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barwel1992
10-09-12, 08:13 PM
These any good? looking at a 2001 cb400 would be a winter hack and is £500 to insure with no ncb as that's used on the other bike
andrewsmith
10-09-12, 08:24 PM
gutless compared to the FZ1

Strong bikes, seem to do okay with winter. A friends NC31 superfour has held up quite well to her mileage and 2 year of abuse. Being pulled apart to my knowledge to sort it

edit: I'm a tit and but the wrong model code
barwel1992
10-09-12, 08:51 PM
Lol obviously it's gutless vs the fz it's 100bhp less :p yeh this is a super 4 , looking at bandits and sv's as well as there around the same insurance bandit is a bit more , sv's are looking a bit expensive to buy , bandits are dirt cheep and I can do the work that's needed on them ect and the cb looks nice for the cash lol ps budget is about £500 for the bike
squirrel_hunter
10-09-12, 08:52 PM
Which NC model is that?
andrewsmith
10-09-12, 08:54 PM
You'll not get a CB400 for £500 thats running well

Try and get a bandit. How far you going?
mikerj
10-09-12, 09:23 PM
You'll not get a CB400 for £500 thats running well

Agreed, the only thing you'll get for £500 is a project bike, though £500 isn't going to get much of anything in a tidy state.

Leggy NVT650 maybe? Shaft drive and they go on forever just about.
barwel1992
10-09-12, 09:28 PM
Not sure what nc it's is , the only ones I can find are one bid maybe they will go for more than I think, I'm doing. 75miles a day ish
yorkie_chris
11-09-12, 08:03 AM
75 miles a day don't get a revvy highly strung old thing.

Get a lazy old man bike, dullville, NTV, divvy/XJ900, BMW flying brick etc
barwel1992
11-09-12, 12:10 PM
Good shout on the xj9 just need to check insurance out
yorkie_chris
11-09-12, 01:38 PM
I really like mine, for a big numb beast of burden you couldn't ask for better. Comfy, good presence, pulls from 20mph/1000rpm without a fuss, 60mpg, bombproof engine and final drive.

When this one dies I'm thinking a K100 to replace it.
philbut
12-09-12, 08:00 AM
Old ZZR600 will do ya good too - I do 100+ miles a day on mine. Now at 70K and still all original -even the clutch plates (just checked them,they are still in spec after all those miles). I can get 55-60 mpg if i'm careful too. Cheap as chips to run and insure.