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The moment of truth...
Drew400:
Thanks chaps.
Will get the insurance sorted soon!
Cheers, D.
Lynx:
Congratulation Drew! Another classic Honda saved from the scrappy and an excellent bit of video too ;).
JamesH:
Personally I think they're beautifully balanced looking bike (from the RHS at least - what's not to love about the swooping headers?). And that's coming from a die-hard lover of the 750's...
Drew - you've done an amazing job on your restoration and should be rightly proud. Well done mate.
Go on then OddJob surprise us - what's your mysterious favourite?
Lobo:
Sorry OddJob... very remiss of me (!)... now amended to...
"Pesonally, I reckon Honda just about got everything so right on this bike."
I'll choose my words more carefully in future!
Simon
Drew400:
Thanks for the comments and compliments, chaps.
I have no expertise to discuss tensioner engineering, but I do agree with the general style comment that 4 into anything else usually looks better than 4 into 1 (sorry 750F fans). However, even though the the 400 design was apparently a correction for an engineering problem (apocryphal story perhaps?), the bike has subsequently acquired iconic status as a result. The beauty of the header pipes has defied the aging process of all other aspects of the bike and many other bikes too.
As mentioned it's my first SOHC, despite being a fan for a long time. Maybe one day I'll get a 4 into 4.
In the meantime, I did have a C50. Fond memories of arriving for my first date with my now Mrs. after the Yamaha XS1100 she was expecting (to impress her dad) rolled off the stand with a rear puncture. No chance of pulling it back up to effect a repair; especially with by best clothes & smelly on under my bike gear and after a bath too! Yup, the C50, ultra-reliabe, albeit after getting used to the front suspension-induced sea sickness!
Puncture was a good excuse to go back for a 2nd date on the following day on a pretty impressive big bike!
Cheers,
D.
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