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 Posted: 12:32 - 09 Mar 2011  Post subject: CB1 400 |
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here we have my cb1 400 1991 with a few dents and scratches about it, but in a good condition for a 20 year old bike 26000 on the clock and not bad for only £200! as a non runner
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so we get her home to adress the starting issue and got to work straight away, with a battery hooked up and clocks all lit up i pressed the starter with no luck. :'( 3 hours later and plently of tinkering with the stater connections she fired up nicely and 7 hours later she striped down to the frame
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| Posted: 13:03 - 09 Mar 2011 Post subject: |
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EDIT: Double post for some reason 
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| Posted: 13:08 - 09 Mar 2011 Post subject: |
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so we sent off the wheels and frame for powder coating and they came back looking sweet.
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it then came to me which colour should i paint it?.. its original blue or something else? well black was my final descicion and i wanted the engine to also have a more modern look. so.... i also used black
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7 weeks down the line and shes all done, what do you think?
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| milned1 wrote: | | T0MMY wrote: | These are great bikes; why is it a non-runner? |
she was ready for an mot and when they went to get her to run it just wouldnt start! which turned out to be a lose connection at the back of the starter |
But bikes don't need to be running to have an MOT?
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| tvchimp wrote: | | Blurredman wrote: |
But bikes don't need to be running to have an MOT? |
What? Since when?  |
Well, since they arn't tested for emittions it needn't be run. That's what my MOT station said.
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| CHR15 wrote: | | Quote: | But bikes don't need to be running to have an MOT? |
they don't.
but it usually helps if you can ride the bike to the mot place! |
It was carted there.
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Seriously impressive! It strikes me how similar the CB1 is to my Bros 400...but I wish my Bros looked like that 
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| T0MMY wrote: | | beechbone wrote: | Seriously impressive! It strikes me how similar the CB1 is to my Bros 400...but I wish my Bros looked like that |
I've had both and they are very similar. Wish I still had the Bros actually, it's a slightly better city bike whilst the CB-1 is better on NSL roads in my opinion. It's a shame they don't make many bikes likes this anymore really. |
Yeah the Bros is great around town. It pulls from very low in the rev range so overtakes are quick and painless. I've not found it too bad on motorways either, although admittedly I've got nothing to compare it to.
After doing 240 miles on it this weekend (M25 and M3), it cruises at 70 at about 6k rpm and 80 isn't exactly hard work either. Other than the inevitable problems I've had with it (exploding fork seals, tyre valve stem etc), that I'll put down to it being pretty much sat for about a decade I think I've got a really good all round bike for not very much money. 
I would definitely like to ride a CB1 or a CB400 Super Four at some point though, just out of curiosity really...
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