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CB400 MPH/RPM

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AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Mikep328 on August 19, 2024, 09:16:57 AM ---Thanks guys, and I really appreciate the road test - with the spec for speed in 6th/RPM.  Also the test show the same variation as Tricky's observation on speedo speed vs real speed.

Unrelated, but the road test mentions the excellent brakes.  I realize that these are observations of the time and that we expect more out of brakes nowadays but it shows that they were NOT "poor originally from the factory" as seems to be claimed occasionally.

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When I got my 1st 400F (1976 model Varnish Blue) the front brake was a revelation  .. apart from needing a touch on the brake lever to clear the water in the rain and tendency for the pivot to bind .. but compared with the CB250/350K models it was fantastic. Why the Hell Honda never imported the 350K disc braked model  CB350B or G model (NOT G5 completely different)  into the UK ...  is beyond me. The front end was the same  as the CB350F four.  It was sold in the rest of Europe/USA and Japan AFAIK.

This is an example the G or B1 model we never got here:-

florence:
I see that model also has the improved pivoting kick starter.  I would like one of those for my 350

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