Author Topic: Noblehops makes a 400F pretty for his wife (Read 103610 times)

strynboen · « **Reply #400 on:** February 06, 2015, 01:22:22 PM »

somday it vill end like this...
http://cb400f.webs.com/apps/videos/videos/show/17957221-cb400f-us-spec

NobleHops · « **Reply #401 on:** February 06, 2015, 01:40:39 PM »

Quote from: strynboen on February 06, 2015, 01:22:22 PM

somday it vill end like this...
http://cb400f.webs.com/apps/videos/videos/show/17957221-cb400f-us-spec

With luck that someday will be tonight :-)

NobleHops · « **Reply #402 on:** February 06, 2015, 07:25:08 PM »

Bob is my uncle.

4 hours turned out to be more like 8 to get it all reassembled, working slowly and carefully, torquing everything, all that jazz. Along those lines the manual is very thin on some of the torque specs, so I reverted to Honda default values for fasteners of a given size.

My buddy James (Harisuluv) came over last night and helped put the case halves back together and we installed all new seals, and those new bearings. We used Gasgacinch to seal the case halves and I am friggin' delighted to share that there are zero leaks, nada, not from the case halves, not from any of the seals, nothing. It is tight as a drum.

Everything went pretty smoothly but I have to say, if I was to try and make a living installing exhaust systems, I'd starve. I bet I spent the better part of an hour getting that thing on. Must remember to go back and re-snug the flange nuts.

Put it all together, primed up the carbs a bit, and had the temerity to take a video:

Very happy to have this sorted.

Took the bike for a quick mile around the neighborhood, and it's revving fine and shifting fine, although a bit notchy and neutral was a little hard to get. I think it's a simple as a clutch and chain adjustment though. Very psyched to put a few hundred miles on it and break things in, remember it had a grand total of 20 miles on it since the APO did hid 'rebuild' of the engine and it puked oil on my foot, so it's still tight and needs some running.

VERY HAPPY. Did I say that already? Many thanks to Harisuluv and Thirsty 1 and MoMo all of you guys that offered suggestions and advice and encouragement along the way. It's been a fun project mostly, even with the Easter eggs the APO left for my discovery, and I am glad to finally be in the fine-tuning stage. I'll cap this thread off soon with some beauty shots of the bike here in the desert, but for now here's a few from today's work.

Shifter reassembled.

Rotor reinstalled, cleaned up and WD-40'd

Clutch holding tool:

Kick-start gear reinstalled. I can do this, but I cannot tell you how :-)

Prepping gasket surfaces. The bane of all of our existence.

Closer...

Installing and timing the C5 ignition

Ready to fire up again!

thirsty 1 · « **Reply #403 on:** February 06, 2015, 10:29:01 PM »

SO it RUNS?

RIGHT?

Cheers dude It looks like new. Now all you have to do is give it to your wife for Valentines Day! W00T W00T Cheers bud!!!!

MoMo · « **Reply #404 on:** February 06, 2015, 10:43:48 PM »

Stev-o · « **Reply #405 on:** February 11, 2015, 06:58:41 PM »

Looks great, Nils!

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #406 on:** February 11, 2015, 10:06:32 PM »

FYI - your build has been nominated for BOTM. Don't forget to accept the nomination.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #407 on:** February 11, 2015, 10:08:25 PM »

Oops, you already accepted. Great!

Tezrhc · « **Reply #408 on:** February 14, 2015, 01:10:39 PM »

Quote from: NobleHops on February 06, 2015, 07:25:08 PM

Bob is my uncle.

4 hours turned out to be more like 8 to get it all reassembled, working slowly and carefully, torquing everything, all that jazz. Along those lines the manual is very thin on some of the torque specs, so I reverted to Honda default values for fasteners of a given size.

My buddy James (Harisuluv) came over last night and helped put the case halves back together and we installed all new seals, and those new bearings. We used Gasgacinch to seal the case halves and I am friggin' delighted to share that there are zero leaks, nada, not from the case halves, not from any of the seals, nothing. It is tight as a drum.

Everything went pretty smoothly but I have to say, if I was to try and make a living installing exhaust systems, I'd starve. I bet I spent the better part of an hour getting that thing on. Must remember to go back and re-snug the flange nuts.

Put it all together, primed up the carbs a bit, and had the temerity to take a video:

Very happy to have this sorted.

Took the bike for a quick mile around the neighborhood, and it's revving fine and shifting fine, although a bit notchy and neutral was a little hard to get. I think it's a simple as a clutch and chain adjustment though. Very psyched to put a few hundred miles on it and break things in, remember it had a grand total of 20 miles on it since the APO did hid 'rebuild' of the engine and it puked oil on my foot, so it's still tight and needs some running.

VERY HAPPY. Did I say that already? Many thanks to Harisuluv and Thirsty 1 and MoMo all of you guys that offered suggestions and advice and encouragement along the way. It's been a fun project mostly, even with the Easter eggs the APO left for my discovery, and I am glad to finally be in the fine-tuning stage. I'll cap this thread off soon with some beauty shots of the bike here in the desert, but for now here's a few from today's work.

