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    1975 HONDA CB400F little big bike

    Oct 03, 2018 4 minutes

    WORDS JUSTIN HOLMES PHOTOGRAPHY KENNY SMITH

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    “THE PLAN WAS TO MAKE IT LARGER OVERALL BUT STILL KEEP THE ORIGINAL PROPORTIONS”

    THIS little Honda came to me as an impulse buy from the Mudgeeraba Swap. After a bit of haggling, I handed over $350 and it was mine. It was reasonably stock other than the rattle-canned tank with bashed-in knee wells. The motor had been pulled out with the top end dismantled, but it was all there.

    I got it back to my shop (PopBang Classics on the Gold Coast), stuck it up on the mezzanine and forgot about it until a couple of big burly fellas came in wanting me to build a couple of bikes

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