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@@ALIGwedew62 the kawi triples are piston ported. Used to be Reed conversions, but hard to come by unless you want to do custom work!

I am pretty tall and the bike is pretty small so I am inclined to leave it be, I also dont care for pushing the control wires thru the bars enough. That can be the job of the next owner, though I certainly understand the appeal of the lower bars and rear-set pegs. Honda should have known better than to think this would convince Americans to buy a small bike haha.

It microphone is mounted to the underside of the rear fender for this video, so the drive chain gets picked up

It's called Blue Magic metal polish, it's at most auto part stores in the USA. Strong ammonia smell

I havent seen anything that looks real? Ive seen some clickbait stuff on youtube and speculation. The 'renders' ive seen dont seem like they would pass muster for a real bike. That said Im all four it (pun intended), Id figure the US wont get one, but then again we got a 400 4 from kawasaki recently

The rear fender that has been cut is getting replaced in the next video. Most of the parts I grabbed were from webike japan and cmsnl. If you order from webike just have a list going so you combine shipping costs. I will add some links to the description in the next hour

If you have any specific questions let me know btw

Interesting to know, i want to put a digital tachometer on now and see where it lands!

Since replacing the float needles with Keyster replacements they have not leaked at all. Sometimes the brass pipes that are coming from the float bowls will crack and leak, I would check those. If they are cracked you can solder them and itll stick just like if you were putting wires together.

I dont guess they are cracked because with a big floating height they doesnt lose nothing , its all completly dry and bike start but if i use full throttle instantly the engine turn off like it doesn t have fuel but if i use thrlottle gradually it goes perfectly and go on high rpm…do you think that the second jet doesnt get fuel properly for instant throttle or i need to change max jets? I haven t the original air filter , it have the aftermarket filters and max jets are 75

@@loks2569 the fuel leaking would be a separate issue from the jetting, but something is definitely off for fuel/air ratio if it dies when you open the throttle. Try revving with the choke partly on. If it works better than the bike is probably lean off idle. I would think if you have pod filters you will definitely need to up your jets. My bike is pretty lean with stock jetting and it was made a bit worse with my new muffler.

I tried! With choke lightly on,it works but idle go up…i tried to cover the filters to simulate less air but the bike do other problems like go at 3 cilinders or rev up slowly…i dont know how to fix this problem…maybe I need to create an airbox or change 75 jets with 85s instead or change float height like yours but i will lose fuel at vents…i m really confused…can I ask you what does the secondary jets do? What do you suggest?thanks for help!❤

I acquired this bike right after my father had passed and making these videos helped keep me busy. He used to tell me stories about his old Kawi H1 500, so naturally I bought one on fathers day this year! I will have another video hopefully this week for the bike doing some finishing touches. 79k Indicates a lot of love for that bike! I have been averaging about 200 miles a week on my 400, its a lovely bike and worth the work. The facebook groups are also great for help, lots of nice folks. Really appreciate your watching

I have two friends looking to buy bikes after riding it around the field, doing its job so far!

@@GoldenBoyGarage hehe new riders to corrupt bro..🤣

Bucket list bike for me, gonna have to tear it down, but had to kill all the mosquitos first 😂

Was literally harvested from a junkyard

@GoldenBoyGarage Wow .What a fantastic find ! Full marks to you on that one .

It's been a favorite for me. I go for it every time over any other bike in the garage, unless it's a long trip and rain is a possibility, but for back roads in the forest 🤌

I have no idea what is in the bike currently, I just picked it up a day ago, getting acquainted. First plan will probably be to drain and add some mineral kawi branded oil. I know that some of the newer fancy oils can slip on these old bikes. Long term the plan is to rebuild the engine

@@GoldenBoyGarage nice

I grew up with stories about these bikes from my dad and I've been hunting for a while! The Yamaha wants to kill me a lot less!

I have long wanted a 350F and honestly had no idea the 400F existed prior to stumbling upon this one, very rare in the US. I saw one other at Barber Vintage Days. This is the latest of the series on the bike, have a few others getting to this point! Also working on another video with new muffler and other bits! Really appreciate your watching and subscribing!

That could also be the coolant I spilled everywhere 😬 appreciate it! 78kg and does 60 mph with ease!

@@GoldenBoyGarage Perfect 👌

Really really appreciate that folks watch, try to be a mix of helpful and entertaining. Decided to split stuff like carbs and valves as it's useful! The blue cream is called Blue Magic metal polish. It works great, but smells like cat pee as it's got ammonia in it just a heads up 👆

I would think it should be fine, but I would probably disconnect the battery (if it has one)

The so-called waterfall pipes are hard to ignore, im surprised Honda didn't use that style more often!

I could only say Willy so many times with a straight face! I appreciate the encouragement. Im unsure how much of the success is me, and how much is the CB400F haha! I pulled up your channel and saw hustler minibikes so already excited!

Someone did point out that the toolkit has a JIS in it and i felt pretty dumb but I was also under some stressful circumstances, but the whole point is USE JIS for these bikes! Cheers and thank you for sharing wisdom and watching along, humbled every day

It's almost OWC colors 😎 🤙🤙🤙

800 isnt too bad I suppose. I thought I got a bad deal but people have indicated that in good shape they go for way more than your average 50cc!

I just got one, which got rebuilt and used as a farm bike in hungary for 250eu

@@botix7646 that is a really good deal, at least here in america!

I'm certain that's not doing it any favors, and I'm sure I'm going to find loads more fun stuff as I go about changing fluids 😬, but that will be an excuse to do a tear down, maybe hop it up a little 🤔

The shift shaft seal leaks a bit, and the oil filter housing also. AGAIN in japan makes a CNC insert to help keep the shift shaft from wearing out, and when its time to change the oil I hope to remedy (oil filter housing has new oring so all i can do is groan there)

You still have it?! thats awesome!

@@GoldenBoyGarage yeah, i almost sold it a few times. Glad i didnt. Im 45 now so at this point why get rid of it.

350f is still on the list, I love the idea of small fours!

I loved mine ....I got for it $75 from a car shop in Shreveport Louisiana dude just wanted to get rid of it and several other bikes ....thing about it was the exhaust pipes where rotted off of it ...

@@danielray508 75 bucks is a great deal no matter the time period. Im surprised how many aftermarket parts / exhausts are around for these too!

​@@GoldenBoyGarage Ah oui, les Japonaises, c'est bien différents 😉🤟

Powersports were limited growing up as we had a tendency to flip the go-kart over ... a lot haha. Kinda fun to ride around home. Appreciate your watching

I have a couple long form videos on the bike, I can make a regular post with some photos here in a few

"Never ridden hard, garage kept, etc" It really does prefer to be wound out though. Love this little 400 Four!

CAUSE WE'RE CRANKIN' OUR HAWWWWGS

its a blast, i cant help myself with small 2 strokes

I recognize the name from FB haha, thank you for watching! Love this little bike