Description
I am selling my 1971 400 cross. This was the last year of the 4 speed 400's made famous by Bengt Åberg and featured in the On any Sunday movie.
The bike has been fully restored to as original condition as I could make it. The engine has all brand new gearbox (shafts and gears) along with a new clutch (basket, hub, plates, springs). The engine has been rebored with a new piston and the crankshaft has a new con rod. All bearings are new SKF or Fag.
Ignition is an original NOS Femsa unit along with a new pattern Femsa coil.
Caburettor is the original Bing 1/ 36/ 101 type with new jets, needle and float. The air filter cover has the correct for 71 world champion decal.
The engine is oil tight and starts easily but requires a firm stab of the Kickstarter to get through compression.
All the black parts of the bike (engine, rear hub etc) have been stove enamelled a satin black.
The frame (along with all the silver parts) have been painted in a 2K silver which is a very good match for the original colour.
The bike has the correct alloy rear fender and alloy inner fender (with the warranty disclaimer decal on this on inner fender) as well as the pressed steel front fender mount.
The front suspension has been completely rebuild with no pitting on the stanchions, new springs, oil, correct dust caps, clamps and seals.
The shocks are NOS Girling with correct full chrome shrouds.
The wheels have been built with the original polished Akront alloy rims, Berg Union spokes, bearings and brake shoes.
The rear tyre is a new Mitas which have a pattern similar to the original Trelleborgs (Mitas took over Trelleborg a while back). The front tyre is a Trelleborg 644 which is close to the original 544 but 3. 50 wide. If you are going to race the bike I would suggest changing this to a Pirelli MT16 to keep the vintage
Handlebars are the correct high cross bar type and the controls are all original and correct Magura. I have added a Magura kill switch even though this was not originally fitted purely from a safety point of view.
Vast majority of the bolts are the correct Bufo type which have been replated and used along with correct red nyloc nuts.
The correct long seat has been repaired with the pan being replated and a new seat cover fitted (correct thin diagonal piping).
The tank is dent free and has been rechromed and painted in a 2k red with correct decals and white pin stripes. This is a genuine Husqvarna tank and not a replica. New petrol tap and cap have been fitted.
The cables are the correct grey type without cable oilers fitted and secured with correct style metal cable ties.
The chain and sprockets are all new with the correct Renolds chain fitted. There is no chain guard, as unfortunately the Mitas tyres is a smidge wider than the original 4. 00 x 18 Trelleborgs and would hit the guard.
The bike can either be kept and looked at or would be a great bike to enter events like the Malle mile.
We live in Kent, an easy 45 minutes drive from the channel tunnel. I have sold a number of bikes to Europe and have found a very reliable and cost effective courier.
Above is not an exhaustive list of what has been done so please feel free to ask any question. I also have a short video of a cold start of the bike which I can send.
