E2 UK

Locating an actual UK specific parts manual so far has eluded me and all that appears to exist are the supplement pages to the E1 General Export parts manual. Those supplement pages and input from UK GT750 owners indicate that the J, K and L models offered in the UK conformed to the general export E1 specifications, albeit with a few minor changes.

The headlamp lens would have been specific for driving on the left side of the roadway (same as used in Japan).
Early J models in the UK and posibly elsewhere had a special head light dip switch as seen to the right, having an extra (very hard to use with thick gloves !!) flash button below the horn button. Unlike the normal E1 switch which had the on/off switch on top of the switch housing, the UK early model J switch worked from right to left:off, low and high.

Per the parts manuals, the colours offered for the 1972 J model in the UK were the Candy Jackal Blue (code 195), Candy Lavender (code 216) and Yellow Ochre (code 253).
For the model K, the standard Pearl Blue (code 707) with white sold in most countries, plus a Candy Gold #4 (code 288) with a Dark Green (code 722) accent as shown to the right were available.

Initially for the M and A models, a safety lamp was added to the headlamp as a separate lamp socket in the left side of the main beam reflector, but these were integrated into one fitting (36191-31600) at the rear of the reflector for the B model year.

For the M and A models, colours conformed to those offered elsewhere in Europe.
For the M, A and B models, a metal spark plug cap was standard in the UK.

* By the time the B models were on offer, 2-stroke sales had slowed to the point that models from other countries were being brought into the UK for clearance, with the kilometer standard speedometers being switched for North American instruments reading in miles, and often also lower rise bars. At least some had dual scale gauges as shown in the photo to the right. A number of B models were retro fitted with cast wheels (possibly Italian Melber or Cambray rims having the rear drum brake) and sold off as 1978 models.

I have not located country specific parts listings for the 'J, K or L' model.

Below are copies from the UK E2 specific parts list for M through B:

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