Honda CB 400 N

The CB 400 N is the name of a series of motorcycle models from the Japanese manufacturer Honda .

In 1978, Honda replaced the models of the 250/400 T series that had just been released a year earlier with the stylistically revised (new) two-cylinder models 250/400 N , also with two cylinders. The Euro look introduced with it was intended to emphasize the relationship to the larger-capacity four-cylinder Honda CB 900 Bol d'Or . The internal model designation CB400T was retained, however, only the sales name was in 400 N CB changed. The CB400N model is closely related to the CB250N, so Honda published some of the same manuals.

The Honda CB 400 N must not be confused with the older, small four-cylinder Honda CB 400 Four with the same displacement . Older CB 400 N models have a single brake disc at the front, younger models have a double disc brake at the front, and all of them have a drum brake on the rear wheel . With its five-speed gearbox (older models) or six-speed gearbox (younger models), it is still considered economical and suitable as a beginner's machine.

The CB 400 N has 32 kW (43 PS) unthrottled, but in Germany, due to the insurance classes, it was mostly offered in a factory-throttled version to 20 kW (27 PS). The throttling is laboriously carried out via the camshaft . There were occasional further reductions to 17 hp, but these were not produced in series by Honda. They were carried out by dealers with accessory parts in a primitive way (narrowing of the intake-side or exhaust-side cross-sections by means of inserted pipe sections) and can usually be recognized by a change in the standard engine performance in the vehicle documents.

In addition to an electric starter, the first models also had a kick starter; this was canceled in 1982.

Technical specifications

Length over all:	2115 mm
Width over everything:	730 mm
Height:	1105 mm
Wheelbase:	1390 mm
Dry weight:	171 kg
Weight ready to drive:	184 kg
Permissible total mass:	364 kg
Top speed
27 PS version:	141 km / h
43 PS version:	175 km / h

literature

Joachim Kuch: Type compass Honda motorcycles since 1970 , 1st edition, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-02061-0 .

Web links

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