My first motorcycle I bought was in 1975 and it was the Honda CB400F and it was BLUE! great bike Never had a issue with it in the 2 years I had it before trading it in for a Honda CB750F. That was also a great motorcycle. But it's like your first love, you never forget your first motorcycle.
My friend had one and I rode it a few times. I loved it! At 400ccs it was great around town, and it gave mean idea what the 750 must have been like. I still want one of those!
Great bike the 400 Four super sport i own a 1976 in the same colour unmolested full history all original get loads of remarks on the road & at meets cheers from the UK.
I first saw a 400 four in 1976 when I was 17. I thought I must get one, one day. I had to wait another 20 years, but it was well worth the wait. The bike was everything I hoped it would be.
I had a 76 400F .light yellow. Was a great bike. Paid 800$ for it when it was 10 months old,in new condition. Rode it it 3yrs ,sold it for 800 ,bought a new 750.
Can't wait to see how his turns out. Obviously it runs :-) Would love to see it fully restored to original and ride away. I have a CB1100 which is a long way from this LOL but I do love the CB's.
Yeah I am definitely regretting selling my 75 400 four myself, it does kind of suck now that I think about it but maybe I will find another one someday, but at least I did replace it with a CB750, by the way brother your little boy is getting so big I cannot believe how much he's grown, oh how the time just flys right!!?
Had one in red with a 4 into one kerker exhaust a set of clip on bars and a most Definitely needed on it steering damper ! Wish I had never sold it but it was starting to nickel and dime me too much to afford to keep it even though I kept it in great mechanical condition!
I remember lusting after one of these back in the 70s. They cost between £700 and £800 in the UK back then but they were still too much for me - I had to make do with a second hand MZ 250. Still a beautiful bike.
I found this channel due to the famous pre production K0 video. After looking through some other videos I see you're in OR and a lot of the bikes in your videos I've seen for sale. The denver chopper as well as the pearl 350f. I also saw your bike at the one show last year. Seems like you find a lot of good finds which is funny because with my bookmarked search we are probably looking at the same stuff. I'm in WA. I noticed this one has a WA plate. I actually just finished restoring one of these in June. Now I'm starting a 750 chopper build
very Cool Video..and an awesome Barn find....,i had a Honda CB400/4 F2 in blue back in 1981 it had a full race fairing and clip on handlebars..it was my first real Bike and having four cylinders it made you feel like you were on a much bigger bike than 400cc..watching your video made me think about it for the first time in many years....it would be great if your were able to restore yours back to original but it does look like an awful lot of work you would need to do.
A common mistake Americans make when removing the screws from the case of a Japanese bike is to use a Phillips screwdriver or bit when they are actually JIS (Japanese Industry Standard) and a Phillips will strip out the head. A trick if you can't find a JIS driver is to take a #2 or #3 phillips driver bit depending on the size of the screw and just grind the tip down slightly until the blades of it bottom in the screw head. Phillips drivers are a little more pointy than JIS and grinding the tip makes for a cheap fit. Also, to recognize JIS screws look for a tiny dot stamped into the head near the X slots, usually towards the center at one of the points. Back in the day, we didn't know why they always stripped out the head of the screws and just replaced them with Allen head bolts because we just thought they were weak. A good thing to remember when disassembling the carbs too. Look for the dot.
Some one added tall bars on that blue one none came with high bars they all had very low rise bars as this was hondas first cafe/ sport bike the 4 into 1 low bars had rearset pegs and short shift linkage, back then most shifters were mounted direct to shaft. I owned full original blue 75 400 four in 78 I know these bikes I love these bikes.
@@KFLY67 modern car oils have friction modifiers in them that mess with wet clutches , it will basically make your clutch slip. back in the day oil was oil, not anymore
I had the same color as my first street bike right out of high school I think it might be a 76 or the tank has been changed because I think 75 didn't come with the locking gas cap because mine was a 75 and it didn't have that and I was reading somewhere they added the locking gas cap in 76 I mean it could very well be a 75 frame somebody put a 76 gas tank on it
OUT RUN KZ900 IN 1/8 MILE. 18 YR. OLD WHEN I BUY NEW CB400 SUPER SPORT IN 1976. I WAS DUMB THEN AND SOLD IT FOR ?35. CAUSE NO START. IM 64 NOW AND KIKKING MYSELF BUT I DO HAVE A NEW 2016 500A. NOT THE SAME. 400 4 BEST . 4 CYL. 4 CARBS . NO CAT CONVERTER ECT.
