Honda-SOHC
General => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: blackeagles on January 22, 2019, 04:44:59 PM
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hi, my name is brian and I live in farnborough, kent (between bromley and orpington for those who know the area) and I have a 1977 (registered 1978) 400f.
ive had it about 4/5 months and it was a bitsa but I have almost finished the rolling chassis with ‘used’ parts but still need the front mudguard (this one has the first 6” cut off) and the metal brake pipe along with the lower flexi pipe to replace what seems to be one off a cb400.
can’t say it wanted to run other than on full choke and one of the pipes stays cold (bit difficult to say for certain as its not cooperating but I will look at that after the carb – and when it’s a bit warmer) but to give you an idea of the condition I took the carbs apart and none of the needle slides were anywhere near the same as each other, the slow running jets were all blocked, one of the main jets was a completely different 'push fit' jet/different bore, and one of the spring clips was broken in half, the needle was set to pos.2 not 3 (not a major but changed) and the overstop and other settings were off – but hey that’s the fun!
looking at the cam adjustment I can’t say I’m looking forward to ‘messing with it’ but maybe when it is running at won’t need altering.
hope to meet anyone local at some point.
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Welcome to the Forum Brian. I'm from Tunbridge Wells originally so your area was a regular place to visit. I also worked at Queen Marys Hospital in Sidcup at one time. Anyways, do you have any photos of your bike?
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Welcome to the forum - hope the build goes well - plenty of experts on here to help - as Julie says, lets see some pictures
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Welcome to the forum
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Welcome to the forum and have fun with your rebuild.
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Welcome Brian, i am originally from Rochester, done a lot of work in your area until i moved a couple of years ago, good luck with the build.
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Welcome to the forum, there is a wealth of knowledge here.
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Welcome to the 400four forum Brian. Look forward to seeing pictures of your bike.
As for the carbs, there's a thread or two on here about carbs from people that's had the same bother so no need to scratch your head about it.
Mike
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Welcome to the forum Brian. Yes, carbs, a nightmare to get running right if they've become clogged with stale fuel. Invest in a 2litre ultrasonic bath for £70 and some carb cleaning solution, it will be cheaper in the short and long term. As Mike says, there's lots of topics about carb cleaning on here, we've all been there!
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thanks for the welcome.
i will get round to putting up some pics in the 'project' section (its too dark in the 'workshop' for anything viewable) and im' in hibernation at the mo!