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<blockquote data-quote="69ST" data-source="post: 101967" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>It is possible to go through an `81. The lack of chrome makes life easier. A scarred outer housing can be revived beautifully and on the cheap with normal body & paint work. On the other side of the equation, the lack of spare parts (i.e. donor speedometers) means you're essentially "working without a net". Unlike K0, which are comparatively plentiful and are virtually 100% parts-interchangeable, K1/HK1 which are a distant second place in that regard and the K2-`79s which are much harder to find and have even fewer viable parts interchanges possible, the `80s units are orphaned by yet another order of magnitude.</p><p></p><p>Complicating matters even further is the temperamental & fragile odometer/drive assembly. Getting the odometer stack apart, then properly reset & reassembled is far trickier than with the early models, especially K0.</p><p></p><p>I've gone through fewer than a half-dozen `80-`84s and the last one was a few years ago. They just aren't very common, or in demand. Otherwise, I could give you precise details without a refresher. The last one was mangled when the guy's bike was stolen. The housing was dented, the bottom of the drive cage looked like it was frowning and the needle was jammed. After a half day worth of slow, painstaking, work, it was working properly and looking like NOS. Happily, the original glass was perfect, right down to the break-in warning decal and the dial completely fade-free...talk about the Karmic door swinging in both directions! :4: Had it been a K0-K1, I'd have just sourced another unit.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]15766[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15763[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15764[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15768[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15767[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15765[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15772[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15771[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15770[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15769[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15773[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15776[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15775[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15774[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Just FYI...the original black paint was low-gloss, not flat. A small but key difference. Flat black isn't as durable over the long haul.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="69ST, post: 101967, member: 5"] It is possible to go through an `81. The lack of chrome makes life easier. A scarred outer housing can be revived beautifully and on the cheap with normal body & paint work. On the other side of the equation, the lack of spare parts (i.e. donor speedometers) means you're essentially "working without a net". Unlike K0, which are comparatively plentiful and are virtually 100% parts-interchangeable, K1/HK1 which are a distant second place in that regard and the K2-`79s which are much harder to find and have even fewer viable parts interchanges possible, the `80s units are orphaned by yet another order of magnitude. Complicating matters even further is the temperamental & fragile odometer/drive assembly. Getting the odometer stack apart, then properly reset & reassembled is far trickier than with the early models, especially K0. I've gone through fewer than a half-dozen `80-`84s and the last one was a few years ago. They just aren't very common, or in demand. Otherwise, I could give you precise details without a refresher. The last one was mangled when the guy's bike was stolen. The housing was dented, the bottom of the drive cage looked like it was frowning and the needle was jammed. After a half day worth of slow, painstaking, work, it was working properly and looking like NOS. Happily, the original glass was perfect, right down to the break-in warning decal and the dial completely fade-free...talk about the Karmic door swinging in both directions! :4: Had it been a K0-K1, I'd have just sourced another unit. [CENTER][ATTACH]15766.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15763.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15764.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15768.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15767.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15765.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15772.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15771.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15770.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15769.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15773.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15776.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15775.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]15774.vB[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Just FYI...the original black paint was low-gloss, not flat. A small but key difference. Flat black isn't as durable over the long haul. [/QUOTE]
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