ianholdendc
New Member
Hi guys,
My name is Ian, i'm from Johannesburg, South Africa and I found this forum when I was looking for Honda CB400 Cafe mods. You guy seem to have a LOT here
A brief history, I studied mechanics in high school and college and I bought a CB400 (about 20 years ago and in parts) for a Cafe Racer kind of build. I never managed to get it off the ground, I was too busy chasing tail at that time ;D
Anyways, for the last 3 years or so I find myself going back to the second hand lists in the paper looking for a Honda CB400, I have no idea why but for some reason the bike just appeals to me. Towards the end of last year I thought screw it, let me but a brand new retro (just for the sake of convenience) and I was looking at brand new Royal Enfield 500 Classic. That all fell through so i'm back to looking a CB400
A question to everybody out there, i'm looking for doing either a Cafe Racer or Bobber type of build, what would be a good bike to look out for. CB400's are pretty scarce out here unless they are in pieces, theres a few running CX500's and GS450's and a nice Kawasaki Z650 that needs a lot of work. Any bike thats easier than the rest to tackle? Any bikes that I should definately avoid?
My name is Ian, i'm from Johannesburg, South Africa and I found this forum when I was looking for Honda CB400 Cafe mods. You guy seem to have a LOT here
A brief history, I studied mechanics in high school and college and I bought a CB400 (about 20 years ago and in parts) for a Cafe Racer kind of build. I never managed to get it off the ground, I was too busy chasing tail at that time ;D
Anyways, for the last 3 years or so I find myself going back to the second hand lists in the paper looking for a Honda CB400, I have no idea why but for some reason the bike just appeals to me. Towards the end of last year I thought screw it, let me but a brand new retro (just for the sake of convenience) and I was looking at brand new Royal Enfield 500 Classic. That all fell through so i'm back to looking a CB400
A question to everybody out there, i'm looking for doing either a Cafe Racer or Bobber type of build, what would be a good bike to look out for. CB400's are pretty scarce out here unless they are in pieces, theres a few running CX500's and GS450's and a nice Kawasaki Z650 that needs a lot of work. Any bike thats easier than the rest to tackle? Any bikes that I should definately avoid?