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Couple of things. The chrome side panels (silver grey), mudguards (silver grey) and headlamp shell (black), you could maybe sell or swap them to get unchromed ones or I'm sure a paint shop could key the chrome and paint over it if you need the bike to be as concours as possible. The kick start, the ...

I owned a 5 speed 450 and some of the earliest ones had chrome side panels to the tanks which your friend would probably like. My understanding is that the 4 speed 450s were brilliant when running welll and being properly serviced. They were supposed to do about 105 and could also achieve 60-70 mpg ...

Were there production 'chrome' 72 and 77's ? It sounds more like a dealer or importer mod to shift bikes before a new model. They did something similar in the UK selling 'Red Dragon' Honda CB450s the original 4 speed Black Bombers but painted Red!

I'm pretty sure every body will know this but just in case it's news. The article about the CB72 on this site queries the engine size and suggests that it might have been to satisfy an arcane Japanese law. More likley to satisfy an arcane UK law in the fact that learner bike riders in the UK used to...