This guide was written by forum member, Brian B. It is an excellent step-by-step carb rebuild guide with photos. The PD46A carbs were used on the 1977 and 1978 CB550′s.
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Moto Hangar is a shop located in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. Here are some examples of their SOHC/4 customs.
This next example is 1978 Honda CB550 featuring a custom cafe tail section with integrated tail light and closed cell foam seat pad, updated suspension and custom clipons. Yellow tint added to headlight for that vintage feel. Bike has been raised in the rear 1 inch and lowered in the front. 4 into 1 headers and Supertrapp muffler. Painted by Ryan at Royal Essex in New Jersey. Technical details and a gallery of photos can be found here.
Found this on the web tonight. I love what people do with these bikes! You have to love a motorcycle to put this much effort into modding it. http://motorivista.com/honda-cb550-cafe-racer/ Put bluntly, the most impressive thing about the new Honda CB400F is this: it’s really fun. Like all Honda factory products, the 408cc six-speeder has been sanitized and polished to a glossy civility. The new four-into-one exhaust system, to cite a single example, removes all the exhaust noise at normal speeds in city and . . . → Read More: 1975 Cycle: Honda CB400F Super Sport (test) A comparison between the CB400F and the CB-1, Cycle 1989 Think 1975, that was the year Honda introduced its fist made-for-America motorcycle, the venerable Gold Wing, and launched a touring dynasty. It was also the year of the sporty CB400F, but you are forgiven if that bit of trivia slipped your mind. Maybe not . . . → Read More: 1989 Cycle: 400 Fours, Then & Now (test: CB400F vs CB-1) Published by American Honda Motor Company as part of the Honda Technical Series in 1977. The electronic copy of this publication is broken into sections to enable fast access to specific areas of interest. Cover page, index, and Basic Principles of Electricity and Magnetism AC Generators and Rectifiers Three-Phase Charging Systems Batteries Ignition Systems . . . → Read More: Honda Motorcycle Electrical Systems Here is a cool build by a Japanese custom shop, Gravel Crew A “Brat Style” build by Mike McFadden of Kentucky, USA featured on bikeexif.com This bike is currently for sale in the UK. Even if you aren’t in the UK or interested in buying the bike, there are some good photos in the gallery there. Motorcycle Classics has a nice article on the CB400F, “In Love with the Honda CB400F“. Good stuff on the history of the model and what it is like to own one today. The SOHC/4 Forums are listed in the Resources section, by the way. Motorcycle Classics is worth checking out since there are several . . . → Read More: New CB400F Article at Motorcycle Classics |
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