CBR400RR NC29

  I had a question and it would appear so did a fair bit of the internet:     Where does the fusebox go on a CBR400 NC29?   Fusebox floating around the nose fairing The fusebox on my bike has been floating about since I have owned it and I have, a few times, looked to find where it is meant to go. I was under the impression I was missing a bracket, probably the one that the plugs normally sit in but the internet was lacking in answers. My go to CMSNL shed the fusebox as part of the loom which wasn't super helpful but it did show the plug bracket which did not show a fusebox mount. I did find mention of a mounting point on the inside of the plastics. As I had only had aftermarket fairings on my CBR400's, none of them had brackets but I did remember I still had a nose cone from the race CBR400. Stock fairing brackets Fortunately for me, this nose fairing is of higher quality or possibly even genuine so had both the clip bracket for the fuse box on the left of the imag...

"And if, you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)" If you have read the story with the same title on my VFR750 RC24 blog   then you are walking into a familiar yet fairly useful tail. The CBR400RR NC29 normally runs a 525 chain, but race bike. A 520 chain was needed as there is no way I am running a heavier chain than the VFR750. Now fairly well versed in this game I loaded up ebay and  JT sprockets who have a great website  which will show you every machine that a sprocket will fit. It was simple then to find the sprocket for my CBR then compare all the other bikes said sprocket would fit. 520 chain 112 links long  JTF565 front in either 15 tooth (standard) or 14 (faster acceleration) JTA1303 is an aluminium 5520 pitch rear with the same stud size and spacing, designed to fit an R6. I went for 42 tooth. There is the option to go smaller for tracks like Donny where ...

This is a work in progress but as the blog is being written at the same time as I am working (for a change), I thought I might as well publish it to make it a live update of sorts. So do pop back in the future to see when I finally give up and set the lot on fire. The " From Road rashed to race " Blog entry very quickly got a bit out of hand so I have removed some detail and made it more of a story. The real bones of any particular job, such as this one, are now in separate blogs which I will link between whenever relevant. This should make it easier to find useful info whilst still getting it all down. This story follows on from another branch of the rebuild where I fantasised about sticking an NC23 engine in the NC29 which you can't do. As a result of this, and with a lack of spares on the market, I was looking at repairing the engine I had. The main issue I had was that the crank appeared to be bent thanks to the previous owners crash damage.  I h...

This is a work in progress but as the blog is being written at the same time as I am working (for a change), I thought I might as well publish it to make it a live update of sorts. So do pop back in the future to see when I finally give up and set the lot on fire. The " From Road rashed to race " Blog entry very quickly got a bit out of hand so I have removed some detail and made it more of a story. The real bones of any particular job, such as this one, are now in separate blogs which I will link between whenever relevant. This should make it easier to find useful info whilst still getting it all down. During the time I spent fart assing with engines, for the bikes strip down, I had spent a lot of time head scratching on the computer. Some of that time was on ebay and in doing so I had found the odd useful part. One in particular was a set of forks. They were listed as tidy but missing a damper rod and listed at a fairly low price as a result. N...

Early NC23 on left with NC29 head NC36 engine right. Intro This blog entry is to list and share what will fit the CBR400RR-L NC29. I have mostly collated it for cross compatibility of NC23 parts as such I will also have a list on parts that do not fit from this machine. I will also list items such as fuel pumps that will fit from other models but clearly aim not going to tell you that an AUDI A4 door does or does not fit, because that would be silly. It doesn't by the way, you can have that one. I will update this periodically as I find things that do or do not fit and update the version number as I go. All of the latest updates will be in red. Engine Stuff: Engine code: NC23E102xxx CBR400RR NC23 1988 Too far forward & low Different upper mount The engine is not a straight bolt in. The spacing is substantially different at the rear with the rear barrel mount missing. The case rear upper mount is too high and aft so it fowls the water tank before far...

 Sorting the scruffy Bumblebee I kind of liked the yellow CBR400RR but the bodywork was scruffy so I started looking for a replacement. I had a number of options open to me from repairing what I had, OEM replacements and aftermarket replacements of various qualities. As this bike was never intended to be a painting I didn't want to spend loads so out the window went any plans for Tyga performance bodywork or anything else expensive.  I'm not convinced yellow was ever a factory option so it looked like a colour change might be in order without faffing with paint. As it turned out the bike made the decision for me when its left mid fairing flew off into a field on the way to work. Funnily enough this is exactly what happened on the last CBR400 I ran but this time I didn't find the misbehaving panel. So my hand had been forced and now I'm fairing shopping a little harder. I had decided on some pattern Chinese bodywork like on the NSR250 MC28 . they are c...

If you need to get to part D then parts A.B&C also need to come off and now you can reach part E more easily. Sod it lets just do the alphabet whilst we are here! The CBR had shown that it really needed new tyres in a recent "moment" so the wheels needed to come off. Seeing as the wheels were going to be off I might as well get that powder coating done whilst I am there. The NSR250 MC28  also needed its wheels powder coating and some fresh shoes wouldn't be a bad idea either. Might as well get them done together eh? Tyres were bought off of eBay in the form of a set of Bridgestone battleaxe S20 EVO's for the NSR and Metzeler M3 front and M1 rear for the CBR. This cut the costs right back which was good as this was going to be a very expensive month for me. I took the bare wheels to Viking powder coating near Bardney Lincolnshire who did a fairly good job. At £50 a wheel I expected a touch better, but the price was still good and so far the coating ...