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What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk
Sarasarals wrote:
Finally - Graham...I am IN LOVE with that 400 Four! Gorgeous. That's one of the two bikes I let get away in my past - the other was the original CBX...if ONLY!!!
The 400/4 will be buried with me.......
My Restored CB400F2 by graham.curtis, on Flickr
Ground up restoration in '94 but the engine went back together will all the original internals.
G
'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F
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'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F
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Errrrrr....... Hard-on! Bloody gorgeous!G-Man wrote:Sarasarals wrote:
Finally - Graham...I am IN LOVE with that 400 Four! Gorgeous. That's one of the two bikes I let get away in my past - the other was the original CBX...if ONLY!!!
The 400/4 will be buried with me.......
Ground up restoration in '94 but the engine went back together will all the original internals.
G
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sarals
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Agreed!!e3steve wrote:Errrrrr....... Hard-on! Bloody gorgeous!G-Man wrote:Sarasarals wrote:
Finally - Graham...I am IN LOVE with that 400 Four! Gorgeous. That's one of the two bikes I let get away in my past - the other was the original CBX...if ONLY!!!
The 400/4 will be buried with me.......
Ground up restoration in '94 but the engine went back together will all the original internals.
G
Graham, you make me want a 400F even more! It is just sublime...
I've never ridden one, but I MUST.
1965 CB77 305 Super Hawk
1989 NT650 Hawk GT
1981 Yamaha XJ550 Seca
1989 NT650 Hawk GT
1981 Yamaha XJ550 Seca
Sara
It was always known as a ladies bike in the UK and I liked it because it was so small. The engine is so smooth and 6 gears just makes it feel like a little race bike. I did 14,000 miles in the first year with her and later on it took me and my wife to the South of France. I guess the biggest problem was that Honda of that era were not built for the British climate. The fenders rotted through and it was inclined to run on anything but four cylinders in the wet...
We were told that Honda ceased production because Americans wouldn't buy them.... boo!
I wrote about the restoration in Classic & Motorcycle Mechanics Magazine and then went on to work for them as a freelance for a number of years. Great fun!
Classic Mechanics by graham.curtis, on Flickr
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It was always known as a ladies bike in the UK and I liked it because it was so small. The engine is so smooth and 6 gears just makes it feel like a little race bike. I did 14,000 miles in the first year with her and later on it took me and my wife to the South of France. I guess the biggest problem was that Honda of that era were not built for the British climate. The fenders rotted through and it was inclined to run on anything but four cylinders in the wet...
We were told that Honda ceased production because Americans wouldn't buy them.... boo!
I wrote about the restoration in Classic & Motorcycle Mechanics Magazine and then went on to work for them as a freelance for a number of years. Great fun!
Classic Mechanics by graham.curtis, on Flickr
G
'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F