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HI GUYS,
SORRY TO GET IN ON THIS TOPIC SO LATE,HAVEN'T CHECKED THE SITE IN A FEW DAYS.
MY 76 400 HAD A 40mm LECTRON ON IT, AND IT WAS THE CLEANEST RUNNING BIKE I'VE EVER OWNED! YOU COULD BE IDLING THROUGH THE TIGHT TREES IN 2ND GEAR, COME OUT ONTO A POWER LINE OR OTHER WIDE OPEN SPACE, CRACK THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN, AND HANG ON! NO LOADING UP IN THE LEAST! I BOUGHT THIS BIKE FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HE THREW THE OEM BING AWAY THE FIRST WEEK. WHAT I WOULDN'T DO TO OWN THAT BIKE AGAIN! I'M FROM A SMALL TOWN WHERE NO ONE EVER SEEMS TO LEAVE, MAYBE I COULD TRACK IT DOWN. SEE WHAT YOU GUYS STARTED!

 

IF THE PARTS IN QUESTION ARE ALUMINUM, THE BEST CHEMICAL I'VE FOUND IS CALLED B-55. IT'S AN ACID THAT CLEANS NICELY. I DON'T KNOW HOW WIDELY AVAILABLE IT IS THOUGH. IF THESE PARTS ARE MAGNESIUM, SOME CHEMICALS HAVE WEIRD REACTIONS WITH IT. I'D STICK TO A SCOTCHBRITE PAD AND ELBOW GREASE UNLESS YOU DO A SMALL INCONSPICUOUS SPOT FIRST. HOPE THIS HELPS!

 

ANY INFO YOU EXPERTS COULD GIVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED! HOW MANY DIFFERENT 400cc MODELS
WERE OFFERED IN 1976? DOES ANYONE OUT THERE
HAVE COPIES OF ORIGINAL SALES BROCHURES OR
DIRT BIKE MAGAZINE TESTS OF THESE 400's?
                            THANKS!

 

I HAD ONE OF THESE GREAT BIKES IN THE EIGHTIES AND REGRET EVER SELLING IT!
SURE WOULD LIKE TO FIND ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE
IT(6-SPEED). RESTORABLE TO MINT ORIGINAL, LET
ME KNOW.
                         THANKS!