Its still going to need Thousands of dollars to Replace rusted parts IF you can find any NOS Even the chinese replica Repops arn't cheap Not a cheap project by any means
Dude,,,,,,,,so NICE! So Beautiful, I've a 1975 Honda CB400F s/s,,,, I bought , back in '82,,, it was so nice, had only 7062 miles on it,,,,, bought it from my work,,,,,, > 2 lesbian chicks, from Berkely, California came in on it, wanted to trade it in on a beautiful: '82 CM400T,,,,,,,because : it was "BLUE">!!!!!!>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>? so, I told my boss Chuck, I want that BIKE! He told me,,,,,,Marcel > Money talks,,,,and B/S Walks,,,,,,,I told him> you're my boss, you've got my $ "Come on Man"......(ahahhaha)JB:RIGHT?...... I've had this bike for now,39 years! Got it back running some 5 years ago,,, now I've got 16K on it,,,, and I love it, but : I'm going to be selling it, for : I don't want to DIE with it,,, I want for someone to enjoy it like I have, over the years,,,,,, now it's been gone over,,,, new gaskets,,,, head/valve cover, new : ELECTRONIC ignition, (no more POINTS: to adjust)> but I've kept all of that stuff, if someone wishes to put it back to TOTAL STOCK! ...........new chain, it's beautiful,,,, I love it, rode it today,,,,,about an hour, about 38 miles...........
I bought one in 1977. Still have it and handed it down to my daughter and son in law. Great bike and fun to ride
Has one 40 years ago...she was great in town and country...
Going to get one in the spring...
Best bike ever. That was my first bike. It came stock with flatter bars, though. Sexist exhaust headers of any bike ever made.
My first motorcycle I bought was in 1975 and it was the Honda CB400F and it was BLUE! great bike Never had a issue with it in the 2 years I had it before trading it in for a Honda CB750F. That was also a great motorcycle. But it's like your first love, you never forget your first motorcycle.
My friend had one and I rode it a few times. I loved it! At 400ccs it was great around town, and it gave mean idea what the 750 must have been like. I still want one of those!
What a peach of a bike, well done on a terrific find - those things are expensive here now, cheers.
Great bike the 400 Four super sport i own a 1976 in the same colour unmolested full history all original get loads of remarks on the road & at meets cheers from the UK.
I first saw a 400 four in 1976 when I was 17. I thought I must get one, one day. I had to wait another 20 years, but it was well worth the wait. The bike was everything I hoped it would be.
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Anybody who doesn’t agree that it’s the coolest 400 ever made needs to get their head examined. Those headers!!!
I had one in the early 80s Never had any troubles with it. Had it for 6yrs only trouble forever adjusting timing chain Very Reliable
Loved my little 400F-SS back in the late '70s
I just bought an 81 Yamaha XS400 she’ll need some loving but love your videos and they’ve helped me be more comfortable working on my bike
One of the smoothest and quickest bikes I ever owned!
Wow good score
Front disc and inside the tank look brand new!
My brother bought a yellow one back in 75 coolest little bike I used to call it the Honda 90 of four cylinders
Awesome bike, I had one in the late80’s I’ve owned probably 15+ bikes definitely in the top 3.
Love it! I have a yellow ‘76, looking forward to seeing more vids
Me too, i have the yellow one from 1976.
I had a 76 400F .light yellow. Was a great bike. Paid 800$ for it when it was 10 months old,in new condition. Rode it it 3yrs ,sold it for 800 ,bought a new 750.
It's a beauty. Would love to find one of these.
Can't wait to see how his turns out. Obviously it runs :-) Would love to see it fully restored to original and ride away. I have a CB1100 which is a long way from this LOL but I do love the CB's.
Yeah I am definitely regretting selling my 75 400 four myself, it does kind of suck now that I think about it but maybe I will find another one someday, but at least I did replace it with a CB750, by the way brother your little boy is getting so big I cannot believe how much he's grown, oh how the time just flys right!!?
Had one in red with a 4 into one kerker exhaust a set of clip on bars and a most Definitely needed on it steering damper !
Wish I had never sold it but it was starting to nickel and dime me too much to afford to keep it even though I kept it in great mechanical condition!
I remember lusting after one of these back in the 70s. They cost between £700 and £800 in the UK back then but they were still too much for me - I had to make do with a second hand MZ 250. Still a beautiful bike.
I found this channel due to the famous pre production K0 video. After looking through some other videos I see you're in OR and a lot of the bikes in your videos I've seen for sale. The denver chopper as well as the pearl 350f. I also saw your bike at the one show last year. Seems like you find a lot of good finds which is funny because with my bookmarked search we are probably looking at the same stuff. I'm in WA. I noticed this one has a WA plate. I actually just finished restoring one of these in June. Now I'm starting a 750 chopper build
What sort of cleaner are you spraying the bike with before power washing?
