Not Your Father's 400 - Honda CBR400RR

[The Red Scourge]

Just rebuilt the forks, de-rusted and painted the front fairing mount.  Next I'll be scrubbing the whole thing down as it's quite dirty.  Then, most likely, checking the front brake lines.  There may be a leak.  Either that or the forks were leaking from so badly they got oil all over the left caliper.

[85RZwade]

Getting right after it-good job 

[peaky]

Awesome bike! Love the 400s! Mine's a FZR400 with lots of "R" parts. This bikes relative is the RC30, not some crap 600. Respect!

[The Red Scourge]

Thanks guys!  The FZR's are nice.  I've heard the Kawasaki ZXR-400's aren't aging well and starting to fall apart due to build quality.  I'm just happy I was able to get a runner at that price. 

[motodreams]

Have wanted one for a while be it the CRB/FZR or the VFR style.  You are correct these are not the same as the 600's and are not related.

My little TZR250 is the most fun bike i've ridden.  Makes a RZ350 look like junk despite 100cc less displacement.

Its all about the overall packaging and small bikes are often a more entertaining ride so you get to push them harder than simply a twist-of-the-throttle 1K superbike in normal riding speeds.

ENjoy!

[peaky]

Agreed! I can wring the neck of my FZR around town and love every minute of it! I have to do a track day to do the same with my Ducati's.

You are so lucky to find one of those bikes in the US. I didn't even try lookin for one. Went straight to the FZR.

And I agree about the 250 2 strokes. I nearly went for a RGV250 but my FZR was a couple of thousand dollars less.

[rodneya]

Went to a bike show yesterday and this was for sale.
1990 FZR400RR.
I haven't seen one of these in over 20 years

[m in sc]

yeah, a tzr250 to me is about the best one ive ever ridden. maybe one day but im not paying that much for one.. not saying it isnt worth it, just not worth it  to me. but damn near perfect. and you're right, makes the rz feel like is made of sticks and twigs and bailing wire by comparison.

[The Red Scourge]

Went to a bike show yesterday and this was for sale.
1990 FZR400RR.
I haven't seen one of these in over 20 years

That's a real beauty.  How much were they asking for it? 

[rodneya]

Went to a bike show yesterday and this was for sale.
1990 FZR400RR.
I haven't seen one of these in over 20 years

That's a real beauty.  How much were they asking for it?

The bike looked to be in really good shape, but I only looked.
Asking about price and making space for a new bike in my garage are almost the same thing to me.

[The Red Scourge]

Haha, that's fair.  I was just curious because they don't come up for sale often.

[rodneya]

Its hard to see in the pic, but there is a phone on the back of the bike. Shoot him a text.
604 947 9008

[peaky]

Hey! I got a swinger off that bike if anyone's interested 

[teazer]

We have an older model FZR400 (88 I think) and they are very different to an RZ which we also have in teh garage.  The RZ by comparison feels much lighter and mover around more, but the upside is the 2 stroke wail.  The FZR is noisy around town but doesn't get much louder as revs rise.

FZR has about twice as much rubber on the road and feels more planted.

Much as I like the CBR250 and 400, the VFR400 is so much sexier IMHO.  But your CBR400 is a great catch.  Enjoy it.

[busa1300]

If you need parts, Japan is the place
https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/search/search?p=nc23&va=nc23&istatus=2&exflg=1&b=1&n=100&mode=2

The build quality of Home market bikes, especially from Honda is in many cases works of art.
I had a NSR250R R5K for a short time, and it was just as high spec as the RC30 was from the same time period.