Honda Cb400 Cafe Racer Seat
Honda cb400f cb400 cafe custom seat modify metal pan this is a complete seat set which contains a metal seat pan foam and cover.
Honda cb400 cafe racer seat. This is their latest creation it started life as a stock honda cb400t however she now has the rear end of a cb650 and the front end of a cb550 making her a honda triton of sorts. Steel bent customs based out of tampa florida build some of the most approachable and affordable café racers you ll find anywhere in the usa. I wanted to create a seat tray under the whole seat for utilizing the whole. The intention was never to build a custom bike or cafe racer.
Read on for the full story. A nail to the rear tire a few weeks into owning my honda cb400 led me on this path. Honda cb400f cafe racer introduced in 1975 the honda cb400f super sport is one of the most exquisite motorcycles ever to come out of japan a lightweight inline four with a 10 000 rpm redline six speed transmission and quite possibly the most beautiful set of pipes those 4 into 1 waterfalls ever mounted on. The seat tray i made for the honda cb400 is a bit different compared to most seat trays i have seen around.
It s roughly 270 pounds 125 kilos wet and is a blast to ride. I can t point why i like this bike so much but the overall look and feel make me happy. You will receive the seat in a complete set as showing in the picture. I didn t have a clue.
Honda cb400 four cafe racer by otc custom the honda cb400f is such a neat machine a 408cc inline four produced only from 1975 1977. The bike had an array of cafe racer styling elements such as low handlebars rear set pegs and that swoopy signature 4 into 1 exhaust possibly the most beautiful stock exhaust ever produced. It was the baby brother to the cb1000sf and was initially created for asian markets where smaller capacity machines were in higher demand. I built this bike to be a barely legal street bike says shawn that could be ready for a track day in ten minutes.
Goldie sits halfway between a cafe racer and actual racer and that s completely intentional. That can t be a bad thing. I m thinking of adding this machine as a bonus in my 10 best honda cb cafe racers. The honda cb400 super four is a run of the mill naked ujm which first hit the streets back in 92.