11-12-2015, 12:30 PM
I'm surprised that Honda has not offered a DLX upgrade kit with the exhaust, larger tank, side covers, seat etc available to dealers to help move some of the leftover standard units off the floor. Of course the engine would still be the STD color and non-abs standards would not magically get ABS, but I think it's an interesting idea.
If not that, some other bolt-on dress up kit to get folks more excited about the STDs.
When the CB450K0 Black Bomber first came out, there were a lot of leftover units so Honda released a "D" kit with a different tank, side covers, chrome fenders, and a scrambler-style exhaust that dealers could bolt on to change the appearance of the bike. It helped to get rid of the old K0 stock so that they could get the new 5-speed versions of the CB450 into showrooms. These days, Black Bombers are fairly scarce but the D kit is even rarer, with complete mint examples selling north of $10k.
Stock K0:
The same model with a D kit installed:
If not that, some other bolt-on dress up kit to get folks more excited about the STDs.
When the CB450K0 Black Bomber first came out, there were a lot of leftover units so Honda released a "D" kit with a different tank, side covers, chrome fenders, and a scrambler-style exhaust that dealers could bolt on to change the appearance of the bike. It helped to get rid of the old K0 stock so that they could get the new 5-speed versions of the CB450 into showrooms. These days, Black Bombers are fairly scarce but the D kit is even rarer, with complete mint examples selling north of $10k.
Stock K0:
The same model with a D kit installed: