Lake District

[Hedgetrimmer]

Nice one Adee, glad you had a good one. You got the hairpins on the Hardknott without any cars coming the other way, lucky bleeder! 
I did it going up the hairpins in dry conditions - going down in wet, slippy conditions must have taken some concentration 

[unfazed]

Great road that, was up there years ago on a 400/4 Honda, before I got a real bike

[red98]

Oi...unfazed...I heard that 

[unfazed]

Oi...unfazed...I heard that 

Is yours the real 400/4 with the rear footrests on the swinging arm or the newer one. 

[red98]

Yep...the real F1 400/4 supersport in fast red....1975 registered in the same month as they were launched..

[unfazed]

I bought my red one in July 1976 and traded it for a Suzuki GS550 4 months later with 10600miles on it. The sales man came out looked at the clock went back into the shop and came out again to read the clock a second time. 

[dickturpin]

I also had a red 400/4 around 1979....good times!

[unfazed]

Yes, those were the days when we had rear drums, one front disc with one piston and took a week to stop in the wet 
My brother in law owns the fore runner of the 400//4 an American import 350 four, I took it for a spin last summer and he took the Fazer, told him to watch the brakes on the Fazer. All was fine until he rode into the driveway, he locked up the front of the Fazer and it fell over on top of his leg. We struggled to lift off him because we were  . When he eventually got up he only comment was "At least I have ABS on the 350" then he elaborated "Anything But Stop". Yes those were the days