Topic: honda 400 4

[gregggles]

hi im new to the forum , long story short 1978 400/4 in white, did they make one for the uk market?

[newday777]

Welcome aboard
I'm not sure on the UK market back then. I was a parts manager in 1976 & 1977 across the pond in New Hampshire. Here in the states only Red, Blue and Yellow were available then.
Have you contacted David Silver Spares or his Museum on your question of color?

This UK article didn't mention White.
https://classic-motorbikes.net/honda-cb400four/

[newday777]

If you click on articles in this link, there are some download articles to read.

https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/CB400-FOUR-PROJECT

BTW the 400/4 is a blast to ride.

[gregggles]

hi, no i have not contacted david silver spares, good call , iwill do that.
i have owned the bike since 1995, and have tried to change the colour on the registration document a few times to red, but always reterns as white, so since i rebuilt it a few years ago i have left it as white.
i was told the american market adopted one with a bikini type fairing around the headlight, with mag wheels calling it the honda hawk..

to me it appears odd to have a white model when all others as you say, are yellow, blue or red.

[newday777]

hi, no i have not contacted david silver spares, good call , iwill do that.
i have owned the bike since 1995, and have tried to change the colour on the registration document a few times to red, but always reterns as white, so since i rebuilt it a few years ago i have left it as white.
i was told the american market adopted one with a bikini type fairing around the headlight, with mag wheels calling it the honda hawk..

to me it appears odd to have a white model when all others as you say, are yellow, blue or red.

The cb400 hawk were 2 cylinder bikes.

[oatie]

I'm somewhat late to this party but perhaps the OP has a Mocheck Harrier:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chris531/2949751790

This was a Honda dealer special built for the British market by Mocheck. The engine has a Yoshimura 460 big bore kit fitted and a Yoshimura fast road cam plus a Piper exhaust, mag wheels and a small nose fairing as standard.

I still have my CB400F bought new in '76 and remember wanting a Harrier.

[newday777]

I'm somewhat late to this party but perhaps the OP has a Mocheck Harrier:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chris531/2949751790

This was a Honda dealer special built for the British market by Mocheck. The engine has a Yoshimura 460 big bore kit fitted and a Yoshimura fast road cam plus a Piper exhaust, mag wheels and a small nose fairing as standard.

I still have my CB400F bought new in '76 and remember wanting a Harrier.

Welcome aboard oatmeal

That is very cool. I probably would have wanted that too seeing that.
The OP hasn't been back on since 2021 but hopefully he had set the notification button for this to show up.

Back when that Harrier was born, I was already riding the CB750 and there was a local race shop to me that were the importers of the Seeley frame kits to the states that I lusted for, but having just been newly married and bought a house decided to forgo the upgrade of my bike......