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New CB400/4 project
mike the bike:
Welome Craig from another 400four owner and restorer. That lot will keep you busy for a while. Advice is always free on here but we like our piccies so you started off on the right foot.
Personally, I would start with the frame, getting it powder coated (other coatings are available), then you've got somewhere to bolt all your new/refurbished shiny stuff to.
Craig CB400:
Cheers Mike
Your approach makes perfect sense which is probably why I went a different way ::)
My logic was to strip everything (which I have nearly done now) so I could assess what needed replacing and what could be refurbished, but naturally couldn't resist doing a bit of renovation along the way. Did manage to find a few horrors as the strip went, like the swinging arm as below where the weld had split open on one side, so one for the skip. Corrosion has been one long effort so far on almost everything, but getting there slowly....
Nurse Julie:
Yes, I agree with Mike, get the frame done and then put the wheels on (not using that swinging arm though :( :() and then at least with a rolling chassis you can move it around. Everything else bolts in or on after that.
paul G:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on January 25, 2017, 12:42:28 PM ---Yep, I just looking at the photo and about to say the same Paul. Mine is an F2 and has footrests on the frame and not on the swinging arm, thank goodness!!. Whoever thought that was a good idea at Honda needs shoooooting ;D ;D
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Julie,
It's great exercise for the wife or onyone on the back, full leg workout ;D ;D
Tomb:
Unfortunately it was something Harley Davidson were still doing in 2000, maybe later but I don't know Harleys.
Seems you can buy a kit to change to frame mounted for Harleys, can you buy a kit for mounting 400/4? or has anyone done a home mod?
Is it just the bracing that has corroded on the swing arm or is it through the tube?
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