o1marc
Over 1,000 Posts
diesel450 said:Hi all, Been absent for a while but wanted to start a thread for this build as I'm super excited about it. CB400F fully faired for the street. You just don't see enough vintage bikes on the street with fairings. I understand why; most bikes weren't faired for the street, actually none that I can think of until the 80's. ?? And those fairings are expensive. Plus most of us want to show off the beauty of the vintage motors and intake etc. I get it. CB400F is the perfect bike for this then. the motor is butt ugly and the rest of the lines, well, pedestrian. By adding a fairing it will make the one true design innovation on this bike pop. The first ever factory 4-1 exhaust. I found a fairing design that does not hide this but accentuates it.
I love this fairing design. It turns out that this pic is just a rendering and as far as I know this fairing has not actually been made. I'm going to make it or get it made. we'll see which.
First thing though is get the bike running and that starts with these shitty carbs.
Motor has good even compression so I'm going to clean the carbs and see what I've got before going any further. Unfortunately I am going to have to pull this rack all the way apart to get the job done. Im using a carb cleaner soak and then a bath in the ultrasonic cleaner.
Here we go!
I'm a big fan of that bike also and was disappointed to learn it is a rendering. I am in the process of making that seat for mine. Cool idea how the fairing is molded above the pipes, I'd like to see how the other side is done, if it's symmetrical or not.
