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Offline Shtonecb500

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k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« on: July 18, 2022, 08:56:37 PM »
HI,

have you guys encountered fork lowers with no threaded holes to mount the lower fender support bracket or fork ears that are not drilled and dont' have the small reflectors....I know this model is a late model k1.
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Re: k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2022, 02:50:48 AM »
Ears could be from model where reflectors were on shell mounting bolts but sliders have to have been modified by po, i thought the k1 had chrome ears not paintef
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Re: k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2022, 04:31:57 AM »
Quote from: bryanj on July 19, 2022, 02:50:48 AM
Ears could be from model where reflectors were on shell mounting bolts but sliders have to have been modified by po, i thought the k1 had chrome ears not paintef
K2 was the start of chrome fork ears and black headlight shell
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Re: k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2022, 04:38:19 AM »
Looks like the PO modified your fork legs. Likely filled in the hole for the reflector stem too.
K1 definitely had painted fork ears and the small reflectors. Here’s a brown one I did a while back...
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Re: k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2022, 04:45:51 AM »
Look inside the ears for the threaded nut bung.
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1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
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Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
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New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
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Re: k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2022, 02:58:12 PM »
My august 71 build k1 has the reflectors and the lower fender mounting holes.

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Re: k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2022, 03:21:41 PM »
 I'd also bet they smoothed over the reflector holes. I'm too lazy to go look, but are the fender threads on the fender brace?  There was a ton of custom work done on a lot of these bikes in the last 50 years.
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Re: k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2022, 05:57:00 PM »
looks like he shaves them off the fork lowers like some of you said, i havent pulled the front end yet but when i do ill check to see if the reflector hole was just filled over. I have another set of fork legs with the threaded holes so ill use those.
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Re: k1 model fork ears and fork lowers
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2022, 07:34:29 PM »
Quote from: Shtonecb500 on July 19, 2022, 05:57:00 PM
looks like he shaves them off the fork lowers like some of you said, i havent pulled the front end yet but when i do ill check to see if the reflector hole was just filled over. I have another set of fork legs with the threaded holes so ill use those.

Note the K1 lowers are the same as K0’s…..
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