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Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« on: November 09, 2008, 02:43:32 AM »
ok guys, though i better show you my new toy...

1988 NT400 bros.....





little 400 twin, NSR250 frame, elf proarm single sided swing arm, has the baffle removed and modded, and handles like it was on rails..... just thought i would show yas..

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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2008, 03:07:17 AM »
Wow, a water cooled 400 V twin, how cool. Looks in good shape too.
Congrats!

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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2008, 03:28:30 AM »
thanx Man fuel here was real exi for a time NZ$2.20/L...so sold my xjr1200, and bought this.... WOOOT!!...heaps of fun.... only got 30000km...so reall nippy


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funny thing,chasing someone down hill on a bike 30 years older than theirs..
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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2008, 05:54:36 AM »
Looks zactly like an nt650..
It's the same, right? Just with a 400 instead of a 650...
Never seen the 400 before now.
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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2008, 11:15:48 AM »
yep they are exactly the same bike, just with a bigbore kit...lol even the parts fische is the same!!..lol

anything you can buy for the 650 will bolt onto the 400.... which is well cool..

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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2008, 11:23:57 AM »


       Pretty cool bike Ben. Never new anything about them before now and, all of a sudden I'm getting educated. 8) ;)
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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2008, 02:00:25 PM »
all good m8, i figure if you cant learn something new each day, why go on..lol

i did see in the background of someones workshop, a hawk gt,....anyone have one out there?


will take some better pics later on, but atm i am studying for a neurophysiology exam...lol

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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2008, 02:12:16 PM »
all good m8, i figure if you cant learn something new each day, why go on..lol

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    Kinda funny there Ben, my Dad used to always say something similar to that. He'd say, "If You Don't Learn Something New Every Day, You're Not Doing Anything!" ;)
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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2008, 03:03:00 PM »
same thing my father would say, but he would finish his off with, "if you dont learn something new everyday, then your dead..." bloody morbid soul...lol

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Re: Not a Hunda 4, but a Honda twin
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2008, 05:44:52 PM »
heres a few more pics







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funny thing,chasing someone down hill on a bike 30 years older than theirs..
he said \\\\\\\'it was like watching a 250kg unguided weapon getting stuck up you bum\\\\\\\ http://www.bikepics.com/members/trixtrem/