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75 CB400 "Dad's old bike" project
Chris400F:
+1 from me too. Removing the main stand just seems like making life difficult when it comes to maintenance.
Re the exhaust, are you intending to try and get hold of a standard system or still thinking of using the header pipes you have to keep the costs down?
Looking back at the early pics you posted the system shown is definitely aftermarket although I can't work out what it is.
Also wondering whether you have had any joy in finding anywhere to store and work on the bike, if you could be losing your current storage.
SteveD CB500K0:
My Tiger 800 came without a centre stand. It's a £160 option (!)
No problem, I thought, I'll get a rear paddock stand.
£100 and two paddock stands later, wished I'd stumped up for the Triumph kit in the first place.
Steve
Pops400:
Thanks all, this is all useful. Any feedback/ suggestions on the seat situation?
£160 for a centre stand, Steve?! :-X
Chris, thanks for pointing that out, I thought it was a standard system, not aftermarket, so had planned to use the headers and replace the muffler, (to keep costs down as you said). This is where it's a problem not being able to see any for points of reference. How can you tell it's aftermarket?
I have managed to get someone to share the unit and costs, along with the person I was already sharing with, so space is getting tight after this weekend, but at least I can keep the project going and it won't be outside on the patio. ::)
Thanks for the replies, all. I need to understand as I go along to keep it going. Please keep the advice coming.
SteveD CB500K0:
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£160 for a centre stand, Steve?!
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Gone up since then:
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Chris400F:
--- Quote from: Pops400 on February 25, 2016, 01:16:31 PM ---Chris, thanks for pointing that out, I thought it was a standard system, not aftermarket, so had planned to use the headers and replace the muffler, (to keep costs down as you said). This is where it's a problem not being able to see any for points of reference. How can you tell it's aftermarket?
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The standard collector is 'flat', with the four pipes entering in a line. Yours looks to be 'square', with two pipes above and two below.
Two pipes are welded to the collector and two are held in place by clamps, can't remember whether 1 & 3 or 2 & 4.
The silencer is also separate and clamped to the collector whereas yours is integral.
Motad make an aftermarket replica system which has the same shape pipes and collector with all pipes separate from the collector:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB400-4-Complete-Exhaust-System-/161988706082?hash=item25b7477f22:g:QkQAAOSwzgRWvHXF
Yours could be a Motad system - certainly later ones (there was one on my bike when I got it) had the ends of the downpipes flared and used the standard clamps and collars rather than having integral collars welded to the pipes although I think some earlier ones used the integral collars scheme.
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