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[Drew400]

Thanks W.

Nice to have lovely old labels and such like to add patina or whatever to our projects, eh?

Cheers, D.

[bike-pusher]

There's still the supplying dealer sticker on the side panel of mine.  Well, remnants of, but still legible.  I love this sort of thing.

[Woodside]

Tonight I thought I better make a bit of headway on the 400....progress was halted abit by the ramp being needed by the 450....
I have took the gopping top box of and removed the fairing a while ago....i have since picked up some original bars....the ace bars are growing on me so I will leave them for now.
Whilst all the front brake is of I thought I would remove the wheel and give it a clean and pop a new tyre on at the same time...the disc nuts still have what I belive is the factory yellow paint on the end
Is this correct
I also just started to give it a bit of a clean and came across this little split end tube thing
I think it is part number 17358-374-000. Tube assembly drain? (jesus I'm turning into a 400 nerd)
Now these must get slung probably not replaced especially with the split end cap on it.....
So apart from the ace bars I don't reckon this has been apart ( let's not get into the clutch guide thing)
What do you guys think. And what else should I look for as to back this up

[Woodside]

Pics here

[Trigger]

Tonight I thought I better make a bit of headway on the 400....progress was halted abit by the ramp being needed by the 450....
I have took the gopping top box of and removed the fairing a while ago....i have since picked up some original bars....the ace bars are growing on me so I will leave them for now.
Whilst all the front brake is of I thought I would remove the wheel and give it a clean and pop a new tyre on at the same time...the disc nuts still have what I belive is the factory yellow paint on the end
Is this correct
I also just started to give it a bit of a clean and came across this little split end tube thing
I think it is part number 17358-374-000. Tube assembly drain? (jesus I'm turning into a 400 nerd)
Now these must get slung probably not replaced especially with the split end cap on it.....
So apart from the ace bars I don't reckon this has been apart ( let's not get into the clutch guide thing)
What do you guys think. And what else should I look for as to back this up

What are you worried about. It is a good bike at a good price. If you want to pass it on i will give you what you payed for it

[Woodside]

Trigg not worried at all. I'm just curious as to how much has survived...as I'm cleaning all the grime and filth from it it really intrigues me? That rubber cap looked like a lump of grease and crap built up...

[Trigger]

Sell it to me and i can be intrigued 

[Woodside]

Depends how much you want to be intrigued?

[Lobo]

Lovely bike...

The yellow paint on the disc nuts is pukka... it does look very clean for approaching 40 yrs - but then the whole bike does!

You'll likely also have yellow paint on the front brake hose junction / switch just under the headlight, and dabs too on each carb lifter adjuster nut.

On each carb air screw you should have a little plastic cap.... these quickly 'disappear' and are hard to replace.

The original chain contained a split link.

I'm not sure about doing away with the 'split' hose piece. It's there for a reason, and until corrected, I'd say to stop oil (from the breather) dumping onto the back wheel... ie its a maintenance type action where you squeeze it occasionally & drain any oil / grunge build up in a controlled manner.

As a final comment, is there any date stamps on the tyres? If they are original, you might consider keeping them (assuming you plan to keep the bike original) as later on, refitted with these tyres it will likely enhance any resale value.

Simon.

[AshimotoK0]

Yep, one of the first UK 400.

Mine is 1044xxx registered on 27/8/75 .... is this an early one Trig? Pillion rests on the swinging arm.
I bought it in 10/85 and it had had 7 former keepers! it's reg is MBR so guess its from around Sunderland way originally (bought from Cowies possibly).

Cheers .. AshD

[bike-pusher]

104 engine numbers are the early ones, yes.

[Drew400]

Coming back (late) to this thread... my frame is 1044150, first registered 15/8/75 and I'm the 10th owner. Seems like it must be an early one like yours. Nice to also discover it's first owners were in the Manchester area where I come from. It might have even visited the same pubs that I did. And now here we are 're-united' in the south west.... aaaww!

[Woodside]

Something very satisfying about a real clean wheel and a new boot....
And also for future reference there is paint on brake rod arm
..
And I have the plastic caps...

[Trigger]

I have some of those plastic caps.