Post Listing Update: did not meet reserve with 39 bids up to $7,000 on eBay in Butler, Pennsylvania.
One of the rarer Honda motorcycles in the US, the CB450P (also occasionally referred to as the CP450) is a police model based on Honda’s popular CB450. I’ve featured a couple based on the KO Black Bomber model, but K1 police bikes are even harder to find. The seller of this example has spared you the trouble of bringing this back to life as he acquired it in pieces and restored it.
The Police Special got some trick features including patrol lights, a rear rack to house the radio or other options, and a speedo calibrated to 1 mph that had a ‘stop’ button – press it while you matching the speed of a vehicle and it would pause the needle so you could refer to it later. But the coolest feature has to be the siren, which was turned on with a lever and operated from a drum that was driven by the rear wheel – the faster you went, the louder the siren was! For more on the CB450P, check out this story on Motorcycle Classics about a ’68 model.
This example (VIN: CB450P 3011940) is said to be in excellent condition. The left muffler has a small hole in it and the siren is missing a pivot (but it works). A red police light on a stalk is included but it needs to be wired, and the bike is equipped with a NOS speedometer – “the original speedo is included with the bike but the needle fell off.”
Find this Police Special for sale in Butler, Pennsylvania with bidding up to $4,050 and the reserve not yet met here on eBay.