400's...

[Type_Mo]

Hi All.

Looking to buy a 400, preferbly a GSXR or ZXR.

I just want to know which 400 you have baught, how much you paid and the details of the bike. Pics would be good to!

Also if anyone has any good 400's for sale around the South London / Kent area then gimme a shout
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[TOM M]

I had a zxr400, paid £1500 for it and loved it. I only sold it because i found it a bit too cramped up and wanted a change to a 600, which should be arriving shortly

Just make sure that the cam chain and valve clearences have been done as i had to fork out for them not long after buying it.
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[TOM M]

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[Blackrhythms]

I have a CBR 400! (Pics of it are in the general bike pics section ) It's not a bad little bike, but as 400's go, I'd rather an NC30 anyday! Just very hard to get one over here that's not been thrashed within an inch of it's life! I paid just over 1800 euros for it (which works out at roughly just over £1200) and it's got 40,000 odd kilometres on the clock. It's 16 years old and I'm only the 3rd registered owner of it (in this country) I had some problems with the running of it in the beginning, but discovered it was the pick-ups on it - since then it's been running fine!
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[_Will_]

Funny you should mention, my dads selling a zx400(zxr/Imoprt)
If you be intrested i will get info and pics
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[Blackrhythms]

Ok to save you going looking -

https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/blackrhythms/cbr2.jpg

https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/blackrhythms/cbr1.jpg
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[Blackrhythms]

That's a lovely ZXR Tom!
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[TOM M]

[tony532]

i owned a suzuki gsxr400rrsp 1990 model for a year

sadly i had to sell her but i still have fond memories of her.
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aprilia rs125 - suzuki gsxr400rrsp 1990 - yamaha yzf600r thundercat - honda hornet 6

[EuropeanNC30R...]

Paid £1500 for my 91' vfr400 nc30 a bit over three years ago. It had around 44k km when I bought it, I've put about 47k km on it myself. Has been fairly reliable, apart from the usual rectifier issues. Not good for heated grips, the charging system isn't very powerful. Good fun and a nice solid engine, it's just started sipping a little oil now.

https://www.motocapers.com/gallery3/d/3007-1/Spain06edited+129.jpg

[djr]

If i had to buy a sports 400 it'd be either a zxr400 l9 or fzr400, not looked at the fzr's much with a view to buying them but the zxr400's generally sell for quid a lot of money compared to sports 600's cause the masses still want them . Also the l9 zxr400 is one of few 400 sports bikes that was offically imported i believe.

[Blackrhythms]

Swap ya Maurice!!
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

[Blackrhythms]

[SoND]

1990 CBR400, £930 with free ART can and restriction certificate and brand new tyres.

Pretty good condition, couple of scratches, fairings were cracked but fixed up decently and it's not corroded to shit either. I'll have it ruined by the end of the winter
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[LUXY DJ]

so is it deffo happening then mo?

you & alex both getting off the 125 geared & jumping on the 400's

should be a muc better ride out on next 1
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[craigs23]

I started with a 1978 CB400/4 which I paid £750 for. Used it for my 33bhp probation period, did it up a bit (not to the extent of my bikes now), sold it for £1500.

Then I had a 1993 Bandit 400VVT. Bit of a naff bike, but handy for the 60 miles a day trip to Uni and back for 2 years - once I'd baggged up all the electrics as they didn't like water. Bought for £1500, sold for £1350.

Final year of Uni I treated myself to a 1989 NC30. Bought for £1500 at the time, was written off when a car rear ended it at 35mph.

Then I had a 1996 CBR400 Gullarm to try and replace the NC30. Didn't have the charm of the V4, or the midrange - an all or nothing bike. Too small for me too. Bought for £1950 from a dealers, sold for £2500 in exchange for...

...my 1994 RVF400. The first proper 'modifyable' 400 I bought. Cost £3350 from a dealers, spent 9 months cleaning and tweaking the thing, thought I wanted a bigger bore sportsbike (which I later found out that I didn't - hence why I sold the Blade), sold for over £4k after someone spotted the ad on Ebay.

After a 10 month stint on my Blade, I came to the realisation that I get most of my biking kicks out of 400s. So I made a deal with a chap who wanted the Blade and ended up with this. Currently insured at £2500, though I'm likely to increase that once I've finished and claimed for all the aftermarket parts.

[Rob W]

I'm selling my '91 ZXR400 in Green/White/Blue. I'm in Essex, not far from Dartford tunnel and I could deliver within reason.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=1159739#1159739

PM me if your interested, .
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[the grim reaper]

I had the VFR NC30 and loved it, like most I still have fond (if distant) memories of it. Having ridden the VFR (which is a bit quicker than the RVF) and ZXR 400s back to back, I found the ZXR to be a horrible, gutless bike. My mate had it and it fell apart over winter

I'd look hard for a decent NC30 if I was you, leave anything that rattles or smokes though.

Cheers

Grim
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[NSR Mick]

My old 1993 GSXR400, cost me too much, they can be had for less than a grand £1500 - 1800 for a very good one.

https://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a50/micklivesey/gsxr/dsc00211.jpg
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[Dom_]

1992 CBR400rr 38000kms on the clock with a bit of history, new rear tyre, decent chain + sprockets. Bike in pretty much mint condition. Double bubble + standard screen.
Paid £1450 for it around 11 months ago.

https://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/Dom_w/107_0751LargeMedium.jpg

[Blau Zedong]

I had a GSXR400RKSP for a couple of years, looked great, unburstable engine even under ritual abuse (holding it on the limiter in neutral / drag starts etc). Not really a good roadbike, uncomfortable, tall 1st gear and pretty irritating to ride unless being brayed to within an inch of it's life on twisty roads, in which case it was perfect. The J and K model Gixxer 4's have a better engine then the later "high frame" ones, same power but have a definite feel of coming onto cam at about 9500 rpm, the later engine is a bit antiseptic and flat like an FZR motor, alot less exciting to ride IMHO. At the time about 6 of us had slingshot GSXR's and rode like twats, and I reckon the GSXR400 engine is as close to unbustable as you'll find. Oh, and they are a right twat to work on............
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[Rejimbo]

https://w1.bikepics.com/pics/2006%5C09%5C10%5Cbikepics-675439-full.jpg
1992 L2 zxr400, 25000km with full stainless 'beet' system, some history, 2 new tyres, came with an awful purple flip screen, £1400

[Blackrhythms]