Honda CB400NA Superdream - new money puddle.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Just degreased these foot rest mounts, the insides were full of grime & grease. Some overpainted black Hammerite on the edges with a few marks on the alloy.

A member on the SD site thinks they were Anodised originally, not sure what to do to make them look better?


.Honda 400NA Superdream by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

[Rozabikes Tim]

Hi Ted. Suspect he was wrong on that re anodising. It will be the same finish as Cb750F2. Maybe someone here could advise. Lacquered polished alloy would be my call.

[Sesman]

Nice job on the starter motor, Ted. Peace of mind now, much smarter and won’t need doing for another 40 years.

I too doubt the brackets would have been anodised. Satin polish and lacquer is my best bet. Or even paint and lacquer?

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Thanks for the replies, tbh I think they are painted/lacquered not anodised as has been said on the SD site, hence why I asked here.
I'm going to find a container with a lid so I can strip them with my Paramous stuff, then give them some polishing, not sure if I will leave them polished or re-paint.

[Sesman]

There is always recourse to powder coat in a nice shade of silver?

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Thought I would give one of the alloy plates 17 minutes with some coarse green wheels to start with, not a bad start atm.

I have concluded that they were not painted, possible lacquered, hard to tell, so far so good. (I have a spare pair that came with the box of spares)


.PXL_20250109_173644278 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

[Johnny4428]

These wheels/discs are great Ted! That’s going to bling up nicely.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Spent another 30-40 minutes on the part using finer wheels, oddly enough they look almost worse at this stage, as has been mentioned before by Ken.

This is what an original one looks like, it's the other side bracket if link works.

IMG-20240830-155755 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

.PXL_20250110_084116220 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

[Johnny4428]

The best results I have had with casings is polish smooth first then go over with the green scotchbrite mop gives a nice satin finish. Scotchbrite treatment on that bracket now Ted wouldn’t be far off the mark. Depends on the desired finish of course.😜

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Thanks for that tip Johnny, I was going to search for it as I remember it being posted to give a Satin finish.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Collected my Superdream fork ears from the powder coaters today, firm is based  at Clay Cross near Chesterfield (Ollie at Rood Motors).

The old units were quite badly rusted on the inside surfaces with old silver paint & rust pimples. I did not expect a perfect job due to the rusting, I did no preparation work that if I had would have made the rear surfaces better than they are. The price for the job (£30 pair) so I took a chance.

I was told the Chrome effect was obviously not as good as chrome so not to expect too much.
Well pleased with the outer parts that you can see, inside faces surfaces a bit wavy but mostly out of sight they.(inside the tubes looks ok)

.PXL_20250116_135343956 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

[taysidedragon]

They look great Ted. Hard to tell it's not chrome.

[Johnny4428]

That’s a lovely job Ted! Hard to believe it’s not chrome by your pics.

[Rozabikes Tim]

Nice job again Ted. Seems like that coating guy is a good find.

[magpie114]

That’s looks a seriously good job!


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