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Pete.
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I had a J reg 3en2. Sold it cheap when they were not worth much.
Interesting fact: FZR400's have no engine number. They have the model code but no unique identifier.
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Only the 88-90 cbr is suitabl for a2 restriction
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Yep 1WG looks like you knicked it and filed the numbers off...
Another 400 fact, rocking horse poo is more common than the SP variants!
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This thread is making me feel old, passed my test at 17 on a 200cc Tiger Cub, then onto a Triumph 500, then by 18 I was riding a Bonneville 750 with 49 hp. I have just googled what an A2 license is and see my Bonneville was not much more hp than the limit: all the rules seem massively restrictive on folk taking up biking, in my day the cost of insurance limited how powerful a bike you could afford to run, all these new rules seem excessive to me, though I was brought up with bikes and riding from when I was 14.
Cannot add much to the suggestions bar do not rule out twins, they can be every bit as fun to ride as 4's or for some sad folk its hard to see past twins for bigger bikes.
Cannot add much to the suggestions bar do not rule out twins, they can be every bit as fun to ride as 4's or for some sad folk its hard to see past twins for bigger bikes.
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Flitwick Motorcycles???
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there about 10 mins from me but an awful shop
we don’t even stop there on a ride out
my mate was riding the TT and his brother died there a long time back
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Nope so waiting again but might as well find a bike and hopefully I’ll have it done this year since i never got it done last
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One of the best motorcycling days I ever had was on a friends CBR400RR, the Gull-arm version. A bunch of us were staying in a gite in southern France (not far from Cahors). I was on a VFR750, my best mate was on a ZXR750 and another guy was on a ZZR100. Also in the party were a couple riding Jap import 400s. He had a Suzuki RF400 and his girlfriend (who I worked with) had the CBR400RR. She definitely had the better taste in bikes. He'd suffered an off the day previously and damaged himself and the bike a bit so they were staying in and licking their wounds. I was offered the use of her CBR for the day and jumped at the chance.
What a lovely little bike that was. In spite of having dodgy Bridgestone Cyrox tyres fitted you coukd ride it to the edge of the tread and know exactly what it was doing. I had 4 or 5 quite lurid rear end slides but it was so well balanced that you could get away with it and recover the plot. I was giggling inside my helmet at times I was having that much fun. With some decent tyres and a suspension upgrade it would have been a total weapon. Still fancy getting one twenty-odd years later.
get a run on an RVF400 ,,, if your the right size for one they are amazing , Im six foot and 17 stone so its out for me.
That looks like the pits at bedford autodrome?
I wouldn't rule out something like an er5 or gs500 either as a cheap hack
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Well spotted.
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make sure your sitting down when you check the prices of them
I paid £1200 for cbr400rr in 2002 feels like an eternity now
Have you had a run on a T Max ,, Im very tempted ,,, very very tempted.
Have you looked at the Honda CB-1 (NC27) basically a detuned CBR400 (NC23) engine in a steel frame. They seem to get overlooked and are still reasonable prices. I've had a couple and did my 1st ever trackday on one. I now race (well follow along behind everyone else) a NC23. Currently building one up on YouTube if you're bored
