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Well.. this project didn't get nearly as much attention this winter as I had hoped. I built my own sandblast booth in January. I borrowed a compressor with enough nuts to push media and managed to strip most of the frame; it still needs a little more cleanup work. And that's about where the...

Any opinion on how much exhaust wrap it would take to wrap the factory headers on the CB400? A local is selling what is left from a roll he bought for a project. Is ~30' enough?

The crossover is important on twins for scavenging. Burnt exhaust gases are drawn out of the combustion chamber when the exhaust valve opens. A 2-1 system will likely perform the same or similar scavenging and be nearly or just as good. Just don't go to a true dual system as you will loose...

Thanks man. I didn't realize how much better looking the CM400T logos were than the CB400T logos. Bah!

I spy a CB mill. Very, very nice. Maybe someday I'll have the money to throw at my CB for such work. I was wondering if you could comment on what one might expect to pay to have a motorcycle frame and swingarm coated? Ball-park figures, how much are we talking? I would imagine the cost varies...

I know this is an old thread, but the big rattle can sticky points me here for my frame painting concerns. I see that the VHT Epoxy paints are good candidates for rattle canning frames. Unfortunately it looks like that is not available in any colors. I was hoping to paint my frame a dark red...

I got here reading through the massive rattle-can sticky. Love what you did with the bike. I really like the red decals against that white. I've been leaning to some sort of ivory with a red pinstripe or two for my CB400. Where did you get those decals? Especially the CM400T ones on the side...

No kidding. Gotta love those mice eh? I stripped it to the frame today. I power washed the frame and then dried it off with the exhaust from the shop-vac. When I got to the slots cut in the frame so you can torque the heads with a socket extension, a bunch of pink insulation bits blew out. Mice...

This bike runs... can you believe it?!

My father adapted rear-sets from parts for a 2001 era Suzuki Bandit 1200. The pegs are not from the Bandit. I do not know where they came from; possibly aftermarket. But the rest of the assembly is 100% Suzi Bandit. He mounted them where the (smaller steel) passenger peg bracket mounts to the...

Got the bike half pulled apart and managed to get it to fire. Drained the ancient fuel and put fresh stuff in. Turns out my battery is trash and won't take a charge. Fortunately the battery from my V-Strom almost fits, close enough for a test. Valves adjusted, fresh fuel in, some starting fluid...

Hello all, Just dragged this home this afternoon: This is a 1978 Honda CB400. It has about 26000 miles on it. Many of them by my own hand. My parents bought this bike in the 80's when I was a kid. They bought it to get back into riding after taking several decades off (to have us kids)...