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The serial #'s tell all.......I have not heard anything about the k2 being produced for ? four ? years beyond it's end date....for what non-usa market? Would seem odd for HMC to be keeping just one model in production concurrently with new models each year....that would cost quite a bit and for what end purpose? Love to see/read/hear this info that you have brought forth.
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Well I see that it addresses it , but also shows that the frame #'s are still in line with the 72 year production and that they were putting later model engines in the older frames....so it follows what I was saying... large production of frames in 72 and slowly releasing them into the European market..with engines produced in later years put into the older frames....although there is very little difference between the k2 and the k6 other than color schemes and loss of performance(in US due to the EPA) and increase of reliability and small changes in instruments and handlebar switches etc...the frames were pretty much the same. I could not see HMC running two production lines of the same model (cb750) throughout those years.
Quote from: myhondas on February 13, 2011, 08:38:01 pmWell I see that it addresses it , but also shows that the frame #'s are still in line with the 72 year production and that they were putting later model engines in the older frames....so it follows what I was saying... large production of frames in 72 and slowly releasing them into the European market..with engines produced in later years put into the older frames....although there is very little difference between the k2 and the k6 other than color schemes and loss of performance(in US due to the EPA) and increase of reliability and small changes in instruments and handlebar switches etc...the frames were pretty much the same. I could not see HMC running two production lines of the same model (cb750) throughout those years.Yes, my '74 K2 (European Directs Sales model) has a '72 frame number (20xxxxx) and an engine number that matches the k4 (E23xxxxx). But also the front fork and front fender are equal to the k4. The European '74 k2 basically has the same technical features as the k4, except for the wire harness and handlebar switches (incl. acoustic signal). All the other differences are merely optical.
Quote from: Phaedrus-74 on February 20, 2011, 06:51:18 amQuote from: myhondas on February 13, 2011, 08:38:01 pmWell I see that it addresses it , but also shows that the frame #'s are still in line with the 72 year production and that they were putting later model engines in the older frames....so it follows what I was saying... large production of frames in 72 and slowly releasing them into the European market..with engines produced in later years put into the older frames....although there is very little difference between the k2 and the k6 other than color schemes and loss of performance(in US due to the EPA) and increase of reliability and small changes in instruments and handlebar switches etc...the frames were pretty much the same. I could not see HMC running two production lines of the same model (cb750) throughout those years.Yes, my '74 K2 (European Directs Sales model) has a '72 frame number (20xxxxx) and an engine number that matches the k4 (E23xxxxx). But also the front fork and front fender are equal to the k4. The European '74 k2 basically has the same technical features as the k4, except for the wire harness and handlebar switches (incl. acoustic signal). All the other differences are merely optical. The changes on the European K2 in 74 has been supplied from about half 74. I own a 74 K2 ED with the same specs as the earlier K2s, like front fork and fender. Only the gauges are a bit different with cable connections in the middle, without the bigger hole for the hectometer wheel. Later on, the odo cut out changed, but the way it has been mounted (with the chrome rings) remained. That's also a difference between the US and ED K2/K3/K4. And not to forget the color of the face plates.
