The 400cc Riders Club

[venari]

OK, I've just moved from a 750cc to a 400cc and am absolutely loving it!

Just want to know who else is out there on a 400 machine, what you ride and why you chose it?

Members to date:

wr6133
Irn-Bru
pepperami
GT200 Fan79

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[wr6133]

1991 ZZR 400K (a ZZR 600D with a down-sleeved motor and no oil cooler).

Was stupidly cheap with 12 months MOT and tax at a time I needed a replacement bike ASAP.

I like it enough go in it to be reasonably interesting, extremely comfortable so can eat up the miles.

I dropped a couple of teeth on the front and gained a couple on the rear to give it a bit more urgency. Made fuel economy suck though.

Threw it down the road a couple of weeks ago so it's getting slowly repaired. Just fitted a new YSS shock, a stainless and carbon micron system which sounds awesome as you approach the redline. Waiting on replacement fairings from China.

I'll probably put a 600 lump in it come Spring/Summer as it's burning oil now and gaskets, rings, etc for the 400 lump are pricey. Swapped the shite tokico callipers for Nissins a few months back.

As it stands now (with fucked fairings)

https://i.imgur.com/RKKa4UJ.jpg


I'd love a NC30 (VFR) and a GK76A (GSXR). Decent examples of either seem to want silly money though. A place local to me just flogged an NC30 that made the worst use of the term barn find seem nice for £1200.

[pepperami]

Sorry I can't help you on that one yet, my xs400 is still living in the garage, waiting for someone to give it some tlc.

However I have ridden all sorts of bikes in my life, including some larger bikes.
I also now choose to ride a smaller cc bike (250cc) and am happier.
I get less hassle from the piggies, less cost to run, and my insurance is a whole lot less .
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[Oldie]

Talking of nice 400's.......this one caught my eye.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CX400-CUSTOM-ONLY4581-MILES-STUNNING-ORIGINAL-/201400829551?hash=item2ee46cc66f:g:VXEAAOSwLVZVwO4s

[chickenstrip]

[Irn-Bru]

Suzuki DRZ. Cos it's a supermoto, innit
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KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM

[orac]

the little bandit gave up the other, no sign of a spark, with everything that can be tested showing that everything is fine, if I manage to figure out what the issue is it will be getting some new piston and a re-bore.

on a brighter note, I get my new bike tomorrow, which is not a 400
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Current rides - 2016 Triumph Street Triple Rx, 1994 Suzuki Bandit 400 VM, TGB 204 Classic 125cc
"with nothing left to lose, there is everything to gain. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog"

[redeem ouzzer]

https://i.imgur.com/3G9kYwz.jpg

GSXR400RKSP, cause F3 bike on the road innit. Also cost about a grand all in and i'll never be able to afford the 750 version.
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[331X2]

[Fladdem]

ME!

I bought it because I was looking for a road bike, I'm a hoarder and the Super Four was being sold cheap by a member on here, I needed to have it.

I enjoy it, she's a bit slow but good fun all the same.
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Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
I'm having more fun than a well-oiled midget.

[orac]

[dydey90]

I always wanted a ZXR400, but apparently so does everybody else. The only ones I've seen for reasonable money have been dicked with, dropped, crashed or have done daft mileage.

But.. Dem intake tubes. They just give me a feeling in my special place.
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This post is probably not serious and shouldn't be taken literally.
Past: CBR125,ER6f NINJA 650, ZZR600 Current: VFR750

[Alawson68]

I've got at KTM duke 390, absolutely love it, pretty much the same weight as a 125, but with 3 times the power.
Bike before that was a 1968 7hp vespa scooter that I still have and ride.

[redeem ouzzer]

[binge]

First 3 proper bikes were 400s.
Absolutely loved the NC29. Best handling one of the lot I found.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12118646_155196044831429_4831686904433236852_n.jpg?oh=942cab3e960b2863fe9154bcaf12a109&oe=573A9AD9

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12647534_218018688549164_4907581914933416555_n.jpg?oh=95f663714a4e08212d2a0701426721f3&oe=572E5F41



Ben

[Loui5D]

Been looking at getting a zxr 400 for a while now, they get scooped up pretty quickly though.

[salty21]

This has been my daily ride for the past 5 years. most reliable bike ever built and has extra cool points for dual purpose trailer

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/20141012_135820_resized_1.jpg

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/20141012_125144_resized.jpg
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04 NSR 125(sold) ---- 03 CBR 600rr(sold) ----90 pan euro ST1100 '' ----02 CG 125
94 CB400 Super Four ---- 2000 VTR SP1 (sold) ---- 08 ninja p8f(sold, meh) ----05 CBR600rr

[331X2]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

My first bike was a Yamaha XJR400. After I part-exchanged I used to stop off at the showroom after closing so I could look at it! It was there for about a year. I wish I could have kept it. The DVLA vehicle check says it was subsequently exported. XJR400 is one of my eBay saved searches.

In common with others here, I hanker after a ZXR400 as well.

[jtheodore27]

I have one! it's an nc23
old pic.. a fair amount has been done to it since.
https://i.imgur.com/xYllxQQ.jpg?3
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current- '88 CBR400RR

[TallPaul_S]

2001 Honda CB400 Superfour Hyper-VTEC

Here it is at a stop off for a burger in Wales part way through an 800 miles, 2 day trip.

https://i.imgur.com/79bvbWX.jpg


And not the greatest video, but oooh dat VTEC
https://youtu.be/yyiBaGtH9Zk

I need to do a new one with a decent audio recorder and camera at some point.

It's my daily/commuter bike so gets washed once every few months, has been down the road twice, has just had a new clutch cable and sprocket carrier bearing, it's done around 34k miles I think, the last 12k by me in just over a year.
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00 Honda VFR800 | 09 Aprilia Tuono Factory
CBT 06/03/2014 | Mod 1 and Mod 2 passed 15/10/2014

[smallfrowne]

NC30 here, love it. Can't wait till my arm heals and we're back on some sweet sweet curves.

https://i.imgur.com/OjlZTIVl.jpg

Probably won't see it in those colours again for a looong time though, rotten and shoddily sprayed matt black replacements to go on :((

Salty... that bike and trailer looks champion
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'90 VFR750; '89 NC30; '95 DR650; '89 CD250U; ~'82 CG125; ~C90

[Lone-Wolf]

Wotcha.

My 350cc BSA B31 has been bored to take a Triumph Bonneville piston and is now 400cc . . . . .does that count ?

https://www.moonshiners.org.uk/LWMEimages/weekend2015/2015week52.jpg
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L.W. - www.moonshiners.org.uk

[Tdibs]

I would love a Xjr400 or a old honda 400/4!
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Previous : 09 Vanvan 125| 02' Sv650s || Current: 1999 Xj600n | 1992 DR650 RSE | 2005 Fazer 1000

[craigs23]

I've had a few 400s over the years, currently have two NC31 Superfours, a V-tec Superfour, an NC30 and an NC29.

Might have an addiction problem.