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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #100 on: August 04, 2010, 03:32:26 pm »
i talked to Hondaman about the early and late K1s
he said that you can tell by the welds on the backbone tubes. 
think that you knew that though
i have to check mine

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« Reply #101 on: August 04, 2010, 03:55:12 pm »
Yes he told me that too but to be honest, I could not "tell by the welds on the backbone tubes" because I don't know what to look for or what the difference in the welds might be so I just sent him a picture. :D I'm getting more confused because there was an old factory and a new factory and the old one closed down when the new one came online BUT the frames and engines were made in different locations with different numbering sequences. What the heck does that mean? Two old factories and two new ones? ;D  Also, I just went into the ports of a late K1, 106xxx, and they look like they have the same hand machining as the K0 head I'm working on - except for the nipple lip and I do remember H-man mentioning the nipple ridge but beyond that a lot of hand work in there...

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #102 on: August 05, 2010, 09:55:02 am »
Wow! Thanks! I appreciate the thread here "MyCB". I am the proud new owner of a back yard kept 750 K4 and I am inspired by the resto-mod.
THanks again, Great looking bike!
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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #104 on: August 05, 2010, 04:10:29 pm »
Update 8/5/2010 - started an anodizing thread because I hate faded out switches and MCs -> http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=75004.0


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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #106 on: November 11, 2010, 05:25:51 pm »
Finally got around to redoing the rear wheel like the front. Nothing quite like shiny wheels.

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #107 on: November 11, 2010, 05:28:59 pm »
 ;D Lookin Nice!! How do you like the "polynesian blue" now that you've spent some time with it?
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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #108 on: November 11, 2010, 07:45:16 pm »
Very nice build!!!
I like it, I like it A LOT.....! ;D

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #109 on: November 12, 2010, 05:55:45 am »
Hey Pete,
I really like the blue more and more and it so does everyone I meet. It's got a lot of silver metal flake in it. But at the end of the day, I'd still rather it was the Poly Blue I wanted in the first place. That has a silver glow under the blue I've never seen before. Maybe I'll go to a professional painter that does custom cars and mortgage my house to pay for it. There should be a few around here in East LA  ;) And besides, this bike really screams which makes it easy to throw more money at.

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #110 on: November 12, 2010, 07:00:50 am »
Once you buff the wheels to a good shine like that what do you do to protect it?  Do you spray them with a clear coat? 
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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #111 on: November 12, 2010, 07:33:09 am »
Made these finally and I'm gonna pop em on for a bit. Any objections?

do you have the files for those?  i have a lady in brownsburg that could print them for me.
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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #112 on: November 12, 2010, 07:59:07 am »
Prospect.
I don't put anything on them and don't recommend coating the aluminum with anything. I think it just yellows in time anyway. So far my front wheel hub looks just like it did when I polished it six months ago. I live in a low humidity environment and don't ride in the rain either so that helps I guess. But it's pretty easy to keep after them with a tube of semi-chrome aluminum polish. It has a corrosion protector in it too. I . If nothing else, you loose that aluminum sheen if you coat the aluminum with a clear or something plus it's not scratch or gasoline proof.

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #113 on: November 12, 2010, 08:05:28 am »
Tango911,
You mean the blue ones? All I have left is the jpegs since my machine crashed and I lost the PhotoShop files but that should be good enough. PM if you want them. Actually I took the gauges off and went back to stock because I thought they looked funky. I tried selling the entire gauges on ebay and no interest  ;D . I can send you the remaining blue overlays I made and you can decide if you want to use them or go to the trouble. (as long as you are in the US of A)

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #114 on: November 15, 2010, 06:07:14 pm »
Wow, amazing detail, wouldn't it just be easier to build a time machine?

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #115 on: November 15, 2010, 06:29:20 pm »
Wow, amazing detail, wouldn't it just be easier to build a time machine?
HE DID!!!
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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #116 on: December 09, 2010, 06:52:01 am »
Wow an awesome build! Joe was right, you made it look all to easy..  Great looking bike...

For those wanting to play with creating their own face plates for the gauges and don't have the money for those programs you used these will work the same, tho they are maybe not as easy to use. I used them and created some great gauge faces, however at the end of the day I bought mine from a member here because they were more durable then I could get on my old inkjet printer...

Inkscape vector program.
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Gimp (Much like Photoshop)
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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #117 on: January 05, 2011, 09:18:34 pm »
hows the bike coming along?

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #118 on: January 06, 2011, 04:50:48 am »
wheels look sick dude!! i likes
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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #119 on: January 06, 2011, 10:00:52 am »
You really out did yourself on this one. It looks fantastic. My K1 is in for candy gold as we speak. I was almost going to pull the trigger and go with the blue/green, but decided to stay with the color it was born with. Now I have to find another KO to paint blue/green. Very nice build there...
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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #120 on: January 06, 2011, 12:31:19 pm »
i was thinking that this should be a BOTM when its done.
i hope its done....

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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #121 on: July 29, 2011, 12:31:56 pm »
I think I'm finished. Sorry I haven't been on the forum since January. The blue bike is now my daily rider. I added a set of stock K1 shocks at some outrageous price but they actually ride really nice. That's about it. Thanks for all the nice compliments. Like I said, I've been absent from here working on my forth K1. Pretty rough going.


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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #123 on: October 27, 2011, 05:01:17 am »
I fixed your links so they show up.   you have to get the link that says  IMG Code





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Re: Documenting my factory one K1 restore
« Reply #124 on: October 27, 2011, 06:06:52 am »
Awesome and beautiful at the same time!!! Very nice indeed!!!  :)
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