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Selling my 1981 CM400T, fully refreshed and ready to ride with only 6205 miles. You can see my story in the Introduction Forum under
1981 CM400T and so it begins... that will give all the background and details of bringing this bike back to life and regrettably why I need to sell it.
The bike...
Hey all! Sorry for the long read, but figured I’d go ahead and post my 1980 CM400T that I bought for $900 and kinda share where I’m at + ask some questions.
I bought it off marketplace in attempt to get a motorcycle to ride around with my buddies, something cheap and reliable. Unfortunately...
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As the description states, my throttle butterfly valve is stuck shut. This is a project bike that I recently purchased and has likely not been started since the early 90s. Upon initial inspection I noticed that I could not turn the throttle by hand. I've found that the root cause is...
Hi guys, new to the forum - first time posting. Quick question, I recently bought a CM400T (1980) w/o a key. I'm looking to purchase a new ignition switch, but I keeping seeing the one below online listed as compatible with the CM400T.
Why does this have only 5 wires in the connector and 1...
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I've purchased 3 (VBd, VBa, VBa) carbs for my 1980 CM400T (Canada), got the first two working fine until carb 1's cast throttle hook snapped and carb 2's float needle holder snapped. 1st one I was driving when it happened and I just can't figure out a way to safely reconnect it, and 2nd was...
Hey y'all. Thought I'd show you what I've been changing up on the CM400. I put a fairing on it (and it kind of fits, a little separation between the headlight bucket and the fairing itself). Recently painted the gas tank (and did my first bondo job) and side covers as well, everything turned out...
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Some background - I bought a 1980 CM400T with some ugly cafe cone mufflers and straight pipes. I noticed the bike doesn't run super well (popping, low-power), and did some research. Everyone seems to say the power chamber is necessary on the bike, so I snagged a stock one.
So...
Thanks to a kind donation from Jim I received 5 broken CDI units as was able to use these to successfully reverse engineer the CB400/CM400 manual series CDI.
CURRENT STATUS 08-07-2024:
Ready for your order. Direct contact via PM, E-Mail or direct order though Hondamaticparts.com preferred...
1979 CM400T carb rebuild- read stickies, looking for dummy version for some things.
I've got the carbs torn down on the table and im going through stickies and how tos and just get confused on some longer threads. So here's the issues.
Putting new stock jets in- how many turns? Main and...