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« on: August 26, 2018, 10:44:19 AM »
After a total strip down and rebuild.It went ok, after I converted the gear change from 1 up and four down to the far more usual 1 down and four up......  Slight weep on one of the forks, but otherwise, she went well.  Lavinia by Adrian Lee, on Flickr
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« on: August 17, 2018, 02:06:27 PM »
Not Honda specific, but could be handy for those that don`t know. I had to clean the carbs on my VF1000 and it is a right PITA of a job, so did some surfing on the Magna sites in the USA and came across this little gem. The carb mounting rubbers go brittle after time and tend to split, mine were knackered anyway so I had bought new ones, BUT, I read that if you mix evergreen oil and rubbing alcohol 1 to 3, leave your rubber bits in the solution for three days, then the rubber softens back to like new. I thought...hmmmmm...I smell BS, but bought some of each for the grand sum of £18 off ebay. This works, i mean really works. I had the same pressure on bothe old mounts, one as it came off the engine, the other left in the solution for three days, difference is chalk and cheese. It may help save somebody some money.  2018-08-17_01-50-06 by Adrian Lee, on Flickr  2018-08-17_01-43-14 by Adrian Lee, on Flickr  2018-08-17_01-42-54 by Adrian Lee, on Flickr
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« on: February 07, 2017, 04:08:49 PM »
Finally, after getting the daughters 400 SD up and running properly, I got around to sorting the 400/4 out. Got the carbs rebuilt,balanced and cleaned up by someone far more experienced than me ( i know my limitations), the bike purred like a beaut after a bit of fiddling, everything works and looks good.
So I decided that the rusty old petrol cap really spoilt how the bike looks, it will never be a show winner,just a nice old bike,so I bit the bullet and ordered one from the company whom I have spent far too much money with,David Silvers of course. Anyway,new cap arrives, did some very careful drilling and tapping to remove the old one, fit the new shiney cap and promptly dropped the smallest bloody e-clip ever made on the floor..."oh dear" or words to that effect. A quick sweep with a welding magnet of the garage floor area and it was located and promptly fit onto the pivot shaft.
So onto fitting the catch, thought i`d learned my lesson?....What a nob, dropped the other microscopic e-clip, which has proved invisible ,non magnetic and downright unhelpful.
I have had to buy a bag of ten of these tiny e-clips, hopefully I shall only need one ( not bleeding likely,the size of them and my sausage fingers).
The point of the post, if anybody else buys a new cap and is as clumsy as me, give me a shout.I will have some spare,unless I really balls it up.
Cheers.
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« on: November 30, 2016, 06:19:06 PM »
Hi all, my name is Ade from East Lancashire.
Currently finishing off a 1976 400/4. Found the forum after googling where wiring looms run, wish I had found it earlier to be frank.
Bought the bike on the bay of eeeez, my daughter likes old bikes, I don't ride them anymore, so she will keep the bike in use.
Also have a 1980 cb750 z, for future reference.
Don't think I have any pics of the scabby rust bucket when I got it, but will post some pics of where we are now later.
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