Author Topic: Remember that CB400F I had? Its morphing back together **DONE** (Pic's 08/10/08)  (Read 14482 times)

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Excellent job! Very Sharp!  Congrats.

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Love the color and the badges on the tank.  How is she running for you so far...  Nice Work!
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Love the color and the badges on the tank.  How is she running for you so far...  Nice Work!

Like a Dream.... ;D

It's just too much fun.

Rode it to the store for coffee last night and all I could think was "damn I wonder why more people don't ride smaller bikes"

I have two other 750's running and I believe for around town the 400 has them beat.
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Love the color and the badges on the tank.  How is she running for you so far...  Nice Work!

Like a Dream.... ;D

It's just too much fun.

Rode it to the store for coffee last night and all I could think was "damn I wonder why more people don't ride smaller bikes"

I have two other 750's running and I believe for around town the 400 has them beat.

i've ridden a few 750s of friends and i always thought they were to big and bulky for my taste... just started tearing down my 400f engine (all the way)... i've been debating and finally decided, while it is still not stuck, there is probably stuff in there from sitting open air that i should get out.   :)  gonna break the case next, just gotta get a spare hour or two after work. 
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Past Rides: '72 tc125, '94 cbr600f2, '76 rd400, '89 ex500, '93 KTM-125exc, '92 zx7r, '93 Banshee, '83 ATC250R, 77/75 cb400f

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Tim,

I just discovered this thread.  I am humbled.  Freaking outstanding.  Glad to have you on my team for my rebuild.

Tim
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Check out my CB350F resto project...  watch a complete moron build a bike in front of your very eyes!: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=38903.0

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I pray that mine comes out that sharp man, hats off to you.

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Thanks Guys.

Appreciate all the comments.  :)
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Offline mattcb350f

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 8) Well done Tim! 8)

Increadible work all around. Love the colour too  ;)

...and you garage looks pretty sweet too, are them those clip together tiles?

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...and you garage looks pretty sweet too, are them those clip together tiles?

 Matt.

Yeah I scored a bunch of them on sale at pepboys....

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very nice indeed , love those emblems

well done and congrats

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  Also wanted to comment about the seat, that looks better than a factory job.  Seems all the stock seats I see don't have the molded pattern yours does, or maybe I just haven't seen enough 400s.  The buttons on the stock ones I've seen seems to dimple or push in a lot more than on yours.  The material on your seat looks more taut.  Did you have someone cover it, buy it somewhere, or did you do it yourself?
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  Also wanted to comment about the seat, that looks better than a factory job.  Seems all the stock seats I see don't have the molded pattern yours does, or maybe I just haven't seen enough 400s.  The buttons on the stock ones I've seen seems to dimple or push in a lot more than on yours.  The material on your seat looks more taut.  Did you have someone cover it, buy it somewhere, or did you do it yourself?

Its a new factory honda seat  :)
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Where on Gods green earth do you get brand new 400f seats???
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Where on Gods green earth do you get brand new 400f seats???


Got mine here.

http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/

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Cheers for that, the non original seat looks just as good as the Honda one.
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Cheers for that, the non original seat looks just as good as the Honda one.

Ordered mine straight thru the Local Honda dealer...was like $225. I think they list for more than that tho...I get a discount of like 20% or something at my local dealer.
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