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CBR400RR
« on: August 07, 2010, 12:14:52 AM »
This is to document the progress on my son's CBR400RR, a badly abused bike that came to us from being used as a track bike.
The original motor had thrown a piston and the replacement motor was fitted but wired wrong, a few minutes with a downloaded wiring chart and she runs like a rocket.
We had the riders seat reupholstered from the red cover it had on it and all the panels were repainted.
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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2010, 06:44:33 AM »
I like those 400s.  I have seen FZR400s in the States and I read about the bikes in the British magazines and would love to have on.  Small bike, great corner speed and you can go thru the gears without huge speed. 
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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2010, 10:01:40 PM »
Yeah we are working on fitting up all the panels this week, my boy has a Nissan GTiR on the build and (thank God) has decided that two fast machines are one too many. ;)
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« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2010, 08:10:44 AM »
Too bad the 400 never made it to the states....that would be really cool to have.

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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2010, 08:25:51 AM »
Quote from: traveler on August 08, 2010, 08:10:44 AM
Too bad the 400 never made it to the states....that would be really cool to have.

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Didn't it make it to the states as a CB1? My brother has a CB1/400 and it was fun to ride for sure. However its not quite the same but pretty darn close..

Me and the wife on the very CB1..

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« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2010, 08:36:18 AM »
I've never seen one
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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2010, 08:39:12 AM »
Here is the only other shot of it I have. We were tweaking it after a long winter in the shed.

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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2010, 02:48:43 PM »
That looks much like the machine we are working on, more photos as the panels go on, this thing has been sitting under a cover in my shed for best part of a year now and to see it coming back together as a bike is quite cool. :)
He should get $3k for it when he sells it, I think it cost him $1800.
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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2010, 07:32:26 PM »
Got her all buttoned up, fairings on etc, real mission but she looks good.
Gas her up tomorrow and maybe take her for a wee spin, my old 650 needs a run and Dan has hardly ridden this machine. :)
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« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2010, 07:35:10 PM »
Wow, looking good. The color of the rims make em pop pretty good! Nice work.

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« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2010, 08:38:06 PM »
The CB! is a little different and only made 2 years the 400RR is a super cool cult bike in japan and europe. Maybe this one came in from Canada, track bikes are not subject to all the same rules as track bikes... The 400RR is the way younger brother of the original 400F. I would quite possiably kill for a mint one. Two of my good buddies have a CB1 and the other has a rare VF400R killer track and street bike.

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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2010, 03:16:53 AM »
My son tells me that the CBR400RR was designed primarily for the young female Japanese rider as 400cc is the limit they can legally ride.
As the 400 is way faster than most older 650/750/1000cc machines it's a bit of a laugh. ;D
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« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2010, 04:06:21 AM »
Quote from: Hush on August 10, 2010, 03:16:53 AM
My son tells me that the CBR400RR was designed primarily for the young female Japanese rider as 400cc is the limit they can legally ride.
As the 400 is way faster than most older 650/750/1000cc machines it's a bit of a laugh. ;D
Not quite true Hush - Japan introduced a new part in the motorycle test where you had to be able to pick up a fallen bike without assistance. Small (generally) Japanese folks and big 1000cc streetbikes didn't work well with this combination and so the 400cc bracket floursihed.

I used to have a Yam FZR400RR - superb little bike, really great fun and before that my favouritte 400 a Kawasaki ZXR400. The nimblest little pocket rocket I've riddenon the road for sure  ;D
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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2010, 04:18:13 AM »
Ah thanks for that, my son is a cop so he probably only got half the story, I'll put him right. ;D
Seems like a smart move on the part of the Japanese, bet us Westerners wouldn't go for such a sensible approach to road safety.
These bikes must be pretty fast, most are being used for track racing here in NZ and that's where this one came from.
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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2010, 08:23:15 PM »
Bike does look good.... I have to admit though... Black rims would fit the scheme much better.

I'm all about pizzazz... but the bright blue rims are poppin' like Pee-wee Herman's bow-tie   :P

But hey.... that's me  ;) ...................and i'm not very stylin' most if the time. 

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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2010, 10:52:21 PM »
Yeah his plan was to remove them and have them recoated but I explained the amount of fiddling I'd have to do with it having a newly fitted "O"ring chain etc and he said flag it we'll just finish it and sell it.
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Re: CBR400RR
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2010, 08:53:22 AM »
That's looking sweet man, I'm deciding the direction of my next 750 project  :). Although I do want a sport bike for the stable also  :P
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