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Offline Ozzybud

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1975 CB400F Owners manual
« on: April 17, 2024, 02:25:28 pm »
I want to thank a very giving member on here( SanDogDewey ) for giving me a owners manual for my bike and shipping it to my door and wanting nothing in return. What a great community.

I have a question about it.  I have been looking on ebay and etsy for one for me to buy. All i have ever seen on the current auctions and the sold auctions are the Orange ones?  The listings states 1975. Is this just an early printing or are they just not out there? It clearly says 1975 and CB400F0. bonus it is the color of my bike
1976 Z50A YELLOW
1970 CT70 BLUE
1971 CT70H ORANGE
1972 CT70H GREEN
2X 1969 SL90's BLUE/RED
1973 CL200 BLUE
1975 CB360T RED
1975 CB400F BLUE
1975 CB550 ORANGE
1976 CB750F RED

Offline bryanj

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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2024, 03:21:20 pm »
Wernt the orange ones service books not owners manuals
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Offline Oddjob

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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2024, 04:49:57 pm »
No there are some orange ones out there Bryan, I recently bought a CB550F one and it was a sort of light orange colour, depends a lot on the model and the market they were written for, the CB500K for example had a picture of the bike on a blue background but not for all markets.
I seem to recall the service books as red, stamped hundreds of them back in the day, I still wonder how many of them still exist with my signature on the PDI section and on the service stamps, not many I’d imagine.

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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2024, 06:29:20 pm »
I must remember faded ones Ken, should be just a few with mine on them!
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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #4 on: Today at 12:28:30 am »
Ozzybud, you in turn can render our great community a favour by scanning your manual and upload it. That can be done here, or in the UK site - contact Bryanj or Ashimoto - or at https://www.honda4fun.com/ - contact Tums. I myself have uploaded several Honda documents and it gives a good feeling all the world consult them.
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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #5 on: Today at 05:44:55 am »
Curious….. That says 1975 but that isn’t a 1975 400F on the cover?

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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #6 on: Today at 06:16:39 am »
Curious….. That says 1975 but that isn’t a 1975 400F on the cover?

Good catch! I see it now it is not a Cb400f on the cover.the pages inside are unusually white and fresh. Not indicative of being 50 years old. Wondering if it is a repop?

The bike looks like a 1992+ CB400 Super Four
« Last Edit: Today at 06:20:22 am by Ozzybud »
1976 Z50A YELLOW
1970 CT70 BLUE
1971 CT70H ORANGE
1972 CT70H GREEN
2X 1969 SL90's BLUE/RED
1973 CL200 BLUE
1975 CB360T RED
1975 CB400F BLUE
1975 CB550 ORANGE
1976 CB750F RED

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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #7 on: Today at 06:55:12 am »
Like many I look forward to going through the pages once they are uploaded.
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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #8 on: Today at 08:04:20 am »
That's a later reprint.
Maybe from Honda back in the '90's or more recently from Helminc.
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Re: 1975 CB400F Owners manual
« Reply #9 on: Today at 09:30:32 am »
That's a later reprint.
Maybe from Honda back in the '90's or more recently from Helminc.

+1 on a Helmic reprint, as the front cover isn't like any Honda original I have seen from the factory. Just as good though if your not looking for originality.
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