Posts about my CBR400RR NC23.
It’s been a while since the NC23 figured in the list of projects. It hasn’t been ridden much over the past half a year, because it would leak gas from somewhere around the carburetors, and I was busy with the NC30 project. However, finally the state of Hawaii ensured the NC23 got some love, since it …
The NC23 has been making this ticking sound when first started when cold since I got it. It disappears after a minute or so. This might just be a bad exhaust gasket. It’s also clear the clutch bearing is going, because pulling the clutch in when cold often results in some quite unpleasant noises. That …
It’s been almost a year since the first installment of the makeover. The unpainted side fairing has been lying around taunting me, but I was a bit intimidated by embarking on painting. Not long after the last post, I went to the local Finishmaster store. They were super helpful, matched the paint from the good …
The NC23 has some aftermarket gadget that does two things: it turns the brake light of the twin tail lights into turning lights, and it makes the brake light blink. I guess the idea is that blinking the brake light makes it more visible. However, it blinks pretty fast and bulbs are slow to turn …
I had the fairing off the NC23 for wiring up the high-beam solenoid on the left headlight (when I retrofitted the headlights I only hooked up the right one to the high beam circuit, because I only had one connector) and I decided to investigate the extremely poor lighting on the instrument cluster. The speedometer …
On my way home from work today, I noticed the exhaust note being a bit more growly than normal. Sure enough, upon inspection when I got home, the exhaust pipe is cracked. Teh suk. Shortly after getting the bike, I noticed that the exhaust can had been rubbing on the rear brake caliper, to the point …
In general the paint on the NC23 is in pretty good shape. I don’t know how old it is, but the blue and white is not an original scheme. However, it’s pretty clear that the bike went through a “severe event” at some point. The left-hand middle fairing is not an original piece, it’s thicker …
This is the second and final installment about the NC23 headlight retrofit project. In the first post, we compared the beams of the old headlight and the new projectors. Now we’ll see how it turned out. The final mounting of the projectors in the headlights involved making a mount to screw it in using JB …
After moving back to CA, I decided to get a motorcycle again. (I actually got two!) They are both 1990-era 400cc “grey bikes” that were never officially imported into the US, so quite hard to find. One is a 1988 Honda CBR400RR NC23 and the other a 1992 Honda VFR400R NC30. Owning a 20+ year-old …