Topic: US vs European !!

[crousos]

After a long break from restoring hondas in the US and enjoying my 1978 CB 750K in the warm weather  of Cyprus I have recently started working on on 1971 CB 750 originally registered in Netherlands. What I am finding though is that some of the information that I am finding from here and other websites do not match what I have.  For example, I have seen photos of the speedo and tach from a US version and the idiot lights are inside them, that is not the case with the version I have of the same year. Can anyone point me to where I can find this information .. or if you know for sure that it should be the same just let me know.

any help is greatly appreciated,

Constantin

[crousos]

Sorry this is the 1971, not very original at the moment.

[flatlander]

you should be able to find this type of info in the partslist. it goes by frame and engine number, not year.
partslists are available in the technical documentation section of this forum, or on honda4fun.com (site is in italian but the documentation is english)

[Deltarider]

I am not sure the CB750 partslists show the engine- and framenumbers like they do for the CB500/550 models. If not, you could try  CMSNL: https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb750four_model14344/
Cyprus, great for cycling!

[beemerbum]

Sorry this is the 1971, not very original at the moment.

I note the beautiful Bayrische Motoren Werke motorrad in the background. Excellent taste in motorcycles!

[crousos]

HAHAHAHA!!! I should have known from the name beemerbum! Yes that is what I have been working on for the last couple of years but she is ready  to go now...R75/6.

[crousos]

Thanks for the link  Deltarider I will check it out! Yes after leaving in NY for 25 years its good to be able to ride year round... although I got soaked on the way home from work today :-(

[Remcod]

Dutch k1 is also suppost to have the idiot lights in the meters.

[seanbarney41]

Crousos, If you are interested in restoring to original, I may be able to help you...  By trading cash for some of those un-original parts, namely the seat, rear-sets, and handlebars.  PM me if you are interested.

[crousos]

Hi there  seanbarney41, I still have not decided what I am going to do with the after market parts but either way I think me shipping to you would be cost prohibitive.


Constantin

[seanbarney41]

Well, when you decide, let me know.  It may not be a deal breaker, as those parts are generally just not around in the u.s.a.

[flatlander]

yeah i've been shipping things the other way around, from us to europe. not necessarily a deal breaker.
it all depends on cost of the item, shipping cost, how desperately you want it... and don't forget customs.

[crousos]

First I Just wanted to to thank Deltarider  https://www.cmsnl.com/ answered many of my questions!! seanbarney41 I will let you know in a few days ... I am looking in to a another CB750 that it may be perfect for a Cafe racer project.

[crousos]

BTW .. I posted something in the looking to by section but I am looking for a tank for this bike ... mine is a rustbucket...

[MikeSimon]

For the CB750K, Europe did not have the intermediate versions between K2 and K6. Instead, they went directly to K6 in '76. All the subtle changes of K3-K5 did not happen on European bikes.

[bryanj]

The european K2 had all the technical mods just not the styling ones. 500 four was the same as UK only got the K1 (smaller clocks etc) untill the 550K3 came in.