1977 CB400F Super Sport "Give Up"

[Erskine]

I'd clean it in situ for now. Sounds like keeping it in the frame will give you the best engine stand.
If you liberally soak it with a cleansing agent and keep on working away at the crap over a period of time it'll come good. Polishing the bollocks out of it will not make it any more reliable or reconditioned

[joe-nh]

Hey man, i'm glad i found this thread! i;ve got the same bike as you and have been having the carb issues you've been describing. thanks for the help everybody. good luck with the build i'll be checkin in.

[PHeller]

Update March 2011:


I've made progress on putting the harness back to stock, including cleaning up the electrical panel and going to a modern fuse setup.


Once I get the harness back in place my hope is to try starting the bike again. It may be difficult now that my carbs have sat off the bike for close to 5 months.


My hope is that with the bike back to mostly stock setup, it'll run well enough to check the condition of the engine, then start modifying in a given direction.

[lassenc]

The wiring on old bikes can be a real pain. I was/am in the same situation as you, burned wires, wires soldered together badly, nonsense splicing etc.

But on the other hand, when fixing it, it's nice to know that what you are doing only makes the bike in a better condition than it was before. If you are not comfortable with wiring it might be an idea to look for a new harness, price depending.

Get heatshrink in various sizes, connectors and spare wire, tin and a soldering iron, it'll be worth it if you're going ahead.

Good luck on the project!

[PHeller]

thanks for the support. I probably will get a soldering iron and some equipment for that as well.


Worked on some Photoshop concepts today. I'm rather impressed. Which do you prefer?


Concept 2: Cafe?


Concept 3: Tracker?

[PHeller]

Stock harness...it was nice knowing you. Let the surgery begin!

[PHeller]

Wiring is done, at least for now. Gotta get this thing running, aesthetics can come later...

[PHeller]

Sold to Big Rich.


Follow its progress here.

Moving on to XS650.