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Alloy wheels on a CB400F2 are they sacrilege ?
taysidedragon:
The CB250RS came from the factory with alloy rims on spoked wheels.
I needed new rims for my 400f and bought alloy rims for it instead of steel, about half the weight. 😎
Athame57:
--- Quote from: taysidedragon on September 02, 2020, 12:04:30 AM ---The CB250RS came from the factory with alloy rims on spoked wheels.
I needed new rims for my 400f and bought alloy rims for it instead of steel, about half the weight. 😎
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Do you mean you fitted the rims from an RS to a 400F? I had 4 different CB250RS's in my dispatch days. The one you see in the pic lasted (forced to last!) 77,000 miles. I customized it as you can see.
Rozabikes Tim:
--- Quote from: allankelly1 on September 01, 2020, 08:19:52 PM ---I think the later ones were the comstar wheels from the cb250n or 400n super dream but they are 19†wheels
A compromise is polished deep alloy rims and stainless spokes maybe?
This is what I did on mine and built them myself as I was feeling brave
Best wishes Al
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What was front end / twin discs off? What hub did you use?
taysidedragon:
--- Quote from: Athame57 on September 02, 2020, 02:55:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: taysidedragon on September 02, 2020, 12:04:30 AM ---The CB250RS came from the factory with alloy rims on spoked wheels.
I needed new rims for my 400f and bought alloy rims for it instead of steel, about half the weight. 😎
--- End quote ---
Do you mean you fitted the rims from an RS to a 400F? I had 4 different CB250RS's in my dispatch days. The one you see in the pic lasted (forced to last!) 77,000 miles. I customized it as you can see.
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I looked for some decent CB250RS wheels at the time because I believe they fit straight onto the 400f. Someone may put me right on that one.
The only ones around were pretty rough so I bought new ally rims and laced them up on my original hubs.
TrickyMicky:
--- Quote from: Athame57 on September 01, 2020, 09:44:28 PM ---I think it is. Not so long ago someone on here was trying to help a friend sell a yellow one with comstars it looked awful (if I'm to be asked). One of the beauties of the CB400F and it's family is that they feature so many old fashioned parts like the raised fuel cap and external oil filter which forced the seemingly unique wavy down pipes to clear it, it's classic metal mudguards complete with braces, it would have looked alright with drum brakes! The bikes that followed featured ever more plastic and new styles.
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Have to agree re. the look of a well set up drum brake. I admit that the attached pic. isn't a 400, and it's not even a Honda! But surely a thing of beauty? (Even if I have doubts about the positioning of the locking wire!)
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