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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #400 on: November 30, 2022, 05:12:15 AM »
That is a cool brake set up.
I went full on crazy and installed the double disc conversion from AGAIN, it's a bit overkill, but I'm not complaining!
A couple of 400F's and a
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #401 on: November 30, 2022, 07:29:40 AM »
I like your AGAIN Brembo front brake kit  8) 8) Does the rotor have a name-brand stamp on it ?
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #402 on: November 30, 2022, 09:42:13 AM »
That is a cool brake set up.
I went full on crazy and installed the double disc conversion from AGAIN, it's a bit overkill, but I'm not complaining!
Cool! Was it this kit?


It looks like they also sell the right-side caliper mounting bracket and the offset spacer as separate items (if you already have a front brake disc/caliper set). Coolness.


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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #403 on: November 30, 2022, 09:56:46 AM »
No,  I bought the new lowers from a company called BRC, and then the L/R side Brembo conversions from AGAIN. Shiohouse installed it for me as a favor.


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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #404 on: November 30, 2022, 09:58:53 AM »
Here's the set up

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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #405 on: November 30, 2022, 10:05:59 AM »
Here's the set up

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Hot damn! Great upgrade. Nice bike.

日本に住んでいるのですか?

Have you upgraded your rear brake?
Here’s a bike that Again had completed for a client:






They said that “Frando” is a Taiwanese brand and is supposed to be pretty good.


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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #406 on: November 30, 2022, 10:12:41 AM »
I have not.
I'd like to though.
TTR400 makes a billet rear hub for the 400F that'd work perfectly.

FRANDO does make some really nice stuff. They have a hydraulic clutch kit that I'm jonesing to buy.

I have seen the bike in the picture you attached. It is pretty trick. The guy who owns it is very nice.


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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #407 on: November 30, 2022, 10:15:20 AM »
日本に住んでいるのですか?

No, but I did for 3 years.
My Nihongo is not so good.
How's yours?

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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #408 on: November 30, 2022, 10:18:47 AM »
日本に住んでいるのですか?

No, but I did for 3 years.
My Nihongo is not so good.
How's yours?

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私の日本語はまあまあです。
イナカ弁と英語のミックスです


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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #409 on: November 30, 2022, 10:37:30 AM »
日本に住んでいるのですか?

No, but I did for 3 years.
My Nihongo is not so good.
How's yours?

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私の日本語はまあまあです。
イナカ弁と英語のミックスです


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Cool, much better than mine.
I was learning while I lived there but stopped practicing when I left.


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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #410 on: November 30, 2022, 11:04:08 AM »
日本に住んでいるのですか?

No, but I did for 3 years.
My Nihongo is not so good.
How's yours?

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私の日本語はまあまあです。
イナカ弁と英語のミックスです


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Cool, much better than mine.
I was learning while I lived there but stopped practicing when I left.


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Which language/country is that from ?  :)
75' CB400F/'bunch o' parts' & 81' CB125S modded to a 'CB200S'
  I love the small ones too !
Do your BEST...nobody can take that away from you.

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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #411 on: November 30, 2022, 11:09:44 AM »
日本に住んでいるのですか?

No, but I did for 3 years.
My Nihongo is not so good.
How's yours?

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私の日本語はまあまあです。
イナカ弁と英語のミックスです


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Cool, much better than mine.
I was learning while I lived there but stopped practicing when I left.


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Which language/country is that from ?  :)
Nihongo is Japanese 

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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #412 on: November 30, 2022, 12:04:17 PM »
日本に住んでいるのですか?

No, but I did for 3 years.
My Nihongo is not so good.
How's yours?

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私の日本語はまあまあです。
イナカ弁と英語のミックスです


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Cool, much better than mine.
I was learning while I lived there but stopped practicing when I left.


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Which language/country is that from ?  :)
Nihongo is Japanese 

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Was wondering if Nihongo is synonymous with Japanese,or another dialect of the Japanese language ?
75' CB400F/'bunch o' parts' & 81' CB125S modded to a 'CB200S'
  I love the small ones too !
Do your BEST...nobody can take that away from you.

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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #413 on: November 30, 2022, 03:24:45 PM »
No,  I bought the new lowers from a company called BRC, and then the L/R side Brembo conversions from AGAIN. Shiohouse installed it for me as a favor.


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Nice looking kit. Floating rotors and modern Brembo 2 piston (rear) rear calipers.  I bet that is a drastic improvement.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #414 on: November 30, 2022, 03:26:09 PM »
No,  I bought the new lowers from a company called BRC, and then the L/R side Brembo conversions from AGAIN. Shiohouse installed it for me as a favor.


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Can you post a link to their site or business contact info?
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #415 on: November 30, 2022, 04:23:25 PM »
yep I would like to see both of those kits as well
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #416 on: November 30, 2022, 06:15:02 PM »
I like your AGAIN Brembo front brake kit  8) 8) Does the rotor have a name-brand stamp on it ?
I’m looking into this and will let you know.


