Gulp!

[mattsz]

jesus.. that one isn't worth £200 never mind £2000.... just a pile of rust. You'd have to be mad to take on a restoration like that when much better bikes can be had for not much more money...

I don't know... those original headers look to be in pretty good nick - aren't they running about £2000 these days? 

[Nurse Julie]

A friend of mine has just purchased a set of down pipes and silencer, original OEM, had been fitted to a bike and started once for a photo shoot and then removed and stored....£600.00

[mattsz]

A friend of mine has just purchased a set of down pipes and silencer, original OEM, had been fitted to a bike and started once for a photo shoot and then removed and stored....£600.00

Ooo, a bargain, then!

I was just being facetious with the £2k crack...

[Laverda Dave]

23 bids so far on the 'genuine barn find'?
As for 400/4 headers at £2k a piece, take a look at the new CB600. It has headers made to the same design as the 400/4 (sweeping and clearing the oil filter). The price for new headers if you happen to crunch them is £2500 and that's WITHOUT the cat or the silencer!!!! Some would say they are 'reassuringly expensive'.

[Athame57]

This is the one that I spent £4,250 on, to my out of practice eye it didn't seem so bad...then: https://wesellclassicbikes.co.uk/bikes/687

[Laverda Dave]

For a brief moment I thought that was my old bike I was forced to sell in 1986 a couple of years after restoring it and when the mortgage rate went up to 15%. I re-trimmed my seat in exactly the same way to match the tank colour. It was only after seeing the number plate in another picture I realised it wasn't my bike but that seat is very spooky!
Nice looking bike though, I think you got a good buy there as long as it runs OK and no leaks, rattles etc. It's £5k cheaper than the one on ebay!

[robvangulik]

Mine was far worse when i got it, this one just needs a good clean and some minor parts...

[Athame57]

Mine was far worse when i got it, this one just needs a good clean and some minor parts...

It's had a super clean, scrub, polish and paint. It's had major new parts...tank, loom, seat, battery, exhaust flanges, seals, oil feed pipes, electrical bits...and...and...and.....DSS spares must love me.

[Bradders]

It’s a bit worrying that you spend over £4k on a bike which you think is in good condition but then needs another £2k spending on it!

[kevski]

Just noticed this thread and the phrase better than new kills it, if it's better than new it's over restored and certainly not worth the money, when are the restorers going to get it right. Just my own outlook on it.

[robvangulik]

Mine was far worse when i got it, this one just needs a good clean and some minor parts...

It's had a super clean, scrub, polish and paint. It's had major new parts...tank, loom, seat, battery, exhaust flanges, seals, oil feed pipes, electrical bits...and...and...and.....DSS spares must love me.

I was referring to post 11.....the one to shoot instead of restore to working condition?

[Tomb]

Double Gulp!!!!

Makes the 400/4 look cheap, it is bloody nice though.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB500-Four-Exceptional-condition-that-must-be-viewed/253830109680?hash=item3b197419f0:g:7YkAAOSwXn5bgB3w:rk:45:pf:0

[Nurse Julie]

That's been for sale for about a year now and was discussed on here in depth as you can imagine 😀😀
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,16929.msg144343.html#msg144343

[Tomb]

Ah yes, I remember the discussion about the yellow dots on bolts/nuts

[blackeagles]

Just noticed this thread and the phrase better than new kills it, if it's better than new it's over restored and certainly not worth the money, when are the restorers going to get it right. Just my own outlook on it.

over restoration is, in my view, a real problem these days.  i, like many of you, have been restoring bikes (mainly old brit ones) and to me a good bike is one that runs and you can use not polish and put on a pedestal.