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Offline rustywheels

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CB400F RHS fork leg bottom - brake mounts
« on: May 06, 2020, 09:36:17 PM »
On my CB400, the right hand side (near side in UK) bottom fork leg, has the brake mounts - see pic. 

I know some CB500F's had this as an option to then upgrade to dual front discs, but is this something that was standard on some 400 bikes?  My suspicion is that the bike has had a trip down the road at some point and was replaced with a 500 fork leg, but I'm intrigued...

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Offline Golfcarmad

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Re: CB400F RHS fork leg bottom - brake mounts
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2020, 11:07:56 PM »
Could be forks off cb400n-I have forks off cb250n on mine.
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Offline Rozabikes Tim

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Re: CB400F RHS fork leg bottom - brake mounts
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2020, 11:24:16 PM »
From memory of my 400N  calipers mount behind forks on 2 larger lugs as brake design totally different to 400/4. I think they actually stopped you too! :P
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Re: CB400F RHS fork leg bottom - brake mounts
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2020, 11:28:42 PM »
I had to weld them on myself

Offline ka-ja

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Re: CB400F RHS fork leg bottom - brake mounts
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2020, 11:29:31 AM »
Definitely not 250/400N, different mounts altogether. See post on 500 brake orientation
« Last Edit: May 07, 2020, 11:32:14 AM by ka-ja »
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