Interesting 400 Four

It felt gutless full stop. Needed huge anmounts of revs on the clock
to pull away.

Suspect what you like. They could build something better but the 400-4
wasn't it. I suspect you're some dopey twat who won't believe anything
good ever came out of the British bike industry.

 

Nothing wrong with a 900 Daytona.....

 

Unfortunately, in 1975 that was sadly the case.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, sweller

<Leaps to defence of Notrun Commando>

<Falls over on oil leaking from primary case>

Ow.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

In this day and age of advanced sealants oil leaks should be a thing of the
past.

A BMW dealer will supply tubes of Black Bond or get (similar) Loctite 598.
If there is a lot of case flex then Loctite 5910.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog

<gasp>

It'd destroy the thing's essential charm and beauty.

You're right, of course. 21st century chemical engineering can probably
defeat 18th century mechanical engineering.

I've got to go and have a poke around at some point anyway to see if I
can figure out why the clutch is slipping, so I'll try to stop it
marking its territory at the same time.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

They have, and it's an absolute peach of a motor.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..92295../..24851.../..31928.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11
'^' RBR Clues: 49 Pts:0960 Miles:2695

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SD

Ah, but what's the clutch like?

And why haven't you bought one yet? Hmm? Hmmmm?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

My brother in law had a 400/4. I had a Kawasaki H1A at the same
time. The Kawasaki left the 400/4 for dead until we came to a corner
or had to slow down...

And I had to stop for pertrol quite frequently....

 

Bugger off.

Because I still have a mortgage.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..92295../..24851.../..31928.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11
'^' RBR Clues: 49 Pts:0960 Miles:2695

 

I recall driving one of those round South London in about '84 or '85. It
was a current Ford UK model at the time.

 

It means he can join the Mile High Club without alarming the stews.

 

I love the way the guy's hanging off in the picture at the bottom of that
article.

 

"You meet the....spazziest....people on a Honda"...

 

Heh. That primary case is a particularly dopey bit of design
engineering.

 

I was driving an Essex-engined 1602 BMW around SE London at around the
same time. Bright yellow it was - with a huge bonnet hump to clear the
air filter. Ugly as **** but very rapid for its day.

<misty eyed>

Wish I had a photo.

</me>

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Long gone by then - Sierra, yes.

<goes all misty and wobbly as memory cells fire>

Savage were the first to stuff the V6 into the Mk1 Croatin [1], then
they did a Mk2 afair (Ford SA might have been doing it also); I'm unsure
about Savage and the Mk3/4, but I'm certain Ford SA did a Mk3/4 V6
Rotniac in SA, so any on the UK streets were imports either officially
or not. By that time Ford were shuttling models around from country to
country to suit different markets if there was a demand.

[1] Actually, George Morrison was, but don't tell anyone.

 

Good resource for this info here:

http://www.cortina80.co.uk/

Officially, the V6 Cortinas in the UK had a 2.3 Cologne engine.

My cousin had a MkIV 2.3 Ghia back in the mid 80s.

 

<googles>

Probly. I was working for Bovis '83-'87. The car was the company car of a
civil engineer (IIRC) by the name of Ian White[1]. According to wikipedia,
the V6 Cortina IV/V V-6 models were 2.3 Cologne engined. The 2.3 bit
tallies with my recollection. The Mark V seems to have finished in '82, so
if it was an '82 model, it could easily still have been in use as a company
car in '84/'85. Actually, now I think about it, the reason I had it was to
get it MOTed, so the example I had would have been at minimum 3 years old at
that time. I had the thing for a few days, as Ian was off on holiday. I
don't remember it being blisteringly fast, but it was quite rowdy and would
light up the back end on a whim. ISTR it was unfeasibly thirsty, too.

[1]Ian White MICE, which caused some of us a modicum of amusement.

 

Not just you )