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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB350/400 => Topic started by: ogri211 on April 10, 2018, 10:35:03 PM
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Im hoping to get my bike finished, when I get home from offshore, if I can sort my main bearings Im about 5 and half Grand out so far, I have the frame and bits powder coated, the sump, oil filter and crankcases powder coated , I've respoked the wheels with stainless rims and spokes, rebuilt the clocks, lots of new bearings and internals in the engine, rechromed headers, and a nearly new looking 1980's Marshal deeptone pipe, the Bike is an F2 but I got it painted the ruby red the same as my original from 1981 ( my thumbnail of me at 17), so roll on home time.
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How exciting, looking good.
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The bars look tooo wide for a 400, what is the length ?
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I dont know they were listed as 400 bars and have the holes for the cables Im sure they will look narrower when I fit the switches and brake. I got them of this chap https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-HONDA-CB400F-CB-400-4-HANDLEBARS-REPRODUCTION/300906214050?hash=item460f6872a2:g:8wAAAOSwax5YtgUv
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I also done all my crankcase bolts with a home Zinc plating kit.
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Hi Ogri,
Did you put together your own zinc plating kit or did you buy as a kit?
John
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Looking good Ogri. I bought the same repro bars and compared them to the ones on my original 400/4. They were exactly the same length although the ones I bought were not from Burtons but another e-bay shop, there's a few places selling these.
Good luck with the rebuild and keep posting progress photos.
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Hi Ogri,
Did you put together your own zinc plating kit or did you buy as a kit?
John
I bought one of these kits you get but I also bought a vairaible power supply the type an electronics person would use and I put in a fish tank heater to keep the electrolyte at the correct temperature and a fish tank pump to agitate the liquid It takes a bit of experimenting with the current and voltage but one you get it set up you can start a production line.
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Thanks Ogri,
Haven't got enough bikes to justify setting that up, would be nice to have though. Cheers
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To be honest it more hassle than its worth but Im one of these people that when I get a bee in my bonnet to try something I cant let it go, I have a garage full of equipment and tools that I have just used once to fix something that I could have easily replaced for a fraction of the price, its my naturally inquisitive engineering twisted mind.
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Have you met Ash?
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Im sure Im not the only one here in fact there are probably only a few who aren't like that. :D