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My 400/4 in Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Magazine.

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AshimotoK0:
Well I finally got magazine but a lot of things are mumbled up. It says my 400/4 is a rare K2 model but its actually an early F model with the pillion pegs on the swinging arm but sprayed by me in 1986 in F2 Colours - including the pinstripes  and it did take me 10 days to get it right. Some 400/4 parts are available now which were not in the early eighties ( tank stripes for one). But things like the exhaust have been discontinued I think by Honda. What I told them was that lots of CB750K series  parts are still available (pipes, fenders, repro fenders,seats etc but mainly K1 variants)

The 'cash crisis' was not really a crisis - I was moving house and the bike was my transport to work so I got a CB350 twin, as property was rocketing at the time and the bike was depreciating fast.  I felt my money was better in property. Two months after the move I bought another 400/4 though !!!

I don't have a Sancdcast CB750 only a diecast ( albeit a very early one)


They plonked my article next to a  close up shot of a grotty hired hack but readers may be confused that the hack is a blowup of my bike.

Grateful to be featured though ! Its just that the jungle drums are rumbling for me from the anorak fraternity ( I too am an anorak) ;D


Going to post a link here to photobucket of the bike as featured in hi res.

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv340/AshimotoK0/100_1543-1.jpg

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv340/AshimotoK0/100_1594.jpg

Cheers

Ash

Yoshi823:
Typical of magazines to screw things up. I read the article about the CB400F vs the RD400E...but I was only really interested in how they explained about the Honda. But when I read about your CB400F I noticed that they had got thing messed up as there was no way that you would state that your 400 was a K2.

Looking at the photos, is it me or have you only got one throttle cable fitted? And, not being an anorak or anything, but didn't Honda place the '400' decal slightly higher up on the side panels? Nice bike.

By the way, your daughter makes your 400F look quite small, so I would suppose that she is about 5'6" or so?

AshimotoK0:
Well spotted Yoshi - well it was restored 25 years ago and I wasn't as fussy then !! - Yes there is a throttle cable missing as I loaned it to a mate years ago and never got it back! The bike has been off the road all of that time. You also didn't notice the missing horn (being replated) and dunno about the transfers but they and the tank are wrong anyway -they should be Varnish Blue with different transfers and no pinstripes. rest of it is correct though including the fenders and exhaust, switches etc etc

Cheers

Ash

dave400:

--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on March 04, 2011, 09:54:29 PM ---Well spotted Yoshi - well it was restored 25 years ago and I wasn't as fussy then !! - Yes there is a throttle cable missing as I loaned it to a mate years ago and never got it back! The bike has been off the road all of that time. You also didn't notice the missing horn (being replated) and dunno about the transfers but they and the tank are wrong anyway -they should be Varnish Blue with different transfers and no pinstripes. rest of it is correct though including the fenders and exhaust, switches etc etc

Cheers

Ash

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The bloke Mark I think his name was who was doing the article seemed to have little knowlege of the 400 so I turned him down, looks like you got the wrong info printed instead of me.........I done the right thing. ;D

Cheers

Dave

Yoshi823:
Ash...no wonder your daughter looks taller on your 400F...the seat isn't latched down.

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