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Currently available shock absorbers?
Bryanj:
Hagon are supposed to make anything to order
Mikep328:
Well, my wife and I were out for a good ride yesterday - her on her Honda NC750x and me on the 400. I've definitely decided to keep the Tec gas shocks/modded chainguard. The shocks work really well for me. The only reason to replace them would be to keep the stock look but if/when that ever becomes important I'll put the original chainguard/DSS original-appearance shocks back on. Heck, no one but another CB400F owner would look at the bike and know that the shocks/chainguard were not original.
Although not directly related to this thread, I again found this little CB to be the most fun bike I have ever owned for the kind of secondary (and tertiary) road riding we enjoy. I've been riding for MANY years and have owned mostly sport-oriented bikes from 350 to 1250CCs and this 400 is the smallest capacity/HP motorcycle I have owned since I was in my early 20's! I've reversed my young self's opinion that there was no such thing as a car or motorcycle with too much power. I guess that's a function of age/experience/wisdom(?) but I do occasionally wonder if my 400 will do the ton...or at least INDICATE that it can. ;)
Laverda Dave:
Bike magazine tested one at 104mph back in the day.........It was probably a yellow one 8).
As I got older I began to realise going fast on a lower powered bike is actually better and more rewarding than going fast on a powerful bike.
Mikep328:
"As I got older I began to realise going fast on a lower powered bike is actually better and more rewarding than going fast on a powerful bike."
I totally agree!!! Last year I rode a friend's Ducati V4 Panagali. If I was still a track rider and I was ON a track, I would have loved it. Wick the throttle to the stop and it is basically into the next county in a couple of seconds, road and traffic permitting. I can't see ANY use for it (FOR ME) on the road but he's selling it...because the latest one has 225HP and his only has 207! He's the same age as me so age alone doesn't automatically eliminate the "need for speed." :)
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