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Trigger:
I find it strange that the 400 boys always moan at the cost of a engine rebuilds. I always tell people that i can not give a price until it is stripped and checked.
But, if anyone is looking for a fully re-built engine then here is a link (make sure you are sitting down with a stiff drink before you look at the price)>>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CB400F-CB-400-Four-cb-400-4-ENGINE-NEW-0-Miles-/131350365893?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item1e951786c5

Trigger:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on November 20, 2014, 10:49:40 PM ---Bloody hell Trig they could have at least flatted all the chips out of the alloy BEFORE they sprayed it. Part of the upper surface of the point cover area missing, chips in the clutch cover, wrong screws fitted to the points cover, wrong type of bolts fitted to the camchain tensioner IMO. Runs in the paint work in the area above the points cover as well. Might look nice at a glance but doesn't bear close scrutiny.

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But, you do get a free engine stand ;D

SteveD CB500K0:
Brand new apparently now includes items that are restorer and refurbished with aftermarket parts (?)

ka-ja:
Hi,
    Translation problems perhaps, newly re-furbished sounds better, even if they have used poetic license, but £2000 to Dover is a lot of lolly.

matthewmosse:
My mate does engine rebuilds, he gets really fed up with folk who moan about the cost. Most of the cost will be parts, especially if he uses genuine bearings, but as he says, buy a Honda for the quality, then it makes sense to rebuild using Honda bearings and parts or the engine will only be as good as the cheap rubbish bearings you put in it. As he mostly does motx bikes, £1600 wouldn't be unusual what with titanium valves and stuff, and yet customers still want him to save £10 using pattern bearings he knows are made of cheese.
You never know how bad an engine rebuild bill will be until you open it up. I have had running cb550s where basically everything inside was scrap, still ran, rattled and down on power. Only bits worth saving were the clutch and casing. Probably the engine casings if you could weld., even the barrels needed re lining.

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