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kettle738:
Hi all, I just bought a 1976 CB400f, one owner since 1977 and less than 7,000m from new  ;D  ...... but unfortunately it was kept under a cover for the last umpteen years and the corrosion is fairly horrendous  :( .

Although I know my way round CB750K0s, GT750s and various others, it's a many years since I had a CB400f and daft as it may seem I've forgotten what the original finish is on some parts such as the wheel hubs and rear brake plate........can anyone enlighten me or is there a rivet counters reference website somewhere for the 400f?


Mick...........kettle738

mike the bike:
Honda just lacquered over bare alloy, which didn't last long in British winters.

kettle738:

Thank you for that......does that include the rear brake plate?  The reason I ask is I keep seeing silver painted ones. (on my bike as the owner did a 'paintbrush resto' about six years ago)

But to clarify.......both hubs and rear brake plate are bare alloy, polished in the usual places and  lacquered in exactly the same way as the CB750?

Mick............kettle738   

mike the bike:
Yes

SteveD CB500K0:
Mick - you are a glutton for punishment...

Saw your K0 in MCN last week. I was at that photo shoot. It was out Charlesbury way and the photographer (Kieth Manning?) was lying in the road with a 400mm lens about 200 metres down the hill. The bike was across the road. It was great until Mr Farmer came over the hill in his tractor. That photo probably took a couple of hours...

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You can see how many times we moved the bloody thing by the scrapes on the road surface.

Happy days.

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