Project - Black and Gold

Here are a couple color photos as it sits in my shop right now...





I still have a loooong way to go. Waiting for it to get a little warmer in my shop before I really get moving on it. Once I figure out a battery solution, weld on mounting tabs for the CDA and RR, it's final teardown time, clean up, powder coat, paint and upholstery. I also have to find the right fuel fittings and an inline petcock - which shouldn't be hard.

I am running an LED headlight and will have an LED taillight soon. No gauges, dummy lights, turns, etc... Kick only. Is anyone here using one of those smaller, 1.2 or 2.0 aH batteries? If so, how do they work? Life span? Charging? Cold weather?

I had a 4-cell antigravity battery in it for awhile. It worked great until it didn't, so I'd like to go with something more reliable and proven, as I've heard our old bikes don't play nice with Li-Ion batteries.

I have a 1.2 AH sealed lead battery in my 80 that has about 5k miles on it from two bikes it has been in and still works great. Just make sure the battery can be charged to 14.5-15 volts or your bike will kill it. Your bike looks great

Man.. It's been awhile since I've worked on the 400. Here's a little update with where it stands currently:

This weekend I got busy welding mounting tabs for the CDI unit, the regulator/rectifier, built a battery box and rewired the electrical. The OEM harness was stripped, so I started from scratch with a Rick's Motorsports solid state regulator/rectifier. After chasing the wires down, the bike is confirmed to start and charge the battery at a nice 14.5v.







Little video: http://iconosquare.com/p/1256124762721859089_13826772

Awesome work.

cool, love it

Those are some gorgeous lines.

I love cafe racers...but man...this is gorgeous

I just saw this. Holy crap I gotta read the whole thing. Great lines that rear fender and tank it flows soooo well.