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Offline McCabe-Thiele (Ted)

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Re: This looks a fair bike at the price for a 400/4 ?
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2020, 09:42:28 AM »
Worth a look I would say if you are in the market for one. 72k on  the odo though.  Early model with the pillion pegs on the swing arm.  I had one exactly the same. 
Now where did I put that 10mm socket?

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Re: This looks a fair bike at the price for a 400/4 ?
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2020, 06:16:23 PM »
That's okay I have one I'm restoring. One at a time for me.
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Re: This looks a fair bike at the price for a 400/4 ?
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2020, 06:45:40 PM »
45k miles, speedo in km high ish but ok it treated right. Either import or clock changed. Same mistake in paper.
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Re: This looks a fair bike at the price for a 400/4 ?
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2020, 09:40:50 PM »
Go along to photo No.9 and the price is £2,395, worth it for that money.
I'd like to see the bills for the 'full rebuild' work undertaken by Hunts Motorcycles approx 7 years ago first though. It does look nice and well kept for its age. Engine is furry and most nuts and bolts are rusty indicating it's been sitting somewhere damp, not good for the bores. It also looks like it's been fitted with a Cibie headlight? The seat looks new, if it was original the studs would have gone rusty as the other bolts have. The exhaust also looks good, maybe a new one during its full rebuild?
One big question though is why has been fitted with a KPH speedo? Handlebar clamps are alloy and should be black to match the top yoke. Speedo drive is also black but should be plain alloy, has it been messed around with at some stage? I would want to know a bit more about it's history and where it came from before buying. There's also an AMC 250 in the background of one of the photos.
My first 400/4 was an early F version in ruby red, pilions used to complain about the pogo effect of the rear swing arm mounted footrests.
1976 Honda 400/4
1977 Rickman Honda CR750
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1955 750 Dresda Triton
1978 Moto Morini 350 Sport
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Re: This looks a fair bike at the price for a 400/4 ?
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2020, 09:43:59 PM »
Hunts would not refurbish the outside of the cases or the bolts  ;)

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Re: This looks a fair bike at the price for a 400/4 ?
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2020, 11:58:51 PM »
Hunts! wrong first letter as far as I am concerned, would not trust anything from that shop

 

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