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On a genuine CB400/4 rear mudguard how many number plate mounting holes?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 23, 2021, 10:23:01 PM ---If the holes are in a triangular formation Ted then the guard is most likely a USA one. I do have a US number plate bracket around somewhere. As said they are chrome instead of black.
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Yes they are in a triangular formation I have a chrome US type rear bracket but that also has 4 mounting points. I'll just use the three bolts with a rubber cushion on the lower bolt. The chrome is quite good on the mudguard so it's definetly been replaced by a PO.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 23, 2021, 11:47:41 PM ---I'll post a pic of the 3 hole bracket I have, it's not too bad.
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It's occured to me that I could just drill a couple of holes and put a nut on the back?
smoothoperator:
My rear guard is ratty and has filler in it so I want to replace it. It has 4 mounting holes for the number plate bracket, the 2 lower ones being on a raised "hump", then 2 holes forward where it mounts onto the frame. I thought I had found a replacement with the one pictured below, but now I can see it is perhaps one for the US market. Any ideas on where to find a replacement welcome, I have been looking for a while now, so far to no avail. 2 pics of my guard also attached.
allankelly1:
That’s intriguing
The American chrome plated one I have fitted from this supplier has three holes in the bottom so it fits both the four hole and three hole mudguards
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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 24, 2021, 10:00:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: smoothoperator on October 24, 2021, 06:45:54 PM ---My rear guard is ratty and has filler in it so I want to replace it. It has 4 mounting holes for the number plate bracket, the 2 lower ones being on a raised "hump", then 2 holes forward where it mounts onto the frame. I thought I had found a replacement with the one pictured below, but now I can see it is perhaps one for the US market. Any ideas on where to find a replacement welcome, I have been looking for a while now, so far to no avail. 2 pics of my guard also attached.
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Yes I can confirm that mudguard is extremely tatty.
The 3 hole version that some American bikes got has the 3 holes quite close together but in a triangular pattern. The one Al posted a pic of is the 4 hole version, the 3 hole doesn’t get that forward stretching piece of metal with the 2 upper mounting holes.
I don’t think the 500 guard fits the 400 which is a shame as I have 3 or 4 decent ones including a NOS 3 hole version.
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My original painted bracket has a centre hole so I'm going to drill it out a bit more to take a rubber mount - the mudguard is too good to consider change never mind the cost. My spare chromed mount has no centre hole.
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