I spent 4 1/2 hours of today on a round trip of 140 miles to see a bike. I met every roadwork or accident or whatever that makes a short run take a long time.
The latest object of my desire is a 1979 Honda CB400N. I looked at this fine machine with it's slightly dodgy respray, badly painted plastic front mudguard with nice brake fluid splatter effect, rusty exhaust and missing mirrors and I had to have it!
The seller seemed honest enough. The conversation went something like this...Seller "the horn doesn't work unless you wobble the leads"... me..."that's ok". Seller.... "the rear indicator doesn't work"....me...."yeah it does if you hit it".
Seller the heat guards are missing from the exhaust and it melts your shoes"... me.... "that's ok".
I took this love machine for a ride and I found out it works much better if you turn the petrol on The engine sounds really noisy so I fixed this by putting my helmet on.
I paid £250 for a bike with 9 months t&t and I'm happy. I've got to ride it 70 miles home tomorrow, wish me luck
Here it is.... Gurk the rat

What's the plan for the Triumph then Wilf?

Gurk..... but why's it called Gurk?

Doesn´t look so bad in the pictures....

I'll sell it after I've tidied a couple of bits.



It's registration number is Grk something or other,




You should see it in the flesh

Didn't rate you as a Harry Potter fan Wilf Gurk = Giants leader. amazing the words you find in kids books. Glad you like the bike.

Nice

Just the sort of thing you were looking for wasn't it?

hey it's a bike, who cares?
nice one wilf i hope you and gurk will have lots of fun together

That should fit the bill a treat

Nice one mate. That should do you for a good few miles. The pictures tend to really clean them up nicely don't they, I bet it is a different story close up. How many cans of matt black do you reckon then?

I didn't see the age of it, are the indicators etc still single wire and using negative earth via the mountings? That could cause some minor electrical probs. I am in the process of wiring negs into the periferal bits of the CX at present.

Best of luck with it mate, I hope it serves you well.

Big up gurk! Sad story later about an alsation decapitated by a set of french doors!

The dog deserved it! The thing is a nut sniffing mutt!!
Gurks first trip was the 70 miles back to my place and it was fine.
It needs a service but otherwise it's ok.

hey it's even got a kickstart!! Watch out for the kick back on those wilf or it might blast you up onto the roof where the nut sniffing alsatian will be the least of your worries

I've mentioned it before but my bro had the 400 superdream and I loved it. I spent many a happy time riding pillion on it. It felt smooth as silk. Although I was comparing it to my MB5.

Makes me wonder why an english shepherd looks like a human being carrying a crooked stick but a german shepherd looks like an alsation dog?