Post by: Scottish Badger on November 01, 2022, 09:39:59 PM
Bought myself a 1978 CB400F a few weeks ago, finally scratching a childhood itch from when I was a spotty youth in the very early 80's. It joins my ever-expanding collection, an original unmolested 1980 Honda XL500s, a fully restored 1981 XL185s (last year's restoration project) and a 1998 Triumph Thunderbird Sport 900.
The 400 ran rough on three, stripped and cleaned the carbs and re-balanced them, she now purrs nicely on all 4 but the no.4 needs to come apart again as it started to weep fuel through the overflow today - after being perfect for almost 2 weeks! Slowly working my way through a full end-to-end check-over and service, I've already trued up the back wheel, done an oil change, new plugs and HT caps, next task is to replace the rocker cover seal as it weeps when hot. I hope to run it next year whilst I rebuild a spare engine, then strip it this time next year and have the frame blasted and powdercoated, and probably repaint to Parakeet Yellow, as the current red is for an earlier F, not the F2.
The 400 is "XRH 302S" if anyone knows any history on it, it spent quite a few years around Central Scotland, two previous owners were in Larbert and Mid-Calder areas and another previous owner to that was down in the Hull area.
Cheers.
Post by: Nurse Julie on November 01, 2022, 09:45:50 PM
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Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on November 02, 2022, 06:48:56 AM
I guess they were pretty rare in the 80’s
Welcome by the way.
Steve
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Post by: Orcade-Ian on November 02, 2022, 09:36:15 AM
I think the Hull History Society have the registration records safely stored before DVLC came along - now DVLA. They might be able to find the supplying dealer (Miles Kingsport or Hull Motorcycle centre) and possibly first owner. You could also put a bit in Hull Daily Mail for info. Ash (Ashimoto) a regular contributor on here lives in the area - he might know something.
Nice collection of machines there - plenty of 400/4 owners on here - including me!
Ian
Post by: Matt_Harrington on November 02, 2022, 09:52:18 AM
Matt
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on November 02, 2022, 09:59:30 AM
Nurse Julie's 400 rebuild under the Projects section is an interesting read.
Post by: Scottish Badger on November 02, 2022, 01:43:05 PM
Post by: Laverda Dave on November 02, 2022, 02:47:12 PM
If you paint your bike Parakeet yellow you will also get an extra 5mph out of it, yellow was the fastest colour😉.
Post by: Bryanj on November 02, 2022, 04:30:46 PM