Honda-SOHC

Many thanks to all for the opinions and suggestions.
Although the Sky Lift looks really Gucci, it would be a leap of faith putting a 45yo bike on there, so I think I will bail on that idea.
The lack of space and limited storage capacity, for a full size ramp/bench, is the issue for me so the Slim Line lift might be an option.

Thanks again

Many thanks for the welcome.

Hello all,

Firstly, thank you to Nurse Julie for alerting me to the UK site after I posted a question on the US site; without the intervention I probably wouldn't have found you!

I've always been a fan of 1970/80s Hondas and always wanted a 400/4 or a CB750; they were the bikes that caught my imagination when I was a teenager in the mid to late 70s; I was just into my 50s when I finally took the plunge with a 1978 CB400F2 in Parakeet yellow.

I SORNd the bike a few years ago after suffering persistant electrical issues, that on closer inspection revealed a whole world of woe, due to too many previously bodged fixes. Too often I was left the side of the road with no electrics, calling my wife to rescue me. I had little choice other than to take the bike off the road for a complete rebuild, with a view to ensuring the bike was good for many more years to come.

The engine was stripped and re-built by George Arnold Motorcycles in Poole and he also sorted out the wheels for me and modified the bike into a single-seat cafe racer stylee, before he handed the bike back to me so I could get to work on the electrics. M-Unit Blue now installed and a whole bunch of Kellerman, Rebelmoto and Daytona electronic parts too, and I'm in the process of wiring and looming it all together, as best I can.

If I can get the 400/4 back on the road I might turn my attention to saving a CB750...but that's just between us, I haven't told Mrs RushDog yet.

Previous bikes include a CBX550F, with the funky pipes and inboard disc brakes and few Superdreams and CXs along the way.