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Offline Duanob

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Legitimate VIN number?
« on: May 26, 2014, 01:12:40 PM »
Can someone tell me if this is a VIN number for a 1974 CB750K?

CB750-2315223

It doesn't seem right to me but just checking.
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Re: Legitimate VIN number?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2014, 01:17:43 PM »
Looks like l legitimate K4 number. K4's started with 230...., K5 started with 250....
Your engine number should also be a 23....., K5 engine numbers started with 2372115
« Last Edit: May 26, 2014, 01:19:27 PM by Powderman »

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Re: Legitimate VIN number?
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2014, 02:08:36 AM »
Actually, I think this might be a K3.

Working off the manual, K4 frames start at 2341915.

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Re: Legitimate VIN number?
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2014, 08:16:57 PM »
Thanks guys, there is a guy selling a non-titled but complete 74 in planet blue. Even a complete exhaust. I was tossing it around to even part it out might bring a bit of a profit. Just checking to see if the vin he gave me was even close to being real.
"Just because you flush a boatload of money down the toilet, doesn't make the toilet worth more",  My Stepfather the Unknown Poet

1974 CB360T
1976 CB550K2 Resurrected
1976 CB550F2 Barn Find
1979 CX500 VG "HONDA-GUZZI"
2007 Moto Guzzi Breva 750ie
2015 BMW F700GS
Another 1976 CB550K Cafe?

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Re: Legitimate VIN number?
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2014, 09:16:11 PM »
Thanks guys, there is a guy selling a non-titled but complete 74 in planet blue. Even a complete exhaust. I was tossing it around to even part it out might bring a bit of a profit. Just checking to see if the vin he gave me was even close to being real.

If it's the one listed in the Seattle CL it looks like the ad has been flagged
750 K1 (Just finished)
750 K4 (In Process of resto)
2) 750 K6's (Restored and sold)
750 K5 (Restored and sold)
'75 850 Norton Commando (Restored and sold)
'99 Triumph Tiger (Daily rider)

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Re: Legitimate VIN number?
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2014, 11:41:07 AM »
Thanks guys, there is a guy selling a non-titled but complete 74 in planet blue. Even a complete exhaust. I was tossing it around to even part it out might bring a bit of a profit. Just checking to see if the vin he gave me was even close to being real.

If it's the one listed in the Seattle CL it looks like the ad has been flagged

I've met the guy selling it a few months back. He buys bikes to ship to Japan. Some of them don't seem to pass the test and he sells them off himself. I am always a bit turned off about buying non-titled bikes but this one seems pretty complete and in nice shape for the money. If it was spit shined, fully tuned, street ready with title, $4000+ wouldn't be out of reason around here. Or parting out. The complete H341 or (whatever it is) exhaust could bring a pretty penny.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2014, 11:43:31 AM by Duanob »
"Just because you flush a boatload of money down the toilet, doesn't make the toilet worth more",  My Stepfather the Unknown Poet

1974 CB360T
1976 CB550K2 Resurrected
1976 CB550F2 Barn Find
1979 CX500 VG "HONDA-GUZZI"
2007 Moto Guzzi Breva 750ie
2015 BMW F700GS
Another 1976 CB550K Cafe?

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