GB400TT

**froggyfrenchman** · 14th August 2005, 17:55

$1800 it would have to be very tidy. Average cond, bout $1200 to $1500. Have owned 3 of them, good commuter

**Bonez** · 20th August 2005, 17:04

The GB decided it was going to lay down today. Push the thing out, down with the side stand-or so I thought- walked into the garge and "CRASH!!"- bugger. A broken clutch lever, at the pivot point-Manawatu M/Cs to the rescue again and the tansfer of a measly $15 the bikes usable again. As well as another small piece of paint off the tank to match the rest, a graze on the lh mirror and handgrip [plenty of the spares]. Culprut appears to be the rubber thingimybob Honda put on the sidestand, used to flick the stand up when one forgets to retract it as one does sometimes. It seems it's a bit too long and tucked under the side stand slightly and the bike rolled fwd and you can imagine the rest. I'll trim it a bit or remove it. I'll also grind the inner portion of the stand that butts up against the stand mounting bracket to give it a more of an over centre position. All I can say is thank goodness it's light and has no fairing to damage and I wasn't in the back and beyond when it happened. I bought a spare lever at that price, it's the same pattern as on the CB750FC2 which is a bonus.

Edit- turns out the slight camper on the concrete pad into the shed didn't help. Must remember to have the bikes facing "upwards" as it were.

**Bonez** · 22nd August 2005, 20:09

Got an oil and oil filter change today. Being a so called "dry sump" it had two plugs to undo as well as another to check the oil level once the engine was run. Being a cheap bastard I'm using Duckums 20/40 from Mitre 10 at a grand total of $10 per 4 litre cantainer. Bike sounds quieter as it should with fresh oil. Oh and the old oil was used as weedkiller in the back yard. Will do oil changes at 3000k intervals from now on. Role on the ColdKiwi.

**avgas** · 2nd September 2005, 22:47

Keep an eye out for anyone selling the tune up kit for the 400's.......they still exist i have been told. mine had it when it came from japan and man it used to honk. I think they bore it out a little, change the compression, the cam becomes a nice mild one and the ignition kit is all changed. Ends up with a rev happy motor that wacks out some good power (frequently 160 2 up all day)
Also go wack some good shocks like Konis (ie IKONs) and they change it from acting like a crappy commuter to a full stonk cafe racer. Also this is one of the cheapest/easiest mods, that give you the best performance increase.
I actually had the standard exhaust, complete pulled to bits and rebuit to a better shape - have a good kick, good sound and it cost me stuff all.
anyone seen my old bike 50UEX? i wonder what happened to her after the crash?

**Silage** · 3rd September 2005, 13:58

Can someone enlighten me as to why there seems to be so much interest in GB400s and 500s. As the owner of one from new (1988 $3,200) I have gotten a lot out of mine and it is still capable of $1.30+ (well it was this morning

) after over 82,000km. But I have not seen it as that different to other bikes - or has the resale price just gone up

**Bonez** · 4th September 2005, 16:49

Originally Posted by Jimmie

Can someone enlighten me as to why there seems to be so much interest in GB400s and 500s.

Cheap, light, fun to ride, economical (300k plus fuel range), look good, etc etc. As a Hawkes Bay rider said at the cold Kiwi- "Bucket racer for the road". Seems everyone I met that had owned one at some stage at the ColdKiwi had nothing but good things to say about them. Appeared only to be mine and Phantoms one ridden there though.

**Bonez** · 9th February 2006, 19:50

Well the rear shocks are a bit tired so I spashed out for some replacement ones.
I think after 59,000 odd kms they're due for retirement. Nothing flash, just MDIs.
I'll keep this thread updated on how they work out.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 10th February 2006, 09:50

I'm looking for a cheap one at present for a project.

the best deal on tardme at present is a maroon GB600 (yeah man!) in that all the hard work is done, and it would go like hell.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...px?id=47335375

I paid $4299 brand new for the mark 2 version in 1988 (faired, single seat). They immediately dropped the price to $3899, and I wrote to Blue Wing and told them I would never buy another bike from them. And I never will. treat their customers with contempt, mutter, mutter.

lots of people want over $3k for them which is stupid money IMO.

you got a decent deal. $1500 -1600 is all I am prepared to pay. Ideally I would like to swap my VF750 for one.

**froggyfrenchman** · 10th February 2006, 15:12

Originally Posted by Bonez

Cheap, light, fun to ride, economical (300k plus fuel range), look good, etc etc. As a Hawkes Bay rider said at the cold Kiwi- "Bucket racer for the road". Seems everyone I met that had owned one at some stage at the ColdKiwi had nothing but good things to say about them. Appeared only to be mine and Phantoms one ridden there though.

"bucket racer for the road" those are my most common words for explaining my attraction to the honda GBs, and im a Hawkes Bay rider, and i spoke about the GBs quite alot at last years kiwi, wonder if its me you were speaking with...

**Badcat** · 10th February 2006, 15:39

Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase

I'm looking for a cheap one at present for a project.

the best deal on tardme at present is a maroon GB600 (yeah man!) in that all the hard work is done, and it would go like hell.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...px?id=47335375

I paid $4299 brand new for the mark 2 version in 1988 (faired, single seat). They immediately dropped the price to $3899, and I wrote to Blue Wing and told them I would never buy another bike from them. And I never will. treat their customers with contempt, mutter, mutter.

lots of people want over $3k for them which is stupid money IMO.

you got a decent deal. $1500 -1600 is all I am prepared to pay. Ideally I would like to swap my VF750 for one.

buy that one.
you'd spend that easy making a cheap one something you'd want to ride.

ken

**Bonez** · 10th February 2006, 15:40

Originally Posted by froggyfrenchman

"bucket racer for the road" those are my most common words for explaining my attraction to the honda GBs, and im a Hawkes Bay rider, and i spoke about the GBs quite alot at last years kiwi, wonder if its me you were speaking with...

Own a BMW single? One guy took his GB a rather large organised run. Turns out the poor thing was low on oil. It managed to get him home making some rather terminal noises. He manage to get hold of a good second hand motor IIRC.