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sweetpeauk:
Thanks Steve,
Looked on DSS and he has the CB750 handle listed as correct for the CB500. The handle I have is much deeper, the CB750 one is 35mm high from bottom of rear mounting hole to top of front mounting hole, the unidentified handle is 55mm.

Nimmy9:
Quite a thread going. Paul I have some pictures of a production 400/4 of 1977 which I am using as a template for my renovation.  My bike is exactly like the pictures except for grab handles - which are shown on both sides!  I am happy to get my hands on these (originals) even if they need refurbishing and re-chroming.  Cheers all. Giles

tom400f:
Paul

So the 400F one has a twist in it and the 750 one is straight....
Nimmy asked first so its his dibs but I'll have one if its in good nick and going spare. Don't mind if its the 750 one.

Cheers
Tom

kent400:
The other difference between the CB750F handle and the 400F one is the diameter of the tube. The CB750f ones are 16mm and the 400f ones 14mm. I made replica ones some years ago in 14mm tube, must have made a 100 or so and they ended up all over the world! Still have the tooling I used to make them but when I could no longer get them plated locally it wasn't worth the effort. Found a few in a dusty box, they are not exactly the same as original but have the slight upwards angle where the end of the handle bolts to the rear guard securing bolt. Better than a CB750F handle and a whole lot better than no handle! They are chrome plated to a very good standard, probably better than could be achieved re-plating a rusty original. They are also made of a thicker wall tube.

I made a handle for the other side, rather handy for lifting the back end around with too many bikes in the garage and somewhere to hook the other end of a cargo net.

PM me if a replica handle would surfice.

tom400f:
Sent you a pm (well I think I have tho not showing in sent...)

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