Front end issue
Forum rules
Please can you post items for sale or wanted in the correct For Sale section. Items / bikes for sale here will be removed without warning. Reasons for this are in the FAQ. Thanks
Please can you post items for sale or wanted in the correct For Sale section. Items / bikes for sale here will be removed without warning. Reasons for this are in the FAQ. Thanks
-
- Settled in member
- Reactions:
- Posts: 15
- Joined: Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:05 pm
Front end issue
Hi,
Just finished a long back and forth with an overseas accessories dealer over the year of my Cb400SF. It's got the 2001 frame number, manufacturer then insists my motorcycle front wheel is from a 2000 for some reason - any way I can check this?
cheers
Just finished a long back and forth with an overseas accessories dealer over the year of my Cb400SF. It's got the 2001 frame number, manufacturer then insists my motorcycle front wheel is from a 2000 for some reason - any way I can check this?
cheers
Last edited by Jazsamon on Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:19 am, edited 3 times in total.
- jim157
- Admin NWAA
- Reactions:
- Posts: 1924
- Joined: Mon May 17, 2010 7:15 pm
- Bike owned: A few small ones
- Location: Norwich
Re: Identifying the year of my front wheel
Honda wheels often have the year of manufacture cast inside of the spokes. This is definitely the case for bikes from the late 80s/early 90s, I'm not certain about newer stuff though.
AUTOEXEC.TWAT
- JZH
- Site Supporter
- Reactions:
- Posts: 368
- Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:02 pm
- Bike owned: RSCBRRVFVFRST
- Location: London, UK/So.Cal., USA
- Contact:
Re: Identifying the year of my front wheel
According to the Honda parts book, the front brake discs were the same part number from 2001-03. Earlier years were different, possibly later years, too (my parts book only covers 1999-2003).
Ciao,
Ciao,
- royster81
- NWAA Supporter
- Reactions:
- Posts: 3784
- Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:04 pm
- Bike owned: VFR400R-L NC30 CBR400RR-R NC29
- Location: Belfast,Northern Ireland
Re: Identifying the year of my front wheel
Can you put a picture up of the wheel and the discs
It's not having what you want but wanting what you've got....Loud ,Proud and Modified ....
-
- Settled in member
- Reactions:
- Posts: 15
- Joined: Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:05 pm
Re: Identifying the year of my front wheel
Sorry for the late replyroyster81 wrote:Can you put a picture up of the wheel and the discs
https://imgur.com/a/DIuBz
- JZH
- Site Supporter
- Reactions:
- Posts: 368
- Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:02 pm
- Bike owned: RSCBRRVFVFRST
- Location: London, UK/So.Cal., USA
- Contact:
Re: Identifying the year of my front wheel
Look for a small, raised disc area on one of the spokes. On my VTR1000 SP1 wheel, for example, there is a raised "99" on one of these little discs. All of the other ENKEI Honda wheels I checked have these--look on the RHS.
Ciao,
Ciao,
-
- Settled in member
- Reactions:
- Posts: 15
- Joined: Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:05 pm
Re: Identifying the year of my front wheel
Ok i've had a look - nothing on the RHS, but three on the LHS - https://imgur.com/a/NQ9adJZH wrote:Look for a small, raised disc area on one of the spokes. On my VTR1000 SP1 wheel, for example, there is a raised "99" on one of these little discs. All of the other ENKEI Honda wheels I checked have these--look on the RHS.
Last edited by Jazsamon on Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:18 am, edited 1 time in total.
- JZH
- Site Supporter
- Reactions:
- Posts: 368
- Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:02 pm
- Bike owned: RSCBRRVFVFRST
- Location: London, UK/So.Cal., USA
- Contact:
Re: Identifying the year of my front wheel
I don't know for sure what the significance of each of these casting marks is, but the "03" one would correspond with the known year of the bike. Can you find one just like it on the rear wheel? If an "03" or "02", that would suggest that you were looking at the year of manufacture of the wheel. Show them the second picture (only!) and see what they say now...
Ciao,
Ciao,