GB400TT

[Bonez]

What would be the approx price for one in average condition with 52,000kms on the clock. Just saw one today up for sale on my travels and I'm thinking seriously about adding it to the stable. Will mainly be used for commuting. Hopefully I'll be able to take the thing for a test ride tomorrow all going well. It's road legal with current rego and wof. Haven't told the wife yet .

[bear]

I know phantom bought one recently, check with him.

[phantom]

paid $1800 for mine , roughly same mileage . Mine's a bit rough around the edges but in reasonable condition. There's one on Trade Me with a starting bid of $1500 but its been on for months and never sold ( its a horrible powder blue colour ) . Someone in Palmerston was selling one for $3000 but it was close to showroom condition

[Bonez]

Thanks for the feedback Phantom. Went for a ride on today. It's an '88 model. Runs sweet as a nut. Will be delivered to my house for the princely sum of $1400, the asking price was $1500. Comes with pack frame and some other goodies and has a solo seat-no pillions allowed I'm 6ft and found that it "fitted" me quite well . Would be interested in hearing of others GB exploits.

[Bonez]

Found this an interesting read after I had it translated-http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/tachi/english/gb400/tune_eng.html

[Bonez]

Pick of my new toy.

[Eurodave]

Found this an interesting read after I had it translated-http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/tachi/english/gb400/tune_eng.html

For god's sake dont put a bloody bean can muffler or any carbon fibre on it ,totally out of place on a 60's cafe race replica, try a Taiwanese Dunstall copy or some other megaphone style muffler

[Bonez]

For god's sake dont put a bloody bean can muffler or any carbon fibre on it ,totally out of place on a 60's cafe race replica, try a Taiwanese Dunstall copy or some other megaphone style muffler

You mean like this one on the CB550FA? WFO item no. 448-0011 [27-1/2" Dunstall Style Muffler] for those interested. First on the list of improvements is to replace the standard teflon swing arm bushes with bronze items. Fork oil, break fluid, engine oil/filter to be done over the next month or so. Will also spend a bit of time polishing up all the ali bits in peices as it has the standard corrosion under the clear laquer needs attention. Thought the shocks would be in a lot worse nick than they are. Tyres will need replacing before the next warrent in August. Will also start a servicing log on this one. Will be another long termer. Hopefully I'll to get 130,000km plus out of it without doing any engine work.

[Eurodave]

Yeh, that'll do. Those taiwanese mufflers arnt high quality or very durable chrome, but they are relativley cheap to replace when ya guts off & widely available. The usual case of 'you get what you pay for'. Another way would be to get someone like Custom Chambers to make a nice , quality well chromed & finished megaphone... at rather more cost

[gav]

Isnt bossman Spankme building up a GB500 or something?

[Bonez]

Yeh, that'll do. Those taiwanese mufflers arnt high quality or very durable chrome, but they are relativley cheap to replace when ya guts off & widely available. The usual case of 'you get what you pay for'. Another way would be to get someone like Custom Chambers to make a nice , quality well chromed & finished megaphone... at rather more cost

Thanks for the suggestion. I prep the insides of mine with an inhibiter. And they last quite well indeed if looked after, like anything. The pair on my mates Ducati 500 and the one on the CB have been on a few years now with no rusting. Not bad for around $100.

[Eurodave]

Oh,by the way, if youre interested in a GB500 fairing, I do fibreglass replicas & can also supply the windscreen bubble.PM me if your interested, Dave

[phantom]

looks like you got a good deal bonez, have been thinking about replacing the scratched and slightly dented muffler on mine and was just waiting for someone to do the spade work and tell me what to do ( I'm married - I'm used to it ) Would love a Custom Chambers megaphone but suspect the dollars would frighten me and while I'm about spending "make believe money" a GB fairing would be a bit of alright Dave

[Bonez]

looks like you got a good deal bonez, have been thinking about replacing the scratched and slightly dented muffler on mine and was just waiting for someone to do the spade work and tell me what to do

It has been dropped with two small dents in the front lhs of the tank, no biggy. When I do decide to replace the muffler-scratched etc- I'l l just use the front end of the muffler that mounts on to the collector box and design a suitable adapter to suit a universal muffler. Then get a engineering shop make it up. Just like I did on the 550. Thanks for the offer on the fairing Dave. May take you up on the offer in a few months or so. I've read the original fairing can bash the knees/legs of us longer legged ridders. I guess a couple of inches can be removed of the bottem edge should sort that out. I can see more than one of these things making its way into the garage-bugger! Not a performance motorcycle by any stretch of the imagination. Hey phantom you don't happen to have a worksop manual at all? Oh and has anyone got a spare servicable NX650 engine just gathering dust in the corner of a workshop/garage .

[phantom]

you're not thinking of dropping a 650 motor into the GB are you My one needs a repaint - a few scratches and the like - the nextdoor neighbours a spray painter so I may be able to organise a perky and being very limited in the inside leg measurement knocking my knees on a fairing is very unklikely. I do in fact have a service manual for a GB500 that someone fairly high up in this here organisation ( no names sp**nk me ) posted on another web site. Its half a dozen pdfs ( reasonably big ) so if you flip me a pm with your address I could burn it to cd and post it to you

Cheers