CB-400 Super four

[TallPaul_S]

I'm still on the lookout for my first big bike, an Aprilia Shiver - however part of me is still open to buying a cheap winter bike. Whilst browsing ebay, I've stumbled across this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CB-400-SUPER-FOUR-/291280020190?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item43d1a462de

Might just have to have a look at the weekend, anything I need to look out for? What are they like? Part of me really fancies this a acheap winter hack, cover it in ACF-50 and run it all winter
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[P.addy]

Overpriced dealer by far.

Good bikes, revvy and make a decent noise.

Get it down to a grand.

[TallPaul_S]

Hmm, yeah looking at the pics closer it's a little ropey around the enges, not sure if I could deal with the Kph speedo either.
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[DrSnoosnoo]

"money spent including stainless exhaust" - it's a Lextech end can which screams budget to me.
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[wr6133]

Lextech can and dominators . Leads me to guess up close the paintjob is going to be dogshit.

[Mudshark]

they might have cleaned the switchgear properly.
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[P.addy]

If you want winter hack, sv with fender extender.

[CBFcarl]

I like the look of that, but absolutely try to haggle them down.
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[stevo as b4]

Is a CB400 Superfour not a bit too nice a bike for a Winter hack?

If you had said a CB250N then I might have understood!

If that was me, I know exactly what would happen. I would spend ages ripping apart and restoring the CB400SF and making it too mint for winter, and at the same time I would forget I even owned the Big Aprilia.

[BravoCharlie]

dunno if those headlights would be any use for the cold winters nights tbh, i'm not a fan of them!

massive fan of the bikes however, and if you can knock money off that then i'd take it but maybe not as a winter hack. but that's just me!
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[P.addy]

2nd to last pic, rear wheel one, does it look like its dented to anyone else at the top right?

[BravoCharlie]

[c_dug]

Since when was one and a half grand "cheap winter hack" money!?

Knock a grand off the price and it becomes a hack.
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[CG Sam]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1992-SUZUKI-BANDIT-400-BLACK-RED-LONG-MOT-SPARE-REPAIR-EASY-PROJECT-/111518712919?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item19f7088457 Cheap winter hack? Battery charger and a can of carb cleaner. That is of course if it is how it's described.
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[P.addy]

Bandit 400, the only thing its good for is starting a fire, even then it won't burn for long because that will break also.

[CG Sam]

Take it you're not a fan then?
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[P.addy]

[G]

They are pretty, but you can get an otherwise very similar CB1 for a third of the price.

[edit]Kinda ruined the 'pretty' by the generic dominator headlights, though .[/edit]

[moonzoomer]

How did the bike get a UK registration with a KPH speedo? just curious.

[P.addy]

[TallPaul_S]

So, another cb400 has come up for sale, much much nicer this time, and a 2001 VTEC version - https://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181596060410&globalID=EBAY-GB&alt=web

Mph speedo (not sure if it's had a conversion or what) 2001 bike registered in the uk 2 years after it was built, and insurance cost to swap over from the baby vara is £3.27 if staying on TPFT or £56 changing to fully comp (all broker fees).

At 6ft 3in, how uncomfortable will a cb400 be?

As I'm gonna be moving soon and don't know whether I'll have a garage, the slightly cheaper bike route is making more sense, at least until the spring when I'll have a years ncd, and will be settled into a new place.
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[GeorgeB.]

I'm 6ft 3" and weigh 18st, mine is comfortable, even two up with the missus.
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[garth]

Nice looking bike - should be fine at your height.

I've a CB-1 at the moment which is physically smaller than that, comfy enough at 6'2.
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[Eddie Hitler]

Plot twist; Paddy has a bandit 400 stripped in his bed. Parts everywhere.

It be luv.

Didn't get on really with my Superfour. Great little bike but I'm too tall for one.

[P.addy]

I'd buy that, knock em down a bit.

Never ridden the VTEC one, but the VTEC car I had was "fun" in terms of noise and the way it went after 4k.

Brother in laws lives outside, so probably be fine, just grab a cover.