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Just a quick update. I put about 5000 miles on this bike this year. So far so good. The thing has held up to the crap I put to it and it handles pretty well. There are some things that I want to alter a little but overall it's a blast to ride. I would 100% recommend the mikuni carbs for this...

Fork service with a little help.

If covid doesn’t kill me I’ll hopefully get to ride it quite a bit this summer. I don’t push too hard on the street anymore but we’ll see. Thanks for the reply. I’ll let you know.

I very well may be wrong too. The swingarm is designed to have have one shock, so side support for it is not necessary. The swingarm pivot is supported by the foot peg bracket at the pivot and above point also. As for the upper shock mounting to the frame, I think there is plenty of surface area...

I contacted murray. He said he doesn't offer anything for the cb400. I am going with speedmotoco. We'll see how they do. I had a few messages with them and they are saying they can do it. I will let you know!

Thanks! I love your comment! It's a seat from a Harley Sportster roadster. Definitely adds some hp though. Probably pushing 45hp with it on there (:

Also, ordering some mikuni carbs. Thanks Maritime for getting my tiny brain thinking about it!

Blue frame!

I moved on to getting the framework for the seat. Took me a minute to get the seat angle/position to go along with the tank profile.

Wow, that's great information, thank you! I was able to machine the cush from the hurricane wheel to make it work this time. Stock 04 cb600f had a 180 rear so you're definitely right with fitting in the swingarm. I am using a 140 on the hurricane wheel which is a good plenty more tire than the...

After I got the front squared away I wanted to find a rear wheel that looked reasonably close to the front. I spent a little time thinking about how to make it work with the stock swingarm but abandoned that idea pretty fast. I spent a lot of time measuring, comparing stock photos, and...

I wanted to put cartridge forks on. I think they look cool and I wanted adjustability. I kicked around the idea of using emulators in the stock forks but for better or worse I like the look of inverted forks. I used Cbr600rr forks, brakes, and front wheel.

I had the seat laying around and always liked the look. I thought I would be cool to make it fit somehow. Before I made any permanent changes I had to sort out a mental challenge. I had a lot of back and forth, it looks cool, I don’t want to cut it up, etc... before I finally committed to it...

I have been trying different combinations of velocity stack lengths and filters but still not perfect in the mid range. I may just have to bit the bullet and get a set.