K0 Korner

[Wayne]

I added an area to the board dedicated to the K0. Enjoy.

http://cb750sandcastonly.com/smf_forum/index.php/board,59.0.html

[Steve Swan]

I added an area to the board dedicated to the K0. Enjoy.

http://cb750sandcastonly.com/smf_forum/index.php/board,59.0.html

Thanks, Wayne !

[steff750]

  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 

[ashimotok0]

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

[hondasan]

No such thing as a CB500K0!!....

Chris R.

[ashimotok0]

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)

[Steve Swan]

Same as those who insist on calling sandcast and diecast cb750's ko's. 

[ashimotok0]

Hmmm  So we are calling this section K0 Korner then. Shame on you guys    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.

[kp]

Hmmm  So we are calling this section K0 Korner then.

Game set and match The quarterback is down. Go Ash.   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

[Steve Swan]

Hmmm  So we are calling this section K0 Korner then. Shame on you guys    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.

[UK Pete]

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

[Steve Swan]

Actually, i do like it.  it's got a catchy ring !

[hondasan]

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.

[Steve Swan]

Do any known authentic ko bikes exist ?

[DW69K0]

With Steve's revelations, I have been up all night trying to figure out a new user name, since mine is bull dust