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Re: New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
« Reply #390 on: May 05, 2021, 08:19:54 PM »
Set the air screws at 3/4 turn out and try it like that.

Military range finder theory, fire one short, one over the top,  then you know the target is somewhere between the two  :)

Essentially you're trying to find IF it changes and then look at the results to see what it tells you.

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Re: New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
« Reply #391 on: May 05, 2021, 10:29:10 PM »
Set the air screws at 3/4 turn out and try it like that.

Military range finder theory, fire one short, one over the top,  then you know the target is somewhere between the two  :)

Essentially you're trying to find IF it changes and then look at the results to see what it tells you.

Will do, thanks!

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Re: New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
« Reply #392 on: July 16, 2021, 11:33:39 AM »
Well guys - time for a final post to this thread... my CB is moving on.  I never did sort out the stumble off idle - I got lazy about it since once the bike was moving, it ran well.

Once I started putting some miles on it, it didn't take me long to come to pretty much the exact same conclusions as Nurse Julie did - both about her old 400 and her new 500 (I have a larger parallel twin as my daily rider):

I would have to say that riding Hettie was like trying to ride a wasp in a bad mood 😁😁😁😁 Yes, she was very nimble, cornered exceptionally well but, she was very small and light, too small and light for me actually, she was bloody hard work to ride, up and down the gears all the time to keep her revving high but, I absolutely loved riding her because she was such a challenge. The exhaust note was a real scream when riding hard and she was certainly not a lazy riders bike.
Kitty is a totally different ball game, get into 5th gear and she cruises along lovely but, I can overtake a car, or get a move on without even changing down. The handling is superb, very positive around tight bends, the exhaust tone is very 'refined' but sounds fantastic, even when riding quite hard and she obviously revs a lot lower than Hettie. The size and weight is better, although I do prefer the heavier weight of the 750's when riding.
When Kitty is run in fully, I can see I'm going to have great fun on her but in a slightly more sedate way than the fun I had on Hettie.

I live in the middle of nowhere and I know the USA market for these bikes seems to vary wildly between different locales, so I thought I'd take a chance and list it as an auction on Ebay - it's now sold.  Hopefully the next owner will enjoy it for what it is.

Thanks to everyone here who was so helpful during the long period it took me to simply get the bike on the road!  I learned a lot and hopefully contributed something useful occasionally as well...

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Re: New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
« Reply #393 on: July 16, 2021, 03:14:30 PM »
Hope to see you back with another flavour of CB. 🏍🙂
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Re: New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
« Reply #394 on: July 16, 2021, 07:08:35 PM »
Hope to see you back with another flavour of CB. 🏍🙂

Thanks Gareth!  Not likely any time soon, but I do still have a large library of photos, notes and wiring diagrams for the 400, so I'll continue to lurk if nobody minds...

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Re: New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
« Reply #395 on: July 16, 2021, 09:18:36 PM »
of course we don't mind, you may well have an answer from something you've seen that is rare

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Re: New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
« Reply #396 on: July 18, 2021, 10:28:25 AM »
Good luck with your future endeavours.
You could always buy the CB750 you always promised yourself😉
1976 Honda 400/4
1977 Rickman Honda CR750
1999 Honda VFR 800FX
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1978 Moto Morini 350 Sport
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Re: New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
« Reply #397 on: July 18, 2021, 10:51:25 AM »
Cheers, guys!

 

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