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When was 400/4 first sold in 1975

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K2-K6:
As you say Ash, some of these tests appear to hold quite a significant bias in how the bikes are judged against a journalist's preference. It's often delivered as a two versus four stroke scenario or from this time specifically,  Japanese against another national bike influence. Sometimes overtly and other times with a snide after taste.

There always seemed to be a huge suspicion of engines that revved,  gearboxes with too many ratios and pathological pursuit of acceptance of wide open throttle in top gear at the slowest road speed (phew)  :) as if changing gear on a bike is any sort of chore.

That last part I think is important to some of the other threads on here,  that desire to let the engine lug along in top gear when you want to accelerate, rather than change down and spin it higher up their rev. It doesn't suit their smaller capacity motors at all and may damage them I feel.

Bryanj:
Any Lugging is bad as its low oil pressure at high bearing load

Nurse Julie:
Agree with Nigel and Bryan re lugging. My bike hates it. That's why when riding my CB400/4 hard, it always reminds me of riding a 2 stroke !!!

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: petermigreen on November 03, 2017, 05:15:36 PM ---Thanks for posting that, Can't wait to read it.
Is there a page missing?
Peter

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Oh sh*t ..yes .. 2 pages missing will correct

CORRECTED WITH MISSING PAGES ADDED !  :-[

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oq6uywih2cd0fio/CB400F%20now%20and%20then%20Review.pdf?dl=0

petermigreen:
Thank you
Peter

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