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1975 400/4 project
Sprocket:
--- Quote from: Laverda120 on January 22, 2019, 09:26:16 AM ---Julie, my brackets are the same as those on Sprockets bike. These are the brackets that were impossible to obtain new or s/h. I searched everywhere for a couple eventually getting a couple from ebay that need repair to the earth tangs. DS is (was?) making reproduction brackets when I last looked.
Sprocket, my rear handle looks the same as yours on both my original 400/4 and the one I restored a couple of years ago with a pattern handle.
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Yeah I looked at the DS pattern stalks and the price made me purchase a tin of P38 and Hammerite! All the books pointed to them being OEM too, although as it happens my bike was a bit of a bitsa and I don't really trust anything!
And the handle. It's ok, but as previously highlighted, the 400 and 750 handles are the same length but the 400 should have a slight twist in it, to make it sit parallel to the frame. I suspect the 750 one mounts directly to the frame, where the 400 uses the indicator stalk hole.
I must admit, becoming nerdy about these things is actually fun. :D
Athame57:
Is the mudflap on the front fender something that is supposed to be there and can I get one if it is?
Laverda Dave:
They we not fitted as standard although a few people had aftermarket ones fitted usually with 'HONDA' logo's in white. I had one fitted on my first 400/4 in 1979 that I bought from Speedway of Acton (long since gone🙁). My mates called me an old man so I removed it after a while along with the huge barn door fairing, white fibreglass panniers and matching top box.
Athame57:
......then I shall not seek one! 8)
Sprocket:
I might restore the flap and fit it, it's got that 'rally' look to it, and I do love me a bit of group B...
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