1979 CM400T

Oil Cooker Designs · May 10, 2013

Hello, everyone. I finally brought my CM400 out of the basement and into the sunny backyard. After a winter of tearing the bike down to the frame,cleaning, chopping, sanding, painting, etc. She is almost finished and ready for the road.
I started with a completely stock 1979 CM400T.The only things wrong with it when I bought it was the overall look and the factory paint was faded. The bike shop did a compression test (150/155),changed all the fluids, adjusted the carbs and did an overall inspection. Here she is behind the bike shop and on the way home.

Oil Cooker Designs · May 11, 2013

A couple build pics

Oil Cooker Designs · May 11, 2013

A couple more

Oil Cooker Designs · May 11, 2013

Here she is as of today I still need a headlight and taillight and maybe some header wrap. Oh and a few washers for spacing the rear shocks they r originally for a honda cl125/250. Im going to post a video next week.

Oil Cooker Designs · May 11, 2013

Here she is with the next project bike.

neondave · May 21, 2013

Very nice I picked up an 82 cm450 for 140 bucks I'm chopping for my gf its gonna be a one of a kind that's for sure.

Oil Cooker Designs · May 27, 2013

Still learning how to add a you tube video I hope this works http://youtu.be/W_Sa3hnjyPc

Oil Cooker Designs · May 27, 2013

Cool, that was easy.

Oil Cooker Designs · May 28, 2013

I got some free LED lights from a buddy. Just to see how they look I made a cardbord bracket to attach them and wire the up. I was worried that they would be to small for people to see.

Oil Cooker Designs · May 28, 2013

People will see them for sure, man they are bright. First one is running and other is brakes.

Oil Cooker Designs · May 28, 2013

After figuring the LEDs out I went to auto value and they had this tail light for 8 bucks. What a deal

Oil Cooker Designs · May 28, 2013

Its a good day got my headlight in not to long ago. Not bad for 10 bucks.

Oil Cooker Designs · May 28, 2013

Switched the bars last night, definitely like the straight bars more. The more I look at cafe racer style bikes the more I like them. I am going to pick up some clip on handle bars and see how they look on her.

Oil Cooker Designs · Jun 7, 2013

Well, the straight bars are off and the originals are back on( master cylinder leak?), I got the headlight and taillights on and working, I have to install the speedometer, grips and licence plate and she is done for this season.

pesmrealistic · Jun 8, 2013

Way cool build man keep up the sano work.

Oil Cooker Designs · Jun 8, 2013

Thanks, Ive bookmarked your build.

misfitfiend · Aug 13, 2013

I just found your thread and I like what I see. It's not easy to make those frames look good. How's the clearance with the rear tire and fender? They look like they would rub going over bumps.

Bronson · Aug 15, 2013

Great build.. I'm working on my 79 CM400T as well. I purchased an original rear fender on Ebay. Is it necessary to have the rear inner fender on as well? I'm going for a bobber look for my bike.

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