Honda cb 400f caferacer

scoobie1

Been Around the Block
Ok here i go on the second caferacer project........

this bike has been something of a tease for me
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as it has been sitting there for a couple of years across the street from me
my neighbour stopped riding it and parked it.
i always wanted to convert it to caferacer but he didnt want to sell it
surprise surprise he came to my door and asked me if wanted it
of course i wanted it the deal was made for two 400f
and off we go...
 
the brakes were seized,the seat pretty much toast,rust every where ,battery dead ,general bad shape
but when i put the starter battery on it and turned the fuel on she ran very nice.
so start stripping
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this gave me courage to continue
 
i decided i like to have only a speedo like i did on the kawasaki i build
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and shave the top triple tree
i used the rev counter as a stand in for the speedo
 
the bars that where on the bike when i bought it where clubmans
i generally dont like them so i changed them for the same gilera dna clipons
i had used on the previous project
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flipped upside down ,left bar to the right and shaved down a bit
they look like this
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sorry for the crappy cell phone pic
 
in the last picture you can see the headlight i bought secondhand trough ebay
and the aluminium lamp ears its hanging on
in the picture you can see the shortend fender and the forkboots i bought as well
and also the red paint i decided on......
i didnt like it much in the red
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but it is better then the faded rusty yellow
 
i decided when the front brake caliper was on the bench
i needed to drill the brake disc
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it turned out right and looks much better i think
front brake done caliper mounted and tested
works fine.
next changing the totaly f....up exhaust muffler and headers
i scored one very nice exhaust on marktplaats
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no rust perfect chrome and very cheap
and it is mounted
 
the seat is also in the picture
in the rough first fit
and you can see the rear frame hoop i bent up
and welded to the frame
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the next thing you see in the picture is the side cover
it is actually the side cover of my previous project
the joker.
just a little modified
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the seat is almost done in this picture
and its done for now at least.......
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as i did on my previous build ..
i didn`t like the paint....so here we go again
changing it up to the max
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teaser
 
and i like it much better
off course it is a lot and i mean a lot more work than just red
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and more
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and still more
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and more
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old school baby....
 
and for now the last picture of the bike
on my brand spanking new lift table
with the wheels painted black,the side covers on everything
mounted and bolted down and more details on the tank
i put the honda logo on the tank
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the next thing to do is making some nice picture and post them here this will be done but due to work etc
it wont be untill next week.
hope you all like it post any comments questions you like
good or bad i like to hear what you guys think of it
 
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