Topic: Niko Lovell

[NikoLovell]

I am 20 years old and I love anything and everything old school. I sing old school music and I love working on old vehicles (the garage has been my happy place for as long as I can remember). I daily drive a 1966 mustang that I rebuilt in my garage and I ride a 1975 Honda CB400/4 that was given to me by my dad when I turned 18. Here's some history on the bike.

CB400/4: My dad bought 2 of them from a stroke victim when I was 16 and kept them in my late grandma's garage along with a bunch of other bikes and cars. While he was busy being a cop, I used to steal one of them and take it for joyrides around town. No license, no registration, no gear, no... problem? Sure. I'll never forget the thrill I got from riding that bike as a stupid teenager. I'll also never forget how my butt puckered every time I saw a cop car, praying to God it wasn't my dad or one of his friends. He promised me that he would give it to me when I turned 18 if I had a 4.0 GPA and he followed through. I daily drove it for a while before I realized it wasn't the safest thing to do, and now I just ride it occasionally to blast around town. It never fails to put a smile on my face as it brings up old memories and emotions from when I was younger.

[HondaMan]

Bravo, Niko!
You sound a little like I was then...
Welcome! If you want to resto the 400F, you're in the right place.

[NikoLovell]

Thank you! I've used this countless times to with on my bike and your information specially has helped out a ton!

[grcamna2]

Welcome to the forum Niko

[RAFster122s]

Welcome Niko
David
from The desert of Southern AZ - near Tucson

[tool14]

welcome aboard

[newday777]

Again, welcome aboard Niko
That's a great intro and yes as Hondaman said, you aren't the only one to have traveled that path of joyrides as a teenager and survived through it, though I did it on the back roads of a much smaller town having far fewer traffic problems that today's riding involves especially where you are. I have wintered much in Oceanside, so I know the area well. That's great that you also have an early love for old vehicles and being on early bikes, it brings back lots of memories of my many days and nights in the garage working on my own and friends vehicles,  though some of the times were out in the cold grip of winter. Honda designed the bikes well for their time to survive this long and still be fun to get out and have fun on. Does you dad still have the other 400? Do you get out and ride with him? I got a few rides out with my dad (not enough though.....) he bought a himself a CB350 just after I bought my 1st bike(a new CB450). He had riden in his teen years into his early twenties and decided to have some fun again.
Enjoy your life and use your brain well to survive and learn.

[MD]

Welcome from Lake Superior,

-MD