What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 1:20 pm

A friend sent me this. I just had to share!

peter4821 · Post by **peter4821** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 1:52 pm

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 2:42 pm

sarals 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!!!

Sara

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.

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e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:54 pm

sarals wrote:A friend sent me this. I just had to share!

Love it! :-D

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:56 pm

G-Man wrote:
sarals 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!!!
Sara

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

Errrrrr....... Hard-on! Bloody gorgeous!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:39 pm

e3steve wrote:
G-Man wrote:
sarals 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!!!
Sara

The 400/4 will be buried with me.......

Ground up restoration in '94 but the engine went back together will all the original internals.

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Errrrrr....... Hard-on! Bloody gorgeous!

Agreed!!

Graham, you make me want a 400F even more! It is just sublime...

I've never ridden one, but I MUST.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:27 pm

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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