First Bike - CBR400RR

[smithyithy]

Hi, so this is my first proper bike (obviously excluding scooters and pit bikes).. 1990 Honda CBR400RR (NC23). Picked it up at the start of the year for a grand.

Few little scuffs and nicks here and there but for a 23 year old bike it's a cracker! Started my lessons not long after buying it and after some messing around from my training school, my Mod 2 is Thursday 25th!

When I got the bike it wanted for nothing tbh, battery kinda died on me through the cold weather until I got an Optimiser, but I had it running here and there although it struggled quite a bit. Last week got a local guy called The Bike Doc to some and sort out any electrical niggles, calibrate the carbs and fit a new choke cable, guy was a legend and it now starts and runs like a dream, he commented that the rest of the bike was superb and needs no extra attention

I'm a bit of a clean freak so I used a bunch of my overpriced car cleaning products as well and some new bike specific stuff to clean it, fairings off etc got rid of any tar and shit, gave it a coat of wax, polished up as much metal as I could, treated all the black plastics.

Erm, the bike is completely stock apart from a Viper end can (not actually sure if it's a can or a slip-on?) which sounds lovely! And a fake carbon tax disk holder cause the bike didn't come with one. It's had upgraded headlight bulbs at some point so they're a nice pure white rather than matchstick yellow! Also the number plate was a bit tatty and enormous, so I got a slightly smaller one made but as legal as possible.

Oh, and the old pillion seat was red and worn to shit, so while I was still at my old job I got it retrimmed in black synthetic material used for horse saddles!

Future plans; Probably get the wheels repainted as they're a bit corroded, the front more-so, maybe heated grips, crash bobbins maybe but I need the swingarm ones so I can use one of those stands!

Anyway enough chatting, pictures..

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Before by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Before by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Tax by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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New Plate by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Work In Progress by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Carb Setting Up by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Carbon Tax by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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New Seat by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Viper Can by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Rear Quarter by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Side by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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CBR400RR by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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Front2 by Smithyithy, on Flickr

Comments etc welcome,

Cheers, Chris.

[1260pete]

That looks awesome fella very clean always fancied either one of these or the rvf,,, only one thing i would change and thats the can get the grinder out and shorten it a little
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[smithyithy]

Cheers man. Yeah I've thought about taking a few inches off the can, I don't want it proper stubby but maybe just a bit shorter, we shall see..

[1260pete]

[Sako]

nice and clean, don't see many in that condition.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Yeah man - that looks ace. I don't normally go much on fully fared stuff but an il4 400 would make such a racket, I'd love it.
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Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[R1AL]

Looks real nice mate. I've just bought a Fireblade and the front seat needs recovering, where did you get it done and what sort of price does it cost?....also good luck with your mod 2!

[bodger]

Bike looks great. Very envious. Hope you remembered to transfer the little reflector from the old number plate to the bike. MOT failure as daft as it sounds, if you get a strict tester

[smithyithy]

[churchdownfly...]

great little bikes I had mine for ten years, put a gullarm rear wheel in it so it takes a wider tyre plus a 440cc big bore motor sad day when it went but an old shoulder injury meant it got just too uncomfortable

[smithyithy]

[Joncrete Cungle]

[churchdownfly...]

I aquired a replacement motor from a guy in Liverpool who used it for racing, very quick would hold a R6 up to about three figures in a straight line and would loose it through the twistys, would I buy another ,,,,,you bet I would

[Sable]

She looks lovely

[heehaw]

Sweet man
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Retro Rider Bicycles: CB125TDC, CBR400RR, BSA Bantam.

[heehaw]

Sweet man
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Retro Rider Bicycles: CB125TDC, CBR400RR, BSA Bantam.

[smithyithy]

Couple photos a friend took the other night:

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1008737_263561047117537_1008206008_o by Smithyithy, on Flickr

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1008313_263561043784204_664383406_o by Smithyithy, on Flickr