Author Topic: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....  (Read 2135 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Arto

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Jun 2010
  • Posts: 297
My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« on: August 15, 2017, 18:00:55 »
Well the Strom has gone to Argento from here.

My next project is this baby......

1977 Honda CB400F in Yellow. Completely Bog Standard.

Offline kwackboy

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Feb 2014
  • Posts: 6828
  • Bike: BMW F800GS Adventure, Honda CB500s
  • Location: Saaaafff London.
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2017, 18:06:41 »
 :welcome2: to  :traitor:
Chief trouble maker 🙂

Offline 2112

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Mar 2009
  • Posts: 12676
  • Bike: Triumph Tiger 1200 Alpine Edition
  • Location: Northumberland
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2017, 19:03:08 »
Looks very tidy from the picturegraph, enjoy  :thumb:

One of my mates had a 400/4 many moons ago and had it bored to 445cc and put a fruity pipe & K &N filters on it and it flew ! It was more than a match for the Z750 Kawasaki I had at the time, especially on a twisty road.
It's pronounced 'twenty-one-twelve'

Offline SuzukiSte

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: May 2016
  • Posts: 2322
  • Location: UK
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2017, 19:09:03 »
  :welcome2::traitor: nice bike the 400/4

Offline Hugh Mungus

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Sep 2016
  • Posts: 439
  • Bike: Fazer 1000
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2017, 19:58:37 »
Crikey, I had one of those when I was 20 (and that is 30 years ago...)
Great bike, a bit top heavy but handles sweetly. Keep an eye on the front brake as they tend to seize and need a regular clean but be very wary of the bleed nipple as they also seize and will snap off even if you're being gentle.
I also had the 550/4 which I thought was a far better bike...

Offline In me shed

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: May 2016
  • Posts: 293
  • Bike: Gleek 650 XT AL6, BMW R1100RS, KH250 Tripple,
  • Location: Atherton, Manchester
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2017, 20:35:43 »
 :icon_drool5: :icon_drool5: :icon_drool5: :icon_drool5: :icon_drool5: :icon_drool5:

Offline Tusker

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Jul 2012
  • Posts: 4213
  • Bike: NO BIKE
  • Location: Bryn, Wigan
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2017, 18:21:49 »
surely the 750 / 4 was the king of this particular mountain. Friend of mine has one fully restored and not touched for about 20 years. I keep trying to get him to take the covers off but he won't

Offline Andy M

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Apr 2012
  • Posts: 1565
  • Bike: Hurley-Pugh Empire Wildebeeste Manx Thruxton
  • Location: West Yorkshire
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2017, 20:05:22 »
 :thumb:

Lovely

Andy

Offline Rusty Nuts

  • Manufacturer of iron oxide
  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Jun 2012
  • Posts: 7696
  • Bike: KTM 1090 in orange, of course.
  • Location: Traitors Corner & West Yorkshire
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2017, 20:07:33 »
The 750 was a bit of a porker, and the pipes on the 400 are just gorgeous.

Offline DesertStrom

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Aug 2010
  • Posts: 541
  • Bike: DL650 K9, Triumph Street Scrambler
  • Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Re: My Strom is now Sold but I bought This....
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2017, 21:50:09 »
 :thumb: Nice 400/4  :thumb: I had the Maroon/Red F2 & regret letting it go!!  ###