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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulo View Post
    Ha Think I thought long and hard about buying that bike but reality kicked in with the bills. (it was on trade me if it's the same one) Lovely.

    Nice writing Bonez always enjoy your newsy posts and updates on your bikes.
    Nice 400/4 alright my brother had a same model, pillion pegs on the swing arm. He use to pillion has mate and pack all over the country side with the odd hunting excursion thrown in.

    Cheers for the kind words. I only know enough to be dangerous afterall , motorcycling on mediocrity has its benefits You can quote me on that

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    Sadly no pics of my old 500/4,great bike in the day and many times ive wished i still had it.As a sidenote when a young fella my old man had a guy from Kaikoura working for him that had a 750 with from memory a Dunstall tank and seat unit,4 into 1 etc,nice looking bike it was,strange thing really as otherwise it was bone stock,the guy didnt really seem to think of it as special in any way and just neglected the thing somewhat which looking back was bit sad,he was a terrible bloody rider,we lived at Fernihurst at the start of the Hundaless,great bit of road,in those days i had an old silver XL350 and on trips up to Kaikoura i would give up staying behind him and carry on,he just hated corners
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    one of the funniest things that ever happened to us was when we lived in Wellington we were two up on the custard tart, beautiful sunny still day, off to Masterton for a pie.

    So we get our uniform on of leather jacket, me with my Bell Star 3 helmet, my gloves with the rubber strips over the knuckles, jeans and Doc Martens, and fang it over the Takas, ate the pie, (mmmmmm pie) and cruising home afterwards just near teh top of the hill I thought to myself "Shit, my left foot is all hot......" Looked down and blimey there's oil all over my boot. Pulled over right sharpish, and sat turned the thing off.

    On inspection we had managed to drag the alternator cover on the road until it wore a hole in it........ doh.

    I always maintain to my other half its because she had a custard square AND a pie that day. Especially if I dont want to have sex for a week or so.

    ...... This would have been ~83 or 84? the custard tart was a '77, so it was just an old POS then, but all I could afford..... and it went bloody well. I had mates with new CB900F rolladoors and GPZ Kwakas and I could keep up mostly....

    Oh, and xhatsit, I am not a big guy either... they are a BIG bike (750's are what, 210kg dry?) but you dont really notice it unless you are underneath it trying to get it off your leg (another story....)
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    Seen as Gerble has let me down Ronda has been pressed back into service. Whilst getting a WOF the lady at the testing station mentioned she own a '74 400/4, which was good to know. and the chap that did the testing owned a 550/4 back in the day too.

    Being an early riser I'm just about to pop into work (with the foremans permission of course) to modify a set of GSX 400 engine guards I was gifted to fit to Ronda. They're the only ones I've come across that clear the oem headers on the RHS and not look like a jungle gym (old people remember these) sticking out the side. Just need to flip the bars upside down cut a few tangs off, add a bit of to extend the whats now the upper bar, drill some holes and a few U-bolts and "hey presto!" job done.

    Why fit them? Shes 33 now, parts are getting harder to find and I want to keep her as long as I can.

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    500/4

    First big bike I had was a very tidy candy apple gold/black 1972 Honda 500/4 with 2 into ones.That was in 1984, and my wire and I went on a South Island tour...at a time when the South Island was like a different country.
    We were at the base of Mount Cook when some hard men on a Moto Guzzi and a Triumph got talking to us...." Auckland.....!!!! thats a long way to come on a 500/4"
    Maybe for an old Guzzi and Triumph but not for the 500/4.
    Only had it for 6 months when Kawasaki's Z1000's caught my eye.
    Loved that Honda 4 growl under throttle, rattly cam chain annoyed me....changed it....rattle came back.

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    I have

    had a few over the years, first one was a '75 Goldwing ( not really a sohc honda 4 I know), then a year or two later I bought a CB750F2, only one I have ever seen, basically the same as a F1, SOHC but came with comstar wheels and twin discs on the front. I think they only made them for 1 year as a interim model before the rolladoor came out. Also had a very nice 400/4 about the same time, this is all back in the late 70's and early 80's so have no photos of any of them.

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    On the subject of 500/4s. I have found a gasket set for one if you are interested Bonez. Head & base gasket, clutch, alternator and one other (?). I can't remember if the head gasket fits the 550.
    All at the best price of all - free to a good home
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dadpole View Post
    On the subject of 500/4s. I have found a gasket set for one if you are interested Bonez. Head & base gasket, clutch, alternator and one other (?). I can't remember if the head gasket fits the 550.
    All at the best price of all - free to a good home
    I'll grab them alright. Cheers. Buy you a beer/drink at your favourate watering hole maybe?

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    I've had two sohc's. The first a K1 750 which I toured all over France and UK on a regular basis. Added a second front disc, koni rears and SW progressive fork springs - oh and some drive lights. The next was a 400 with a yoshimura stage one cam which added about a thousand reves without loosing any mid range. Honda should have done this themselves, it made the bike much perkier. Next bikes were a Goldwing and a CBX (an interesting beastie) All my bikes have been used on a day to day basis winter and summer and they've proved amazingly reliable.

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    Have just stumbled across this thread.....

    I am the proud owner of a '74 CB550K. Had it for 24 years now, bought it for the princely sum of $1350 on behalf at my local Yamaha bike shop. Paid the guy 400 bucks up front and the rest at $50 a (fortnightly) pay - (I was a poor young married man at that point in time!)

    It is a Japanese domestic market model, has a 80 km/hr warning light on the triple tree along with a buzzer (disconnected of course!) and I believe it to be the original colour albeit with some customisations, namely the white stripes by a PO.

    Up until April this year I also owned a '78 CB750F2.

    Thoroughly recommend the SOHC4 site too, a real boon to anyone who owns and maintains these bikes....
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    Quote Originally Posted by robinm View Post
    had a few over the years, first one was a '75 Goldwing ( not really a sohc honda 4 I know), then a year or two later I bought a CB750F2, only one I have ever seen, basically the same as a F1, SOHC but came with comstar wheels and twin discs on the front. I think they only made them for 1 year as a interim model before the rolladoor came out. Also had a very nice 400/4 about the same time, this is all back in the late 70's and early 80's so have no photos of any of them.
    75 Goldwings are SOHC aren't they? And they are 4 cylinders? Makes 'em a SOHC4 in my book!

    The F2's were available for the '77 model year - and, with minor modifications, for 1978 in the US, and were known as F3's there, everywhere else as F2's....
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    Finally got around to getting those gaskets off Dadpole. Basicly got a complete set now less the button seals between the rocker box and the head stud holes.

    Been eyeing up a 650 Custom, but have been given the hard word by she who must be obeyed to get rid of something else first. Oh well.............

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrZxp View Post
    75 Goldwings are SOHC aren't they? And they are 4 cylinders? Makes 'em a SOHC4 in my book!

    The F2's were available for the '77 model year - and, with minor modifications, for 1978 in the US, and were known as F3's there, everywhere else as F2's....
    Gosh that's a minter!!

    there's one for sale in Te Anau presently for $2700!! I reckon they're underrated (F1's and F2's) and underpriced especially compared to earlier ones.
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    The '79 CB650 for sale in Nelson on trademe is owned by a keen Honda man. Has been replaced by a CX500 with 'factory' sidecar (or at least fitted from new).

    I'm still hanging out for my Father in-laws 7000km GB400, but otherwise I might join the club in the next few years!

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    Meet Ermintrude
    Mainly a 1977 K7 with elements of F1 added, non standard so I can modify it to my hearts content and not offend the purists.

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