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Offline Ted Nomura

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Silver CB750K2
« on: March 05, 2006, 01:16:15 PM »
When I was visiting Japan, I saw many Silver colored Honda CB750K2s at the used cycle lot, along with many advertised in their dedicated motorcycle magazines. I also saw the original 1972 brochure showing the silver colored CB750K2 but it's not listed in the American or European model. I wonder if anybody seen an original silver colored CB750K2 in the US? Since, I liked the looks, I decided to paint one of my own stock CB750K2 in silver. I also saw a CB750K2 in Planet Blue color in Europe. I learned that over there, they had large stock of CB750K2s so they didn't even introduce the new CB750K6 model until all the K2 were sold, so unlike us, they had no K3-K5 models.
I also saw several all-black CB550K in Japan. At first I thought this was custom painted until I saw the same all-black (with no stripes) CB550K on the Japanese domestic 1975 Honda catalog. I guess it's time to get a spare CB550K tank and sidecovers so I can make mine black, although I still prefer the early CB750 stripes I saw in the CB500 Four stunt bike disguised as CB750 in the 1971 movie "Stone Killer"
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2006, 03:02:32 PM »
Go to www.afegraphics.com and check out the stripe kit for the K2. They show a silver one (offering the corresponding black tank stripes for it) and mention it being a UK model. Not sure how much help this is, but it's a place to look.
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2006, 12:39:37 AM »
Quote from: Ted Nomura on March 05, 2006, 01:16:15 PM
I also saw several all-black CB550K in Japan. At first I thought this was custom painted until I saw the same all-black (with no stripes) CB550K on the Japanese domestic 1975 Honda catalog.

My 550K is all black - I always assumed some PO had re-painted it.... It is (according to the guy I bought it off) a Japanese domestic market model privately imported here to NZ in 1977 - amazing - you learn something new every day!  :)

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Offline Ted Nomura

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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2006, 01:41:09 PM »
Quote from: Jonesy on March 05, 2006, 03:02:32 PM
Go to www.afegraphics.com and check out the stripe kit for the K2. They show a silver one (offering the corresponding black tank stripes for it) and mention it being a UK model. Not sure how much help this is, but it's a place to look.

Thanks for the info. I know that in a 1972 model, stripes are black with white trim. Interestingly the first CB750 prototype (shown in Motorcycle Collector Magazine V1#4) also had a silver tank with the same black and chrome lower trim but with a black Honda emblem (slightly different from the 1969 CB750).
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2006, 01:49:22 PM »
Quote from: MrZxp on March 06, 2006, 12:39:37 AM
Quote from: Ted Nomura on March 05, 2006, 01:16:15 PM
I also saw several all-black CB550K in Japan. At first I thought this was custom painted until I saw the same all-black (with no stripes) CB550K on the Japanese domestic 1975 Honda catalog.

My 550K is all black - I always assumed some PO had re-painted it.... It is (according to the guy I bought it off) a Japanese domestic market model privately imported here to NZ in 1977 - amazing - you learn something new every day!  :)

Cheers, Phil

Yours must be the only factory all-black CB550K outside Japan, because not many big Hondas registered in Japan was exported, for they usually buy all our classics from USA and Europe at ridiculous prices. I saw an not-so-accurate 1969 CB750 selling there for over$13,000 and a black CB550K for $5000! I also noticed that early Japanese domestic Honda CB500 or CB550 was painted in Black with the standard Honda emblem but I saw another in Black but with a Red Honda tank decal. I wondered if the latter was also factory produced or custom painted.
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2006, 01:53:06 PM »
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[ I saw an not-so-accurate 1969 CB750 selling there for over$13,000 /quote]

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So, how much do you think it would cost to ship a 750 to Japan?  ;D
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2006, 02:12:40 PM »
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[ I saw an not-so-accurate 1969 CB750 selling there for over$13,000 /quote]

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So, how much do you think it would cost to ship a 750 to Japan?  ;D

