cb400 fours

advant63 · Post by **advant63** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:33 pm

i've been offered two cb 400 fours in trade for clearing three fallen trees from an old gents property. the fellow is an avid restorer(33 auburn, 04 oakland, a packard, 56 jawa 175 and so on). i saw the bikes this past sunday on a garage tour of his place, but they were inacessable for all his other treasures. one's a 77 which gets used once a year when his son comes home for a week. the other, a 75 he described as a parts bike. it was all there and judging by his other vehicles the parts bike is probably finer than any of my runners.
i'm sure i'll take the deal but i will have to invest in a log splitter to hold up my end of the deal.
can someone give me the green light so i can blame them when two more orphans show up in my driveway.

jaybob · Post by **jaybob** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:21 pm

On one hand log splitters are expensive....but you would get to keep it.

On the other hand, free motorcycles in exchange for a little work? Good deal. Unless you don't like Hondas.

I would do it depending on the price of the splitter. Around my area they can be rented cheaply.

Be carefull, cutting downed trees can be dangerous

diamondj · Post by **diamondj** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:56 pm

Rent the log splitter if you can. The pipes alone on the CB400Fs are worth it if they are nice. Cool bikes and I'm not a huge fan of Hondas...

drewboy · Post by **drewboy** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:25 pm

I think 400 fours are very cool ! I'd like to have one in my garage. Ontario guy eh ? Let me grab my axe, meet you at Tim Hortons.

jkevinlilly · Post by **jkevinlilly** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:31 pm

Ontario has to have rental logsplitters, unless you can bum one cheaper. I would offer you mine, but it is a bit far to haul it.

That and some elbow grease has got to worth the bikes.

Kevin

GT Tim · Post by **GT Tim** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:51 pm

Do it!

advant63 · Post by **advant63** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:52 pm

Do it!

finally!!
the voice of reasoning.
if i were to do this(which i am) i would buy a splitter. probably a chainsaw too. renting puts too much pressure on the timeframe. once you have it it's there when you need it. used ones are scarce so when i want to dump it i will get most of it back. the trees are already down and dragged to the wood pile so it should go smoothly.
i was strictly honda for a long time and the 4000/4 was on my hit list so this is ideal.
there are more tim hortons around here than corner stores and gas stations combined, so when you want to meet someone you have to be very specific.
more to follow.