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exvalvesetdabbler:
What was the original finish on the 400F breather cover, painted same as rocket cover or bare metal like the sump.

Regards
Dave

Laverda Dave:
From what I have been told previously only the lower crankcase and cylinder barrels were unpainted.........but of course I could be wrong!
Maybe Ash or Chris R (I don't know his username on here) can 100% confirm.

Athame57:
All I know is mine was highly polished recently, that way this tucked out of sight item won't need attention for a long while.  ;)

Rayzerman:
Attaching a couple of pics of my CBF350 (same cover) when I got it, never been touched as far as I know.... appeared to me the valve and breather covers were unpolished metal with a clearcoat that ultimately degraded.  I had mine media blasted and painted them Honda Cloud Silver (I used the Duplicolor equivalent), same as the engine (which I also repainted).  If you were going back to original, I'd strip off the old clearcoat, sand them to say 800 or 1000 grit and clearcoat them.  Clearcoat needs something to bite into, so can't be highly polished or clearcoat won't stick.

As for the engine side covers, same thing, the originals were polished to some "grit" and clearcoated.  The clearcoat ultimately failed.

 

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Rayzerman on November 18, 2025, 01:30:53 PM ---Attaching a couple of pics of my CBF350 (same cover) when I got it, never been touched as far as I know.... appeared to me the valve and breather covers were unpolished metal with a clearcoat that ultimately degraded.  I had mine media blasted and painted them Honda Cloud Silver (I used the Duplicolor equivalent), same as the engine (which I also repainted).  If you were going back to original, I'd strip off the old clearcoat, sand them to say 800 or 1000 grit and clearcoat them.  Clearcoat needs something to bite into, so can't be highly polished or clearcoat won't stick.

As for the engine side covers, same thing, the originals were polished to some "grit" and clearcoated.  The clearcoat ultimately failed.

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Got to be carful there ... for instance the clutch cover is polished and clear coated on the 350F but painted silver on the 400F.

Pretty sure that the breather cover on the 400F was painted silver too.

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