Topic: CH750 gauge face colors?

[Dunk]

I'm curious as to what color gauges came on different bikes. I've had bikes with green gauges and bikes with blue gauges. My '72 had green face gauges and both my '71s have blue face gauges. They are faded and worn though and I'd like to make the gauges nice again. I see reproduction gauge faces recommended here (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130823525738) and it says green/blue background, which looks different than my blue face gauges. Are these the only color that was made and they just faded to more of a blue? Or are these offered in both green and blue? I know the guy who makes them is a member here so maybe he can clarify. I don't see the email seller link that used to be on eBay.

These are my gauges... I do have another set which has both the correct K1 tach and speedometer, those are also blue face.

[bjatwood]

Wow, speedo on the right, haven't seen that before...

[nippon]

We made a couple of them.

nippon

[gecko672]

The guy selling those faces on ebay is Marcel, hes from the Netherlands  ( if I remember). Nice guy. I bought his faces a while ago.
email is info@cb750faces.com.
website is www.cb750faces.com. I didnt see any blue ones but maybe drop him a line to ask.

Hope that helps

[Dunk]

I sent Marcel an email, hopefully he makes the blue faces too. If not, green is better than what I have, but not what I prefer.

Does anyone know what determined whether the bike came with green or blue gauges? Did it depend on the color of the bike?

[Retro Rocket]

The guy selling those faces on ebay is Marcel, hes from the Netherlands  ( if I remember). Nice guy. I bought his faces a while ago.
email is info@cb750faces.com.
website is www.cb750faces.com. I didnt see any blue ones but maybe drop him a line to ask.

Hope that helps

He is also a member here, goes by the tag  Lecram.....

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Dark green and light green. Can anyone that owned one of these new say they had a new one that was blue?? Don't think so.

[OldSchool_IsCool]

Some of the model guides list face colors...

http://www.sohc4.net/cb750/

[Dunk]

Dark green and light green. Can anyone that owned one of these new say they had a new one that was blue?? Don't think so.

So where did all the K1 blue gauges come from? Was there another company making faces for them? Does the dark green fade to to blue? What is correct for my bike as it would have come from Honda?

[CB750faces.com (Lecram)]

I have opened and restored hundreds of K1-K5 gauges and no one of these had originally blue faces. Only discolored faces from green to blue. All these faces had still a small green color at the edge. That part of the faces did never see the sun as it's covered under the rim of the inner cover.