to the rear fender. I think they should be crosshead chromed screws not hex bolts. Like the attached shot of a museum CB350 twin and a poor shot of the 500 miler one in the article link.