http://www.honda400four.info Restoring & customising Honda's baby super-bike Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:07:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Due to horrendous and over-whelming pressure of work over the past few months (damn this working for a living malarkey), the 400/4 rebuild (and this site!) has been rather neglected. However, watch this space - will be getting a move on with it all soon!! http://www.honda400four.info/a-quick-update Hello, first post in ages.. Been away from the bike, working on the website tho, which as you can see (If you've been here before) has grown a side column. Yet to be populated, I think the side column will be great for the future - single column ... http://www.honda400four.info/update Purchased; Impact driver with 4 screw driver bits , through eBay. 4 float bowl drain screws from a supplier in the US. A set of stainless steel carburetor screws from a supplier in the UK. 2 cans of 'Gunk' A Keyster carburetor kit from the US. An engine rebuild magazine article. Dismantled the carburetor rack (one mangled ... http://www.honda400four.info/last-day-of-january-update-my-intentions-list Well, still not really underway. Asked a number of local tradesmen to quote for plaster boarding & skimming the garage (and some work in the house). Resulting estimates vary rather a lot, from £460 - to £1600 for the garage work! Threw me a bit, two no shows and one ... http://www.honda400four.info/32 A bit of a test post this, from my mobile phone remotely. Just to see if it works :) http://www.honda400four.info/from-the-field One of these recently sold on eBay for £29.72 + postage, NOS (New Old Stock). Not sure how sortable mine is. Part number 16950-377-005 http://www.honda400four.info/petrol-tap The waiting is awfull, I really expected my garage work space to be underway by now, but I've decided to have the walls plaster skimmed. I've got the garage contents piled up in a sort of island, waiting for a plasterer. I've also got a mounting pile of rubbish waiting ... http://www.honda400four.info/frustration I've added a gallery section to the blog, visit it here. http://www.honda400four.info/gallery-live Have joined the sohc4 forums, seems a lively place to chat with much knowledge on offer. Also embarking on a line drawn side view of the 400/4 to try some mods and colours on - not sure how long it'll take but doesn't seem to difficult. Looking to trace over ... http://www.honda400four.info/knowledge This is fun, found an excellent web page on Total Motorcycle with a list of good/ bad/ indifferent bike cleaning, waxing, polishing products and methods. How do you remove 10 years of grease, dirt and grime? Total Motorcycle recommend Simple Green multi purpose cleaner and Palmolive Original. Simple Green is quite ... http://www.honda400four.info/a-simple-plan-step-one-cleaning-the-bike