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Mansie
Settled In Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 22/12/2006 : 14:18:46
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Hi, I'm new to this forum. I live in Cambridgeshire and it is nice to know that there are some fellow 400cc enthousiasts in the area.
I bought my CB400 Four a couple of weeks ago The Honda CB400 Four NC36 1997 - '98 is a Japanese import but there are not many of them around here in Europe. I like the 90ies retro styling and I have been on the look-out for a bike like this for a while. Naked bike with upright riding position. I thought that moving to 400cc would be a better option than moving to a really big bike straight away, also because I am still on a restricted licence. The NC36 is closely related to the SuperFour so I hope you would accept my contribution here.
Honda's factbook:
http://www.honda.co.jp/factbook/motor/CB400/19970400/index.html Run through google to have the pages translated from Japanese to English.
Some photos:
From an old sales brochure:
In 1997 they came out with the colours black, red and green but changed to blue and titanium grey in 1998.
On my bike the chrome still looks OK and the motor runs fine. However, I found my first 'ride round the block' hard going because cables had seized up. I am used to my Yamaha YBR 125 which is a really smooth bike to ride. Gear changes are ever so light. Not so on the CB400. Anyway, the next day I failed to start it and my neighbour had a look at it. He is a bike enthousiast of many years and immediately took over the 'project': he took off the rear wheel, shocks and bracket and put all the bolts in a box. I have now a number of jobs to do and parts to buy. It's mainly removing the rust and repainting some of the frame. I also think that the bike looks much better in bright red so I am thinking of repainting the petrol tank. I should have known: once you start biking eventually your garage turns into a workshop and your yard gets strayed with half-finished 'project bikes'. I should get it running before spring though, hopefully.
Cheers, mansie |
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zagustin
Settled In Member
Germany
60 Posts |
Posted - 26/12/2006 : 21:52:47
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Welcome aboard ! I am also an enthusiast of the NC36. My SuperFour is blue painted. I own bikes of the HONDA NC-line (NC19 through NC36)and some old FOURS of the Seventies. BTW the NC36 is very rare in Germany. In fact the NC36 is an eyecatcher.
Best regards
Werner |
Edited by - zagustin on 26/12/2006 21:54:40 |
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jim3553
Familiar Member
Philippines
398 Posts |
Posted - 27/12/2006 : 00:40:37
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Even here in Asia, A sighting of a restored NC36 is few
and far between. A very rare bike indeed. Best of luck on the
restoration project.
Congrats on your new ride. |
Honda Magna VF750C
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Mansie
Settled In Member
United Kingdom
60 Posts |
Posted - 28/12/2006 : 01:31:20
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Hi Werner,
Thanks for sending the photos of your bikes. Your blue NC36 looks great! It surely is an eyecatcher. Your collection of Honda 'fours' is also amazing. I recognise the original CB400. "Classic Bike" did a feature on them in August 2005. If you have so many bikes, it must be difficult to choose which one to take on a ride! B.t.w, do you have the owner's manual?
I saw one for sale in Germany, in case anyone is interested: http://www.motorrad-wagner.com/angebote-detail.php?nr=249&seite=1 the price is 4890 €, a little bit beyond my means I'm afraid. That bike is in red and it looks great on the pictures.
I assume that the NC36 owners are very few and far between here in Europe. In 2004 there was a guy called 'konni' who posted on the Dutch forum http://www.motor-forum.nl/forum/list_messages/47602 . Back then, people commented what a pity it was that Honda didn't sell these bikes in Europe. Konni speculated that there were only some 20-30 imported in Germany.
The situation in Japan is different and there are a great number of them for sale. There are some Japanese guys who set up websites with their modified bikes. They do all sorts of mods and repais and the websites have sometimes photos of the whole process. Now with google translate I can get an inkling what it is about. I can give the links if anyone is interested.
Thanks Jim wishing me luck with the restauration. Although the bike is pretty unique, many of the parts are fairly standard Honda. My neighbour took the backside apart so for him there was nothing strange about it.
Cheers, Mansie |
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dennis
New Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/03/2007 : 08:45:44
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| Hi this is my first message. I have an NC36 1997. I have not seen any in the UK so I am glad to here of some on this site. I dont use the bike that much and at present I am find it difficult to find an insurance company who will insure the bike, anyone got any ideas? I live in Hemel Hempstead so would be glad to here from other NC36 owners. |
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TektroG
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1009 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2007 : 20:24:37
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Bikesure - Adrian Flux or Carole Nash
http://www.adrianflux.co.uk/motorbikes-detail.php
I've used both over the years and am currently with the former. Impressed with price, cover and flexibility on mix and match policy. Mine is an NC31 though. |
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ruffday
Settled In Member
United Kingdom
53 Posts |
Posted - 22/03/2007 : 07:45:49
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| You could also try e bike insurance its all on line and very good prices. |
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Seeby400
Regular Member
United Kingdom
590 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2007 : 07:51:26
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i second that ruffday....i only paid £240 fully comp for my superfour....27y/old south london p/code 4 y/no claims......
and now i am only paying £530ish on my VTR1000.....well worth a look....seeby |
Keep it gutter....keep it grimey................one |
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Mansie
Settled In Member
United Kingdom
60 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2007 : 23:48:24
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Hi Dennis,
I can see you're doing your research and now I meet you all sorts of places in cyberworld 
I went with Rampdale insurance brokers (0870 444 6125) because they give discounts to members of the 125 bikers club (ref 164224). Just over £100 + £25 legal coverage. They registered the bike under "CB400 Sf (Grey)" which I think is near enough.
Cheers, Mansie |
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Mansie
Settled In Member
United Kingdom
60 Posts |
Posted - 25/05/2007 : 13:33:35
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| The parts list for the Honda CB400 NC36 can be found on the website http://www.btinternet.com/~powerslide//NC36/ It is split up in separate *.GIF files and you have to browse the directory to find all the files. |
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