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    Flashing Taillight/Signal WIring Issue, Solved!

    Solved!. See below. Recently did a engine rebuild and installed some new headlight brackets on my 78 CB400T, so I had to disconnect all thr wiring at the front of the bike. Got everything back together , but now I'm having issues with the signal wiring and the tailight. Here are teh...
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    1978-81 CB/CM400 Factory Service Manual, Not Clymers

    Found this on the hondatwins.net board. A scanned copy of the factory shop manual for the 78-81 400 Twins. http://www.mediafire.com/?cnkmdznfjgz Enjoy, Mike
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    Had a brain fart.... Over Torqued Head Gasket

    Well, I was cruising along on my engine rebuild, getting everything put back together. I wasn't paying close enough attention when i looked up the cylinder head bolt torque value. The manual says 30-36Nm, or 22-26 lb/ft. I torqued them to 33 lb/ft. Didn't catch it until after I started the...
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    CM400/CB400 Steering Stem lengths

    I've got a 78 CB400T, and I want to lower the front end slightly and stiffen up the front triples. The Cb400t's 78-80, and the cm400E used a weak stamped steel upper triple, but the CM400t, cm400c and 81-82 cb400t/cb450t/cm450t used a aluminum upper triple clamp. The way the stamped triple is...
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    Exhaust Gasket Options

    Still slowly working on my CB400T Hawk, this time mounting some Emgo Shorty mufflers to the stock collector box. I don't want to weld them. I'd also rather not ditch the box as it's in really good shape and probable provides most of the muffling. here is the colector box: The shorty...
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    Wiring Rear SIgnals as Running Lights

    I just got some new signals for my CB400T. They are 3-wire EMGO's. They wired up fine in the front; signals work and running lights also. I installed the same set on the rear, but the bike only had 2-wire rear signals. The stock rear didn't stay lit up like the fronts. I got the rear...
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    Lacking top end speed. CB400T

    I got a 78 CB400T that I have been been tinkering with for a year or so. I went through the carbs completely and made sure everything was spotless. New gasket set, air-cut diaphragms, syncronized, everything. The stock jets are 75 primary, 110 secondary. I upped the primary to an 80 which...
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