75 CB400 "Dad's old bike" project

[Pops400]

Legend Mate, cheers! Time will come when I can do the same, I hope. 

[Greebo]

Finding a frame to cut is not proving easy, Mike. By the time I've looked at the cost plus getting it here, it still stacks up to money I don't have.

It will just have to stay parked until the right donor comes along. In the meantime I am looking through the garage for sale items to raise the cash!

Pops400, suggestion to raise cash, have you considered Trading Down from that  New BMW super car you have...

[Pops400]

Unfortunately, sending a company car back doesn't really net me any cash, even if it were a supercar, which it very definitely isn't. 😉

[Pops400]

Hello all. It’s been some time and not a happy time.

Unfortunately, I have more than lost faith in this project having lost my Father and then my brother very quickly afterwards.

After a lot of soul searching, I have decided that this is not going to happen for me and is too far gone to save anyway. I don’t want a “triggers broom” and sadly there isn’t enough that I have the capability or money to save. I did get someone willing to do the frame, but sadly they have properly butchered it, so it needs more than I can justify.

I will part out what is potentially useful to people on here, as I had a lot of good advice and friendly help and would like bits to go to genuine enthusiasts, so hope to be able to post some bits for sale on here if that’s ok. Carbs, engine, maybe wheels. Not much else any use I don’t think, possibly indicators if someone wanted to try and save them.

Thank you for the help and interest shown, but my heart has been taken out of this one now.

Best wishes to everyone.

Pop.

[hairygit]

So sorry to hear of your loss, I was wondering the other day what had happened to you and your Wotsits munching helper (Jess?) Stay safe, give our regards to your daughter, hopefully she has the bug now and will want a bike of her own when she is old enough, so don't lose touch with us on here!

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[Nurse Julie]

Hi Pop.
It's great to hear from you again and I'm sorry you are having some big life dramas. But, being realistic is something that a lot of us ignore to our own detriment.
I hope your little daughter, Jessica if I remember correctly is OK, she was a good helper to you back at the start in her little overalls.
Take care.

[philward]

Sorry to hear of your loss's Pop - its understandable that you lose heart in such exptreme circumstances.
Good luck for the future

[Rozabikes Tim]

Sorry to hear your news. I too often thought what was happening. Your story obviously really touched many of us.

All the very best to you and your little helper!

[Tomb]

Sorry for your loss, sad times that I am going through with an old friend too.

And sad about the frame being butchered, I remember I had offered to sort the frame some time ago, I feel bad now that I was unable to do it in time you needed it.

[Pops400]

Thank you all

Jess is good and I’m sure will be back to it in future, as will I, but likely with a more complete project that is more viable for us. She has long since outgrown those overalls and a couple more sets, but still helps me tinker with stuff when school workloads allow.

Gutted, but it is what it is and hopefully I can move the parts on to someone who will bring them back to life

Just researching current market prices and will post engine and carbs for sale on here before I offer elsewhere.

[Pops400]

Hi Tom

Don’t worry, just wasn’t meant to be on this one. Appreciate your offer anyway. Hope all else is well.

[Tomb]

 

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

I visited Pops today and purchased some parts including an engine & carbs etc - it was tinged with sadness on hearing about Pops recent double tragedy - he is a really genuine nice bloke who also has a couple of tidy American motors so he will probably be V8 tinkering in the future rather than a tiddly sohc unit.

[Nurse Julie]

I visited Pops today and purchased some parts including an engine & carbs etc - it was tinged with sadness on hearing about Pops recent double tragedy - he is a really genuine nice bloke who also has a couple of tidy American motors so he will probably be V8 tinkering in the future rather than a tiddly sohc unit.

It's nice that you were able to buy those bits Ted. I'm sure parts of Pop's bike will go on to keep other old Honda 400/4's on the road, which is great.

[Pops400]

Hi Ted. It was good to meet you and thanks for the kind words.

I’m really glad that the parts are going to someone who I know will get the best out of them and will help keep another of these cracking little bikes on the road. I’ll confess that it’s not the way I saw the journey playing out, but I never saw the bigger picture coming, so it’s next best result, for it all to go to good homes. That’s why I wanted to sell here rather than eBay.

Really good to meet you, hope it all helps your project.

I think my reality now is to buy a complete bike when the time is right and remember my Dad when I ride it. It won’t be the end of my 400/4 days. Nor Jess’s.

All the best.

Pop