Looking for bikes that are too old?

[alan0259]

I keep looking at bikes like the CBR400. I love the look of them and don't want anything mega powerful for my first bike.

I have found this one for £1200, its a 1992 (J) Honda CBR 400 with 21,000 kilometers, looks like brand new!, full tax and test, and 2 owners from new.

I am just paranoid that if I buy something like this, it will drop to peices!

Any advise?

[N cee thirty]

i bought a 1992 cg and thats just falling to pieces

only done 38k miles and thats running in on most bikes
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[Imonster]

21000 Kilometres is nothing....whilst it may have been ragged, the same could apply for an 05 plated R6 for example.

With one exception out of 15ish bikes, I don't think I've ever bought something with less mileage than that on it before
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[Teflon-Mike]

CBR400 isn't a genuine UK bike.
Check the V5 carefully to see when it came into the country.
Jap market were restricted to 45bhp.
Hondas ar well made & can hold thier finish, as well as last mechanically.

IF they are lookes after & not botched or butchered.

In the IK, a CBR400 could be a very good, reliable, 'fun' little bike.
OR
It could be a right Royal PITA

As Japan market bike, SOME parts aren't easily available in the UK.

If hard to get parts have had substitutions made, possibility for butcher & bodging in there.

MORE if some-one has tried 'de-restricting' it on the cheap or without knowing how to do it properly.

If you like, it looks value, then no REAL rason to avoid it; JUST do your research on it well, and inspect hard for signs of bad mechanics.... and look at that V5 for how many numpty UK post learner owners its had, trying to run it on a tight budget....

But, be Warned, it may only be a 400, and it may b old, BUT as a hi-po four cylinder, it wont be far off running costs of a CBR600, as non UK bike there will be loading on the insurance , & as said, you may have to pay over the odds for some hard to find bits.

Running costs on 'big' bikes are often the second shock to a post learner, after discovering power!

One of the reasons that 400's seem to have fallen out of favour in recent years & people tend to step straight up to 500's & 600's.
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[Digit]

I'm currently riding a 1980 CB400!
Starts on the button every time, brakes and stears like it should. Age isn't that important, depends on how it's been treated.

Roy.
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