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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #417 on: December 01, 2022, 12:02:39 AM »
For a long time it was very hard to find the right fork leg that you could mount the caliper bracket too.
There were only a few companies that were producing them and they had all ran out of stock.
I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time when BRC found one in their warehouse and listed it on Yahoo Japan auctions with a buy it now price.
My dual disc setup cost me in the neighborhood of $3K. Sometimes you have to indulge a little and treat yourself.

I already had a dual disc setup on my cafe' bike that I was told was original HRC product, but I have no way of knowing if that is true or not. There was also an Italian company that offered the Right leg, I think I have a scan of their flyer somewhere.

A company in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Omote) who has been instrumental in reproducing some pretty trick parts for the 400F (Hayashi cast aluminum wheels for example) has just produced 200 sets of lower fork legs for dual disc set up. They are not cheap and he usually sells out before they are offered on the market. He also contracted with the original manufacturer of the 400F 4into1 exhaust to have a limited number of original exhaust manufactured. They will be stamped with a serial number.
Omote partners with SHIO, SCAN, AGAIN, MISTY, CUSTOM PARANOIA (CP), and AGAIN to distribute these products. So, if you follow any of these guys you will see when they become available and they are taking deposits. Be prepared to shell out some $$$.
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #418 on: December 01, 2022, 08:54:50 AM »
For a long time it was very hard to find the right fork leg that you could mount the caliper bracket too.
There were only a few companies that were producing them and they had all ran out of stock.
I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time when BRC found one in their warehouse and listed it on Yahoo Japan auctions with a buy it now price.
My dual disc setup cost me in the neighborhood of $3K. Sometimes you have to indulge a little and treat yourself.

I already had a dual disc setup on my cafe' bike that I was told was original HRC product, but I have no way of knowing if that is true or not. There was also an Italian company that offered the Right leg, I think I have a scan of their flyer somewhere.

A company in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Omote) who has been instrumental in reproducing some pretty trick parts for the 400F (Hayashi cast aluminum wheels for example) has just produced 200 sets of lower fork legs for dual disc set up. They are not cheap and he usually sells out before they are offered on the market. He also contracted with the original manufacturer of the 400F 4into1 exhaust to have a limited number of original exhaust manufactured. They will be stamped with a serial number.
Omote partners with SHIO, SCAN, AGAIN, MISTY, CUSTOM PARANOIA (CP), and AGAIN to distribute these products. So, if you follow any of these guys you will see when they become available and they are taking deposits. Be prepared to shell out some $$$.

That's a really nice set up, but $3K is a lot of coin.  (Even my dual disc Beringer set up is significantly less.)  I hope you enjoy it, irrespective of cost.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #419 on: December 01, 2022, 09:47:25 AM »

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That's a really nice set up, but $3K is a lot of coin.  (Even my dual disc Beringer set up is significantly less.)  I hope you enjoy it, irrespective of cost.
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Yes, I chalk it up to a momentary bout of insanity. Definitely not one of the most prudent financial decisions I've made.
I just checked my spreadsheet to see what the total cost was. $2850 which included new fork stanchions and a Brembo RSC 15 master cylinder.
Exchange rates are more favorable  now....so you could probably do it for 15 to 20% less than what I paid.
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #420 on: December 01, 2022, 06:57:35 PM »
I like your AGAIN Brembo front brake kit  8) 8) Does the rotor have a name-brand stamp on it ?
I’m looking into this and will let you know.


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I received confirmation from Again and the rotor is from HONDA (HRC)


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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #421 on: December 01, 2022, 10:13:35 PM »
I like your AGAIN Brembo front brake kit  8) 8) Does the rotor have a name-brand stamp on it ?
I’m looking into this and will let you know.


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Excellent  8)
75' CB400F/'bunch o' parts' & 81' CB125S modded to a 'CB200S'
  I love the small ones too !
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #422 on: December 23, 2022, 04:15:43 PM »
That is a cool brake set up.
I went full on crazy and installed the double disc conversion from AGAIN, it's a bit overkill, but I'm not complaining!
Cool! Was it this kit?


It looks like they also sell the right-side caliper mounting bracket and the offset spacer as separate items (if you already have a front brake disc/caliper set). Coolness.


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hey minmo what was the price on those seperate bracket and hub? I checked out that website mc-again but once you pass order parts on the main page I got a flashback in my coding class from highschool.
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #423 on: December 23, 2022, 04:35:13 PM »
sorry minimo did go through the sub lists one at a time and found the sub list for them.
but how would one order through them for these?
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Re: IDK Numero Dos - 1975 Honda CB400F
« Reply #424 on: December 24, 2022, 06:53:12 PM »
Merry Christmas, y’all!

Yo, wolf550. Here’s Again’s email:

info@mc-again.com

 Be aware, they speak about 0.7% English.

I suggest translating English to Japanese via www.DeepL.com

DeepL picks up on slang and other nuance in language, give it a shot.
Brevity is key when using these translators.
Good luck.


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