Shifter reassembled.

Rotor reinstalled, cleaned up and WD-40'd

Clutch holding tool:

Kick-start gear reinstalled. I can do this, but I cannot tell you how :-)

Prepping gasket surfaces. The bane of all of our existence.

Closer...

Installing and timing the C5 ignition

Ready to fire up again!

Looks fantastic Noblehops,I can appreciate how much work is involved restoring these old bikes,You've made a great job of it.
LC350 is next project for me.

NobleHops · « **Reply #409 on:** February 14, 2015, 01:38:57 PM »

Quote from: Tezrhc on February 14, 2015, 01:10:39 PM

Looks fantastic Noblehops,I can appreciate how much work is involved restoring these old bikes,You've made a great job of it.
LC350 is next project for me.

Hmmm. LC350 as in Yamaha RZ? I'd love to follow that project if you're posting it somewhere.

Appreciate the good words, but I'm frankly blown away at how fast you did your 400F. It looks fantastic too. Well done!

NobleHops · « **Reply #410 on:** February 19, 2015, 02:07:21 PM »

Ok so some kind soul nominated my bike for bike of the month, which made my day.

Jewel is up against two incredible bikes. Cast your vote in the thread here:

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=145167.new#new

Apexxn · « **Reply #411 on:** February 19, 2015, 02:26:48 PM »

I didn't post much but I've read every post and watched your build......... what a long strange trip it's been.

Great job!!!!!!

Just voted for ya.

NobleHops · « **Reply #412 on:** February 19, 2015, 02:31:21 PM »

Quote from: Apexxn on February 19, 2015, 02:26:48 PM

I didn't post much but I've read every post and watched your build......... what a long strange trip it's been.

Great job!!!!!!

Just voted for ya.

Very kind of you, thanks man.

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #413 on:** February 19, 2015, 02:38:39 PM »

Hi Nils,

Can you re-post your build re-cap (in the nomination thread) into the voting thread?

Good luck!

Don

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #414 on:** February 19, 2015, 02:42:15 PM »

Ooops. Looks like you just did!

przjohn · « **Reply #415 on:** February 19, 2015, 06:16:43 PM »

Congratulations on a great build, got my vote.

Restoration Fan · « **Reply #416 on:** February 19, 2015, 08:17:59 PM »

Gorgeous, gorgeous bike! Your wife is going to love it if she isn't already loving it.

750cafe · « **Reply #417 on:** February 19, 2015, 08:28:08 PM »

Museum quality for certain.

Eric

NobleHops · « **Reply #418 on:** March 13, 2015, 02:59:12 PM »

Thank you kindly for the good words guys, it was a real pleasure to build that bike, and I got a lot of assistance from the gang here and I appreciated that too.

NobleHops · « **Reply #419 on:** April 28, 2015, 09:01:58 AM »

So this past Sunday our local un-club, (Tucson Vintage Motorcycle Riders) held its 6th annual Vintage Bike Show, and I brought my CBX, my H2, and my recently completed CB400F. Somewhat chagrined to discover that there was a single class for Japanese motorcycles, I found myself watching from a distance as one judge in particular went back and forth between the CBX and the 400 for a solid 15 minutes, apparently trying to make up his mind which one he liked best. I was competing with myself!

Much to my delight, the lovely 400F took first in the category! (There were no runners-up).

I got a swell trophy, and a ribbon. It was great fun :-)

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #420 on:** April 28, 2015, 09:17:48 AM »

Nice going!! My CB750 took a loss to a beautiful H2 this weekend at a show in Seal Beach. I loved hearing it run.

NobleHops · « **Reply #421 on:** April 28, 2015, 10:17:12 AM »

Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on April 28, 2015, 09:17:48 AM

Nice going!! My CB750 took a loss to a beautiful H2 this weekend at a show in Seal Beach. I loved hearing it run.

Thank you Don!

Restoration Fan · « **Reply #422 on:** April 28, 2015, 11:05:17 AM »

Quote from: NobleHops on April 28, 2015, 09:01:58 AM

So this past Sunday our local un-club, (Tucson Vintage Motorcycle Riders) held its 6th annual Vintage Bike Show, and I brought my CBX, my H2, and my wife's recently completed CB400F.

FIFY, Nils.

Ron

P.S. (Congrats on the win. The bike is gorgeous so we aren't surprised it won!)

Stev-o · « **Reply #423 on:** April 28, 2015, 04:24:16 PM »

Congrats Nils, well deserved. I'm sure that was a tough decision for the judge.

Will we see a pic of your wife riding it? Or has she ridden it yet?!

NobleHops · « **Reply #424 on:** April 28, 2015, 08:02:36 PM »

Quote from: Stev-o on April 28, 2015, 04:24:16 PM

Congrats Nils, well deserved. I'm sure that was a tough decision for the judge.

Will we see a pic of your wife riding it? Or has she ridden it yet?!

She has not ridden it. Kind-of lost her amore for riding motorcycles in the past few years, much to my dismay. So shortly it's going to be sold. Stranger than fiction!

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Author Topic: Noblehops makes a 400F pretty for his wife (Read 103610 times)