stanr
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Post by stanr on Jul 16, 2017 11:16:20 GMT
My name is Stan Mitchell from cape Town, South African. I cannot ever remember seeing a Honda 400N in SA, but I have just bought one, semi stripped down, in the process of being converted to a Cafe Racer. I intend to restore it as close as possible back to the original 1981/2 look. I believe most of the pieces are there but will certainly be needing some new decals (Red colour bike). Also both exhausts are dented but hopefully a local custom exhaust shop can either knock out the dents or make some reproductions. Importing from UK or US of too many items will make the restoration expensive.
Regards to you all - you will be hearing more from me. This must be the eight or ninth Honda that I have owned.
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Post by stevegbr on Jul 16, 2017 11:27:13 GMT
welcome to the forum stan, hope you enjoy your stay, we love photos on here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2017 11:50:22 GMT
hi and welcome stan
best of luck with the bike
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Post by na44superdream on Jul 16, 2017 12:03:45 GMT
Hi, welcome, will it be the NB or NC?  It may be expensive anyway, but the post makes it worse! Say someone was passing through Cape Town and had a little space in their bag, is import easy, customs limit? We like pictures, I'm using .imgur.com/ as photobucket is virtually unusable at the moment. Keep us updated on progress, questions and the wanted parts list! |
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Post by na44superdream on Jul 16, 2017 12:31:42 GMT
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Post by Somersetdreamer on Jul 16, 2017 12:35:14 GMT
Welcome Stan  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2017 13:14:12 GMT
Welcome along Stan.
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Post by Fordy on Jul 17, 2017 20:38:55 GMT
Welcome Stan the man
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Post by ian on Jul 17, 2017 20:39:26 GMT
Hi Stan, welcome along!
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Post by richard on Jul 18, 2017 19:46:04 GMT
Welkom by die waansin...
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Post by dblakem1 on Jul 19, 2017 13:04:18 GMT
Lekker dag. Is that right ? My Afrikaans isn't what it used to be !!
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stanr
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Post by stanr on Jul 19, 2017 17:45:03 GMT
Thanks to all of you guys who responded to my introduction. Certainly makes me feel welcome and not afraid to seek advice in the future. Thanks to na44superdream for the pics of the various models. I will only be able to check the serial numbers tomorrow or Friday, so will let you know. I want to paint it in the correct colours. Thanks also to those of you who used a little afrikaans. Jou afrikaans is miskien better dan myne as ek het in Durban en Engeland gewoon vir die meeste van my liewe.
I viewed a "barn find" today in the hopes of finding potential missing parts. In shocking condition and and asking Pounds 400 for the wreck. Will sow some pics when I can
StanR
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