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AndyD:
Hi all,
It's been great fun working on the 400 but decided today that she's not going to get any more money or time spent on her as she clearly doesn't want to play along!
Bought her as a basket case with some (odd) work already done and wasn't really sure if she was original / complete / sound enough to warrant investing time and effort but thought I'd give it a go.
The plan was to get her up and running and assembled without spending too much and this has gone reasonably to plan.
If she ran and sounded good I thought I'd then treat her to the pretty bits and a second round of restoration including chrome, paint, etc. etc.
Enjoyed rebuilding the engine and she runs up well enough despite being only 'roughly' tuned on the bench but the final straw has to be the carbs - after many checks, tweaks and resets and new DS parts they still leak like a holed bucket as soon as the fuel is turned on and I don't have the heart to do much more on them.
Just deciding whether it's best to sell together or break for parts - probably more value in parts but always a shame and I guess takes a lot of time to clear the whole lot. Any views on this from experience?
The best thing about doing this one has been this forum - really nice, helpful people who clearly love the bikes they own / work on.
Cheers,
Andy

paul G:
That’s a real shame Andy, sure there would be someone on here would have a look at them for you if you could send them out.

ka-ja:
I know just how you feel just now, but remember, the best price is a complete running machine and then riding it, stick with it.

Bryanj:
There has to be a simple reason the carbs leak, its just down to settings, cleanliness and petience. I have a junk set of incomplete carbs here you are welcome to any parts from

Nurse Julie:
Andy, if you wish to persevere, send me the carbs and I will look at them and do any setting up for you free of charge.

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