Hi all, I've been lurking and searching for awhile and haven't turned up answers to all my questions. I bought what I thought was a pretty original CB750K2, but upon some research and closer inspection I have found it to be "tampered with" and neglected over the years and its presumably many owners.
Here are my questions:
Sidecovers, They were plastic from the factory I assume? Did the original units have honda markings on them?
Sidecover badges: Were these also plastic? Did they have Honda markings on the rear? The "ruby" badges I have have very similar imprints (the faint circle at the top) to some NOS items I have seen on ebay, but these, and the "750four" badges are plastic. They are not original, but I am trying to establish whether they may be OEM NOS or not.
Honda Tank badges, My bike had the badge holders "bogged in" The tank is being stripped, and the bog dug out so that the tank can be repainted and they can be replaced. I have found a pair off a CB175 which appear to be identical to the units on a '71 CB450 I have already restored. While I realise they may need to be painted differently, are they other wise the same metal badges?
Paint; I know this question has been asked, time and time again, but I have yet to see a definitive and easy answer. Firstly, before I say it, don't cringe, I plan to paint my K2 Honda Candy ruby red. While I realise this is not an original colour, there are aspects of my bike that detract from it's originality, and I prefer this colour, I believe it to be suitable from a period sense. The paint code R-4C, I have found is available from PPG, but it is a single application, rather than the red over silver as original, and the paint year is listed as 87 so I doubt it to be the correct paint. After searching through countless paint swatches, I found Honda Hero Red, which is a red over silver paint. Has anyone tried this colour? , did it look like the original? , it did on the example, but I am led to believe these can be notoriously inaccurate (although apparently the glasurit items are actually painted and are quite good). I intend to chase up a second tank and covers, and treat them to one of the original K2 colours, however I'm unsure what the bike originally was, as I have only found candy ruby red on the tank and sidecovers while stripping. I assume the tank is off an earlier bike (not wrinkle), it and the sidecovers had been repainted in a tacky blue metallic, the sidecovers I assume are repro. Is there any way of determining the bikes original colour?
Cheers, John (Australia)
