« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2025, 07:50:14 AM »
Still in the Honda box, the tank had never been used. A few minor scratches though.
It was probably a warranty take off. The dealers were required to hold all warrantied parts and when Honda told the dealers that they didn't have to have a stocked parts room any longer or had to hold the warrantied parts, many were rescued from the deep six of dumpsters or sold to parts buyers, like a friend of mine, and had a great internet sales business through it.
I bought a NOS replacement, never stamped frame a year ago at a Swapmeet that the seller had bought up a Connecticut dealer's parts room several years before. He had started advertising it for $1000 on Craigslist, dropped the price several times. When I started talking with him he said he was down to $250, 45 minutes later he said he'd let me have it for $200, I didn't have to even haggle to get the price down and got the cash out and strapped it on the back seat of my 08 goldwing to get it home 2 hrs away.
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Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
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
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner
Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A
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