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Title: Cb400f!
Post by: ASTAC on November 13, 2005, 11:14:52 AM

1977 Honda CB400F "Cafe Racer"

Spent a long time building this thing from a virtual pile of junk....just need to get the seat professionally upholstered and it will "good to go"

(http://www.geocities.com/astacinstructor/360bb.gif)

Sorry so small....that was made into an Avatard....heres a bigger one.

(http://www.geocities.com/rookairforce/DSCN1196.JPG)

(http://www.geocities.com/rookairforce/DSCN1204.JPG)

Title: Cb400f!
Post by: Pei on November 13, 2005, 11:27:01 PM

Nice looking little bike. What does she go like?

Title: Cb400f!
Post by: ASTAC on November 14, 2005, 05:07:59 AM

Engine still need some adjustments made...It's pretty quick though...but so far top end is only about 85 and it's supposed to be about 103mph

Title: Cb400f!
Post by: detch01 on November 14, 2005, 01:48:16 PM

Very nice! I had one of these (my first bike) and loved it. Not super powerful but you can fix that (try oversizing the jets and installing a ram-air system on it - sorry can't remember the sizes or everything that I did to it, it was almost 30yrs ago ). It's a great little bike, easy to throw around and a whole bunch of fun on twisty roads.

Cheers,
asw

Title: Cb400f!
Post by: storch on November 14, 2005, 06:26:47 PM

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Originally posted by detch01
Very nice! I had one of these (my first bike) and loved it. Not super powerful but you can fix that (try oversizing the jets and installing a ram-air system on it - sorry can't remember the sizes or everything that I did to it, it was almost 30yrs ago ). It's a great little bike, easy to throw around and a whole bunch of fun on twisty roads.

Cheers,
asw

me too it was light, fun and reasonably fast for it's day.

Title: Cb400f!
Post by: lazs2 on November 16, 2005, 08:45:48 AM

My son gave me a 76' BMW R75/6..  I like riding an old "naked" bike with all of the pastic fantastic warriors out there.   I don't think it will go over 110 tho.   Will do low 13 sec quarters.  fast enough to go to the local Wall mart on..  It is a strange bike... so quiet (after new mufflers) that my girfriend and I can converse at 45 or 50 and as smooth at 85 as at 40.

lazs

Title: Cb400f!
Post by: slimm50 on November 16, 2005, 10:21:21 AM

Sweet bike. My dad would never let me own a bike. As a cop, had to write up too many bike accidents to stomach letting me have one. Then I married a gal who thought bikes were evil....wish I'da known that sooner . Now I'm just not that interested in 'em like I was in my youth. But pics like yours takes me back to the days of my youth, when I'd sneak rides on my buddies' bikes.

Title: Cb400f!
Post by: slimm50 on November 16, 2005, 10:24:39 AM

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Originally posted by lazs2
My son gave me a 76' BMW R75/6..  I like riding an old "naked" bike with all of the pastic fantastic warriors out there.   I don't think it will go over 110 tho.   Will do low 13 sec quarters.  fast enough to go to the local Wall mart on..  It is a strange bike... so quiet (after new mufflers) that my girfriend and I can converse at 45 or 50 and as smooth at 85 as at 40.

lazs

Lazs2, that's one really cherry ride. I know exactly what you mean about riding a "naked" bike like that, especially a beemer. Classic black with no frills, just wonderfully smooth German engineering.

P.S. can ya post a pic?