MADDAD
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I have been working on a 1979 cb400tii for the last couple of years. It’s finally getting to a rideable state so I thought I’d make a series of posts that kind of outline the journey. I put some before and after photos with this post in case anyone wants to skip to the end and see how it turned out. I got the bike years ago and while I’ve had several bikes during that time, for some reason I always liked the 400 and found myself riding it even with more “fun“ options. I like how it turned out.
To answer a couple of questions right away; why a cb400t? I‘ve had it a while and I like it. It‘s not fast or traditionally cool but now, for me anyway, it‘s pretty cool. I worked on it off and on over the last couple of years because my with my job I have quite a bit of extra time in the winter and almost none in the summer so I go in spurts of lots of work and then nothing for months. The project cost me enough money for sure but fortunately I have access to some cheap or free parts. I also took advantage of a lot of used parts I scrounged from here or there. I have all the receipts for what I spent but honestly I’m too afraid to put the math to it.
I’m interested to here what others have to say, hopefully not too harsh. I‘ll try to stay up the follow up posts with more details of how things came together.
Thanks for looking.
-Rich
To answer a couple of questions right away; why a cb400t? I‘ve had it a while and I like it. It‘s not fast or traditionally cool but now, for me anyway, it‘s pretty cool. I worked on it off and on over the last couple of years because my with my job I have quite a bit of extra time in the winter and almost none in the summer so I go in spurts of lots of work and then nothing for months. The project cost me enough money for sure but fortunately I have access to some cheap or free parts. I also took advantage of a lot of used parts I scrounged from here or there. I have all the receipts for what I spent but honestly I’m too afraid to put the math to it.
I’m interested to here what others have to say, hopefully not too harsh. I‘ll try to stay up the follow up posts with more details of how things came together.
Thanks for looking.
-Rich
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