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My first motorbike, terrible bike, awfull bike, went round corners like a puppy on a leash, decent Conti`s improved it`s handling (a lot) but no, far too heavy for a 400, it was a bike of it`s day BUT, Honda moved the game on, I switched to a CBR 600 pronto -half the weight & twice the performance & I never regretted it, I do not miss my Z400!

Very similar to my 1981 GPZ 550. Still one of the best machines ever produced in my opinion.

who ever heard of a Z400 ? a 400 cc four cylinder from Kawasaki...............never heard of it.......strange......... and cool !

you took 18 months to fix that bike they should brought it to me done it in a week you to slow.

Back in the mid eighties, when everyone around here got tired of lc350s they graduated to these, alfa (?) 4 into ones , just to let people know you were on way.

Thanks cool little bike.

Great to see an old classic still running, my brother and I had a Z750 's. Mine was a 1980 model and my brothers was the same shape as the 400 in the clip. The engine turning over brought back great memories of blasting around South Africa.

Lovely looking bike and very underrated in my opinion. I love mine and its a great stylistic compliment to my LC for longer rides.

How do I setup my rd200dx carburettors 1980 my 250 and 400 setup are ok to do and all done any help will be appreciated

Grande máquina com uma exposição excepcional ❤❤❤

You can't beat that sound of a two-stroke I had a couple of 350lc's back in the day

Hello, very beautiful zephyr. I have a blue one. Mine doesn’t works correct it hasn’t good iddl and also don’t works on high rads. What exactly was your problem with the plugs?

What an eclectic mix of machines, you're obviously very experienced in what you do to have all those different types in. Shame you're not near me in South Lincs.

Thats such a cool workshop 👌💯

I had one in 86,i put microns on put new jets in the carbs but it was temperamental, like yours, but when it behaved itself it was a little cracker, thanks for this video ✌🏼

#1:25 . Mainly 3 cylinders were out, 😮!!!!!!! Go figure it's a 2 cylinder engine

Awesome 👌

This makes me miss working on bikes, gorgeous Yamaha. Did you even kick it or just lean on it ? It fired up like it was ready to go, thanks for sharing ✌️🇺🇸

That's the trouble with pattern parts. It's a lottery. Got a referb kit for my GS550 starter motor. I had to file some contacts down to fit in the plastic isolaters, just can't get OEM anymore 😢

Grampian who rebulit the crank please? I have a RD250 crank I need doing.

Stunning bike! Sounds perfect and sounds like my youth. Just recently finished a 1977 250D, not ridden it yet as I live in Rural Devon and the roads are more suited to an adventure off road bike. It’s pitiful, but there you go.

Enjoyed the view. very nice bike! I was suprised to learn how different the 200 was to the 125 especially with electric start.

Hi how far are you from me I live ip28 7qa I’ve got a rd400f 1979 which is a pig to start and ALLSPEED exhaust system on it

Had a RD 250 in the same colour, great bikes.

I liked the one with the coffin tank lovely blue colour

Just finished the restauration of my rare RD 400 C with original spoke wheels. Rediscovered the joy of riding after spending a lifetime on many powerful super bikes. This small machine brings a smile every time I ride it. You can “make use” of the entire machine and I find more pleasure than on the bigger bikes.

Bought a blue one new,was awesome

I had an RD200 which developed a similar problem (dropping to one cylinder) just before I part exchanged it for a 1981 Z550A2. It was running fine when the dealer agreed a price, so he was non the wiser when I dropped it off a week later and rode away on my shiney new 550. I tried to get it running properly again beforehand, but nothing I did made any difference. The RD200 had a combined generator/electric starter, which didn't seem to work well in either capacity.

Nice job👍

Beautiful machine. I had the silver and black 250 and then a 400 in that blue. Sounds pukka ticking over there👌 That's worth a few bob that one in that nick 👍

Had a red 78 DX - amazing bike but it new and had it for about 8 years before I sold it to a friend.

what a beautiful ole girl

Had two E models, lovely bikes, so tempted...

Stunning

Had the 250 version..great machines

I always loved this colour, and styling..gorgeous

Very nice bike that dough justbout of interest what sort of money is one in that condition worth now still 10k plus?

That's well nice 🤟👍

Hy there, just a quick question. What kind of air filter do jou use? I have the same bike, fully restored but cant find the correct air filter. Thanks

Thats my Dreambike !!! realy whant a RD400F !! specily in this color lovely !!

Takes me back as a kid everyone suddenly had them from250/400 lovely bike

The only 250 that had the starter dynamo was DS-5E

Beautiful exhaust note👌

Noice, gotta love a RD400 what an absolute classic

Lovely classic bike,

Fck you talk a lot😂

This was a great video! I've done a rebuild on a 1972 R5C and having much the same problem with the spigot mount Mikuni carbs (much like the ones shown on your bike here). They were carefully rebuilt but I'm wondering if I got the right parts as you've discovered. Same problems with way over rich, over oiling, fouled plugs. Work to be done for sure, but this video helps. I'll check out Yambits.

I had a similar bike in 1984 (1978 version) the dealership said it was fine, but it was lacking power, so i took to a local mechanic to decoke it, whilst doing the job, he noticed issues with the crankshaft, i told him i only had a month left on the warranty, so he advised don't put oil in it, basically blow the engine, which i did, the dealership had to fit a new crankshaft and a total engine rebuild under the warranty, but i made sure i never mentioned my local mechanic, after the rebuild it was a totally different bike, the full 17bhp, nearly 80 mph on the flat roads.

Beauty 🎉

Exactly the same problem and is driving me crazy, can't figure out what's wrong. Please help