250 b4 b5 or mongrel ??? DNA TEST PLEASE

[SAM]

Frame number Honda

[BIG H]

ENGINE & FRAME NUMBERS FROM-

KH250-B4
S1E054801
KH250B-025001

KH250-B5
S1E058301
KH250B-028701

It look like you have a KH250-B4

[Hal]

Perhaps the shop dressed it up with a current paint set to shift some older stock? After all, they were starting to sit around in showrooms in the later part of the model life. Actually, they sat around showrooms at the start too (the '72's), but that was down more to their extraordinarily high price.

[Wolfie]

Even Kawasaki themselves would raid the parts bins at the ends of some models.

[the180kid]

like Hal says,
the dealer probably had it in stock and with sales slowing down of the triples.
when the new colour came out swapped the body set over

[Hal]

would seem to be the obvious but new seat ,tank, tail and fender doesnt seem very cost effective for a bike that they couldnt shift in general at the time,could have been heavily subsidised by kawasaki uk.

So many unknowns - they may have had a B4 insurance repair in at the time. Spare parts were cripplingly expensive in the day, so they could have been profitably sold on.

[the180kid]

would seem to be the obvious but new seat ,tank, tail and fender doesnt seem very cost effective for a bike that they couldnt shift in general at the time,could have been heavily subsidised by kawasaki uk..anyway its coming on nicely my B4,and a half..
wonder if theres anymore hanging around out there they cant shift???

on reflection the b4s paint scheme is not that brilliant is it,
did it make anyone back in the day actually want one ?,
but the b5 colour scheme is much more striking,
are you sure the bike is original paint, have you got a picture so we can scrutinise it, perhaps the person you got the bike off put that set on it because they liked it better?,

[Vince]

What dealer original supplied it?

[Hal]

Nearly there - just highlight the address then click the 'Img' button

Here she is

[Hal]

here she is now