Bought a 1978 Honda CB400...good first bike?

[MattL]

Awsome bike dude. Can't see a spec of rust on it. Great bike to learn on and looks great to boot!

[roscowgo]

awesome.

[yoda731]

Wow. I echo all the raves above.

Two solid bikes for under a grand? Fantastic.

I guess that is the great equalizer between Florida and northern Michigan, Andy. We can ride them here (Orlando) year-round, but I'll be d@mned if we don't pay $$ to do so...

Have fun and keep us posted.
JC

[< I Fly >]

I wish honda still made standards like that.

599 baby... thing looks great, hauls "O Ring", and has no excess plastic krap.

[rapidblue]

I wish honda still made standards like that.

they do, in a magical land far far away called Europe, where they get all the cool standard bike. Her we get stuck with only the full fairing usless race replicas that are soooo "cool"

[flynrider]

Don't forget Asia. The CB400 is still in production. The modern version looks like this :

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/418336/

http://www.importmc.com.au/bikes/nc31/nc31r2blue.htm

[camthepyro]

Looks alot like the 599, which is good, those are sexy bikes. Too bad they don't sell them here, they would make awesome beginner bikes.