I have no idea, maybe others with expertise can help. I'm in a military so I usually ship my own stuff from Japan at real low prices and at one time, I considered shipping my Kawasaki 900 to Korea when I was assigned there for free but chickened out when paperwork proved to be a hassle. But I heard a story from one of the cargomasters that one guy tried to smuggle a Honda that he bought in Japan to USA without proper papers and when they found out about it while still flying over the Pacific, they opened the cargo door and pushed out the illegal bike over the ocean!
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2006, 02:51:53 PM »
FWIW, once upon a time about 68 or 69, I encouraged the boss to order a "black" CB450 from American Honda instead of the common Candy Red or Candy Blue. The bike that showed up was ....silver....
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2006, 03:35:10 PM »
It seems that when folks restore the early CB750 and it includes repainting, they seem to gravitate towards the candy red. I bet there are more of them now than ever left Japan.  ;D
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2006, 08:03:36 PM »
IMHO Candy Blue Green would be the "signature" color for an early CB750.
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Offline Ted Nomura

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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2006, 02:21:55 PM »
Quote from: Kevin D on March 06, 2006, 02:51:53 PM
FWIW, once upon a time about 68 or 69, I encouraged the boss to order a "black" CB450 from American Honda instead of the common Candy Red or Candy Blue. The bike that showed up was ....silver....

That's very interesting. I don't know any factory stock early CB450s in silver. I know that a factory converted 1967 CB450D with high pipes came in silver so it was perhaps that. My 1968 CL450 scrambler came in either silver, blue or red. I recently painted my 1973 CB450 in white with 1972 gold stripes simply because I loved the police models. I don't have a teal colored CB450 yet but I think this white CB450 is the best looking one I've seen.
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2006, 02:30:29 PM »
Quote from: Kevin D on March 06, 2006, 08:03:36 PM
IMHO Candy Blue Green would be the "signature" color for an early CB750.

I agree. Most people. including me, who owns early CB750s prefer Candy Blue Green (Teal) color because the CB750 prototype that was introduced in Tokyo Motor Show of October 1968, then a CB750 pre-production model introduced in England in April 1969 were colored in Blue-Green. Since I own three early CB750s, I decided on all three colors (Candy Blue-Green, Candy Red and Candy Gold), especially since they were the originals by examining the inside tank colors (Candy Gold was introduced in 1970). Unfortunately original color matching is hard since none matches closely to the readily available auto colors. The spare CB750K2 tanks and side covers that I recently painted in silver was done economically by spraying the clear top coat over the silver paint from Wal-Mart. It matches the cloud-silver color from the CL77 almost perfectly.
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2006, 03:48:21 PM »
Speaking of the blue/green, I've seen some with side cover badges with the gold background and some with black background, the same with some candy reds. Is there a correct matching of the side cover badge color with the body parts, or did they, in fact come with different badge colors?
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2006, 01:25:55 PM »
Quote from: Bob Wessner on March 09, 2006, 03:48:21 PM
Speaking of the blue/green, I've seen some with side cover badges with the gold background and some with black background, the same with some candy reds. Is there a correct matching of the side cover badge color with the body parts, or did they, in fact come with different badge colors?

Of course the early 1969-1970 CB750s in candy blue/green or candy red came with Honda side cover badge with white wings on a gold background. After 1970, a new Candy gold colored CB750 came out with black background on side cover badges. I saw several early CB750 for sale at ridiculously high prices in Japan in candy red with black background badges, which is inaccurate. What's worse, I saw couple with Honda wing badges facing the wrong way on one side only, which means they're both the same. Not to mention many early restored Hondas also with one side of the gas tank emblem with the wrong facing wing.
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Re: Silver CB750K2
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2006, 02:43:51 PM »
Quote from: Bob Wessner on March 06, 2006, 03:35:10 PM
It seems that when folks restore the early CB750 and it includes repainting, they seem to gravitate towards the candy red. I bet there are more of them now than ever left Japan.  ;D
I think many of us restore Hondas in red because the close match paint is more easily available at auto stores. For Light Ruby Red, it's almost a perfect match by getting a cheap red spray paint from Wal-Mart and spray it over white. For Candy Red, it's little darker and you need a silver base paint first. I haven't found any real match for Candy Blue/Green or Candy Gold in auto stores but Walmart's silver spray paint (which looks chrome until you spray a clear top) is near a perfect match to Honda's Cloud Silver on CL77s, XL125 and XL250/350s. I do miss the old Lubri-Tech paint cans! Matching colors were so much easier back then.
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