I just picked up a 400 Super Sport barn find myself in fabulous condition...
very Cool Video..and an awesome Barn find....,i had a Honda CB400/4 F2 in blue back in 1981 it had a full race fairing and clip on handlebars..it was my first real Bike and having four cylinders it made you feel like you were on a much bigger bike than 400cc..watching your video made me think about it for the first time in many years....it would be great if your were able to restore yours back to original but it does look like an awful lot of work you would need to do.
A common mistake Americans make when removing the screws from the case of a Japanese bike is to use a Phillips screwdriver or bit when they are actually JIS (Japanese Industry Standard) and a Phillips will strip out the head. A trick if you can't find a JIS driver is to take a #2 or #3 phillips driver bit depending on the size of the screw and just grind the tip down slightly until the blades of it bottom in the screw head. Phillips drivers are a little more pointy than JIS and grinding the tip makes for a cheap fit. Also, to recognize JIS screws look for a tiny dot stamped into the head near the X slots, usually towards the center at one of the points. Back in the day, we didn't know why they always stripped out the head of the screws and just replaced them with Allen head bolts because we just thought they were weak. A good thing to remember when disassembling the carbs too. Look for the dot.
Some one added tall bars on that blue one none came with high bars they all had very low rise bars as this was hondas first cafe/ sport bike the 4 into 1 low bars had rearset pegs and short shift linkage, back then most shifters were mounted direct to shaft. I owned full original blue 75 400 four in 78 I know these bikes I love these bikes.
Best part.
Little Boy Mechanic
That bike should have been made full size, like at least 800cc's. Same short stroke, hot cam and 6 speeds. Could have changed history.
You are lucky man....
I remember trying to line up the carbs and airbox on my 75. Then the carb syncronyze!
Amo esta moto! Andei nela nos anos 70...
Well...do you have a follow-on video of the bike??? Dying to see how it is turning out!
My first new bike
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never put car oil in a motorcycle.
Jeff Ferguson Huh? Dipstick reading just calls for conventional 10W40 engine oil. You know the saying oil is oil...
@@KFLY67 modern car oils have friction modifiers in them that mess with wet clutches , it will basically make your clutch slip. back in the day oil was oil, not anymore
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Sweet lil gem.
Can i have her.
I had the same color as my first street bike right out of high school I think it might be a 76 or the tank has been changed because I think 75 didn't come with the locking gas cap because mine was a 75 and it didn't have that and I was reading somewhere they added the locking gas cap in 76 I mean it could very well be a 75 frame somebody put a 76 gas tank on it
OUT RUN KZ900 IN 1/8 MILE. 18 YR. OLD WHEN I BUY NEW CB400 SUPER SPORT IN 1976. I WAS DUMB THEN AND SOLD IT FOR ?35. CAUSE NO START. IM 64 NOW AND KIKKING MYSELF BUT I DO HAVE A NEW 2016 500A. NOT THE SAME. 400 4 BEST . 4 CYL. 4 CARBS . NO CAT CONVERTER ECT.
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Yeah, i remember my old CB 125K5. Lets hope that isnt degreaser you are flushing straight out into the wide open ??? Hayabusa biker.
spray diesel on first you will get a shock do it on another bike when its dry wait 3 minutes then do it
Well, how did it turn out?
Hey, what about this one now ? 😉
This one went to a collector in Japan.
Please,please change those ridiculous handlebars for euro ones
Keren 👍
Its still going to need
Thousands of dollars to
Replace rusted parts
IF you can find any NOS
Even the chinese replica
Repops arn't cheap
Not a cheap project by any means
Dude,,,,,,,,so NICE! So Beautiful, I've a 1975 Honda CB400F s/s,,,, I bought , back in '82,,, it was so nice, had only 7062 miles on it,,,,, bought it from my work,,,,,, > 2 lesbian chicks, from Berkely, California came in on it, wanted to trade it in on a beautiful: '82 CM400T,,,,,,,because : it was "BLUE">!!!!!!>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>? so, I told my boss Chuck, I want that BIKE! He told me,,,,,,Marcel > Money talks,,,,and B/S Walks,,,,,,,I told him> you're my boss, you've got my $ "Come on Man"......(ahahhaha)JB:RIGHT?...... I've had this bike for now,39 years! Got it back running some 5 years ago,,, now I've got 16K on it,,,, and I love it, but : I'm going to be selling it, for : I don't want to DIE with it,,, I want for someone to enjoy it like I have, over the years,,,,,, now it's been gone over,,,, new gaskets,,,, head/valve cover, new : ELECTRONIC ignition, (no more POINTS: to adjust)> but I've kept all of that stuff, if someone wishes to put it back to TOTAL STOCK! ...........new chain, it's beautiful,,,, I love it, rode it today,,,,,about an hour, about 38 miles...........
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