Topic: Which would you pay more for ?

[greenjeans]

Which would you pay more for ?

1.  A restored 1976 CB750K in candy Antares Red - 100% faithful to stock - big winkers, fat stripe and all.

or

2.  The exact same 1976 CB750K dressed up as a K0 in Ruby Red with restored K0 gauges, K0 airbox and side covers, K0 blinkers & fork ears.


the dilema:

I have a 76 that I've been working on the last few months.  It has a freshly painted frame, motor, good chrome etc, new harness etc., etc.    I am going to paint the tank and side covers for it within the next month and was thinking of making it into a K0 clone in Ruby Red.
Ultimately, it will be sold to fund my version of a  CR750. I have some K0 side covers, fork ears & airbox, handlebar switches, repop seat and a single cut fender that I've gathered over the years that would be used to complete the transformation.

Common sense tells me that I should keep it stock.   But....I follow ebay and the DFW market for CBs pretty close.  To me it seems the 76 CB750 kinda sells lower than an identically restored 75, 74, 73 etc.   I can't really remember seeing a "clone" selling recently.

To me, the Ruby Red K0 is the best looking, quintesential CB750, hence the reason that I'm contemplating changing things.

In my area, I'd expect to sell the cycle between $5500-$6000 fairly easily.   *Note - for now, it has a very solid set of original 341s - they would be replaced with new if DSS ever gets the repops in again.  That would add to the value a bit.

Am I silly to consider this ?     I'll be painting within the month and I only have 1 good tank that I can use.

[Don R]

That's a tough one, I like the K0's Mine is a Hot Rod K0, K1 hybrid only because it's not painted yet and those were the parts I could afford. But I built mine for me, not for resale.

[Stev-o]

#1.........true stock bike will nearly always bring more money. I think you knew that.

[ekpent]

Think you would do better to keep the K6 in true stock form, it is what it is and condition rules the selling price and then sell the K0 parts individually to restorer/collectors. In the right venue those parts stand up well on their own.

[flybox1]

#1 for me.  Not only because its a stocker, but that Antares Red is 

[Bankerdanny]

Making a K6 into a K0 clone doesn't really add value in my opinion.

The reason the K0 is worth more than a K6 (conditions being equal) is because it is a historically significant gen1 model. The K6 will always be a K6, a nice bike, but late into the model run and in the end less desirable for a collector than the K0 will be.

[greenjeans]

just for fun -

If you walked by the 2 bikes, both for sale, which one do you pick ?    Then you realize that one is $5000 and the other is $6000 ?  Would that change your mind ?   On top of that, you then realize that the one you think is a K0 turns out to be a K6 in disguise....

Ok you guys talked me back to sanity.    Looks like I should be looking for a tank to paint along with my K0 bits and pieces to sell as a complete body kit like the ones you see on ebay. 

[750K]

Nicely restored stock bike over a restored clone for me any day, regardless of if its a late model year.

[lucky]

I agree with 750K.