Having established the mainstream formula for modern motorcycles with the epoch-making CB750F of 1968, Honda progressively expanded the family with a series of smaller-engined relatives, though few would have guessed that the concept would ever be applied to a lightweight. The first of these smaller fours - the CB500 - appeared in 1971, to be followed a year later by the 350. In 1974 the latter was stretched and comprehensively restyled to create the classic CB400F, a lightweight model aimed at younger riders which, like the Royal Enfield Continental GT of the previous decade, came with all the right ‘café racer’ styling cues straight from the factory. With a four-into-one exhaust, six gears, rear-set footrests and – most importantly – a top speed in excess of 100mph, it was every boy-racer’s dream and a huge commercial success. This CB400F was acquired in May 1985 from one Bernard Pendry and used to attend the Manx Grand Prix. Mr Pendry had acquired the machine on 1st October 1977 and would appear to have been its second owner. Alan Dodsworth’s notes record a comprehensive service undertaken in September 1997, since when only a relative handful of miles have been added to the 23,920 recorded total at that time. The machine is offered with expired MoT (1991) and old/new Swansea V5 documents.
Having established the mainstream formula for modern motorcycles with the epoch-making CB750F of 1968, Honda progressively expanded the family with a series of smaller-engined relatives, though few would have guessed that the concept would ever be applied to a lightweight. The first of these smaller fours - the CB500 - appeared in 1971, to be followed a year later by the 350. In 1974 the latter was stretched and comprehensively restyled to create the classic CB400F, a lightweight model aimed at younger riders which, like the Royal Enfield Continental GT of the previous decade, came with all the right ‘café racer’ styling cues straight from the factory. With a four-into-one exhaust, six gears, rear-set footrests and – most importantly – a top speed in excess of 100mph, it was every boy-racer’s dream and a huge commercial success. This CB400F was acquired in May 1985 from one Bernard Pendry and used to attend the Manx Grand Prix. Mr Pendry had acquired the machine on 1st October 1977 and would appear to have been its second owner. Alan Dodsworth’s notes record a comprehensive service undertaken in September 1997, since when only a relative handful of miles have been added to the 23,920 recorded total at that time. The machine is offered with expired MoT (1991) and old/new Swansea V5 documents.
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