Dutch Honda CB 400four Cafe Racer Build

El Conio

Active Member
Hi everyone,

I am Roy 35 years old and I live in Holland.
I want to share my CB400four cafe racer build with you all.
My project started Dec31 2012 and at this time the bike is almost finished.
This thread will mostly contain pics that I've made during the build....


As I said... It started Dec31 2012 when I bought this little pink CB400four
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I almost inmidiately started to strip down the bike.
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Removed some extra weight...
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And making a new mounting point for the exhaust
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Meanwhile it's February I got a very nice birthday gift from my wife and kids.... New seat!!
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Bought some second hand shocks from a CB750... They are +/-4cm longer than the original ones from the 400four
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Making some adjustment to the frame...
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I braught the frame to the pouwder coater and started refubishing the gauges.
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(666 the number of the beast ;D )
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The engine got a rebuild...
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And I polished some parts....
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Got the frame and parts back from the powder coater.... looks really nice in Satin black
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Assembly time....
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My youngest son Dean checking the wiring.... :D
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Wheels...
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Father's day.... Tommaselli clubman handlebars....
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Starting to look like a cafe racer
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New aftermarket fender fits like a glove...
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making one good exhaust from three bad ones
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Thanks!

Last week I brought the tank and side covers to the paint shop.
Hopefully it's done next week!

This is the last pic of how it looked still with the pink color on it
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carnivorous chicken said:
Looking good... and I'm guessing you know what el conio sounds like in Spanish?

Yeah.... But it's El Conio not 'el coño' or 'el conejo' ;) ;D ::)
 
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Today I replaced the original contact-breaker points for a new electronic ignition....

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Wow i salute you sir :D thats a cool looking build mate 8) really great finish on the engine wish ide polished my rocker cover chickened out n painted it :-\ also thinkin bout electronic ignition let me know how much difference it makes ;) you got a classy classic there enjoy mate you got the talent :p :p looks like ya son gonna follow in his dads footsteps haha :D keep it up fella check out my thread cb350f 1st project agh!
 
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wot colour ya tins n tank gonna be , sure will make a top finish been sprayed at a shop and how sweet is that 4-1 header all bikes should have that class egh 8)
 
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Can't wait to see the finished result. It looks amazing as of now.


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Thanks Y'all!!!
This is my first build and am also pleased with the result of how it stands right now!
The tank is going to be high gloss black with the original red&gold Honda decalls and on top.
It's going to be painted by a very talented painter at A1 Restores over here in the Netherlands
You can check his portfolio over here https://www.facebook.com/pg/A1restauraties/photos/?tab=albums or here https://www.facebook.com/A1restauraties?fref=ts
 
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The black 4-1 header is going to replaced by this new chrome one...
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WOW 8) seriously beautiful bit of kit those headers 8) they aint cheap here in UK paint job gonna be stunning :p gettin jealous mate :eek: keep up the quality build friend ;)
 
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El Conio said:
The black 4-1 header is going to replaced by this new chrome one...

looks like a David Silver Spare unit to me? Be interested to see how it fits. I had an issue with #2 pipe. They sent a replacement (for free), but it still had to be 'massaged' into place. Can't wait to see the paint job. Great build.

cheers
ian
 
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You're right David Silver does sell them too but I ordered mine at http://shop.honda4.nl/catalog/ and it shure wasn't cheap. :-[

Do you've got a pic with yours fitted on? I'm going to fit mine this weekend if I find the time for that.
 
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Roy Conen said:
You're right David Silver does sell them too but I ordered mine at http://shop.honda4.nl/catalog/ and it shure wasn't cheap. :-[

Do you've got a pic with yours fitted on? I'm going to fit mine this weekend if I find the time for that.

Sorry Roy, missed this post, but it looks like you've found my bike anyway ;)

Firefox reports that link as an attack page ?????

cheers
ian
 
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