Topic: New member, starting on a CB400F

[ISMarco]

Hello all!

I finally got some motivation to start working on my CB400F again recently, and decided I'd register on here.

I had a really bad experience with a machine shop taking over a year to bore out and hone my cylinders, and actually completed a whole bike build on another bike while it was out. But the 400 is back on the table now!


My former/other bikes are older Japanese stuff, and a couple of KTMs

I enjoy off road/adventure riding, and my inspiration for my custom stuff mostly comes from Japanese builders like Brat Style, An-Bu, Hidemo, etc

1972 CL350 (my first bike!) Pictures and HID retrofit by FGKouki. I sold it for way too cheap on eBay...




1978 XS650, my current sort-of-done-but-never-really-done project




2001 ZRX I should never have sold. This is from a blue ridge parkway + skyline drive trip (We were rained on 9/10 days, and one of us was on a Grom)


2015 Ducati Scrambler I had for a year. Rode it up and down the east coast, and when I sold it it was by far the highest mileage scramber I could find for sale. Lost lots of $ on that one too but it was a fun bike!


2007 KTM 990 Adventure I sold the Scrambler to buy. Did a Colorado trip last year on this monster (highway there, off-road, then highway home).


2005 DRZ supermoto that's kind of my beater bike



2006 KTM 400 EXC. I don't really know why I have this and the DRZ. I will probably sell one of them soon. Been considering keeping the supermoto wheels from the DRZ for a project

[calj737]

A year to bore cylinders? WTF!

[ISMarco]

Yeah, I checked up weekly for like 3 months, then just kind of gave up and called him once in a while. Eventually I got mad and asked them to give it back, and he didn't have it in the shop. Somehow I ended up with a 400F cylinder bored/honed though, so he either found it or got another one?

Sucked.

[calj737]

Sucked.

That may well be in the running for "Understatement of the Year" right there. Homicide would have occurred after 6 weeks in my case. Next time you need some machine work done, drop me a line; I'll hook you up with a local shop that is extremely reputable, quality and delivers when promised (within 3 weeks).