Hi everyone, I'm from Cape Town, South Africa. I just put a deposit down on a cb 400 super four. I'm going to be out of town and will only be able to collect it in a month! It's going to be a very long wait! So in the mean time I've just been checking out this forum. I had 10 super fours to choose from, (all japanese imports). I chose the cleanest one I could find. It's done 22000km. It does have a small scratch on the engine from being dropped but is otherwise in really great shape. It has after market rear shocks and a S.P. Tadao super combat exhaust. Does anyone know anything about this pipe? It's a full system and sounds a lot less tame than the standard pipes. I'm not sure if it's a 1994 or 1995 model. It's maroon with the raised badge on the tank (not the sticker type decal). I'll post a picture asap. Do I have to post a picture from an existing URL or can I upload it directly to this site?

Welcome to the forum, sprd!

Well done on your first bike purchase; you're gonna have loads of fun on it!
To answer a couple of your queries:

1. You can check the year of manufacture quite easily; assuming it has the original plastic side panels, there are date stamps on the insides (and on some other components too, I think there's a casting date in the wheels).

2. Register for a free Photobucket account; upload your pics there, then link them by pasting the auto-generated IMG codes (from the Photobucket site) into your post on here.

Dunno about the exhasut system, 'fraid I haven't heard of it.

Alex.

Great. Thanks for the help Alex! I've got a few pics I'll upload tonight. I did some research on the pipe, it's a jmca carbon pipe.

jmca is the japanese accessory approval , my moriwaki has jmca stamped on it too m8 ... infact its bigger than the moriwaki stamp lol.

Here it is... still with the sale sign on it, ha ha.
I'll get some better pics when I have the bike at home

Looks very nice! Nice colour, and the exhaust looks like it will sound very nice
Have fun!

SP Tadoa are a well respected Jap performance parts manufacturer. Havn't seen any of their four stroke stuff but SP expansion chambers go for a fortune in Japan - even the older ones that look reallly dated. Emphasis is on performance more than looks as is the case with a lot of other manufacturers. I wouldn't be surprised if the bikes been re-jetted to suit the pipe.

My long wait is finally over! I got the bike yesterday and I've been riding as much as I can. The bike goes like a bomb and sounds awesome. I just had to put new tires on cos the old ones were cracking on the sides from age. I bought bridgestone battle axe for the front and back, anything dual compound is way too expensive here.