Cheney TM 400

[Lozza]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/CHENEY-SUZUKI-TM400-VMX-AHRMA-MX-PRE-1975_W0QQitemZ330248293104QQihZ014QQcategoryZ102690QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[firko]

I'd love to have it as a partner to my Cheney RT1 Yamaha but the pennies don't stretch enough for complete bikes. It's a very neat piece of kit for someone.

[Lozza]

Can assure you the frame isn't the most trick bit on that either

[firko]

like???

[Maico31]

That's the bike that Dave Tanner built a few years ago.

[Lozza]

Gone well past what Dave imported and the new owner will find out what secrets are inside

[firko]

So.....Why the big secret Lozza?  It's not as if we're all going to rush out to the shed, shouting Hallelujah to the Suzuki Sun Gods, thanking them for the new found wisdom and insider knowhow on how to make our TM400 Suzukis perform like a normal bike should. It's a TM400 in a nice frame. Whatever's inside is irrelevent. 

[TM BILL]

Its all secret sqirralls 

[Doc]

Secrets schmeeckrets, doesn't matter what's been done but I'd sure as hell like to know 'beforehand' if I were interested so there'd be no nasty irreversable surprises in store after the fact. This is 'vintage MX' no-ones gonna win a sheep station or the likes, hi-perf tuning secrets for these bikes are long past their use by date and any secrecy needed to keep such vital information from the general public is a little misguided I feel most 'mature' riders and serious collectors alike would not be swayed by a 'reputedly' hot motor and infact be more attracted to the stock item Extremely rare and ultra nice race/ride bike though! Unlike the RH/RN at least the parts can still be had reasonably priced and it wouldn't be quite the same risk to the bank account if it did go bang. Be interested to see what sort of bids Cozzie pulls with this beauty     

[paul]

i would off thought if it was so SPECIAL that it would be a help in the selling of the bike . common sence to my way off thinking

[Phil]

You could have a kryptonite crank,titanium rod and a piston machined from a solid billet of unobtanium and it wouldn't make any difference to Cozzies beautiful Cheney. The engine is the most unimportant thing on the bike. After all, it's only a TM400 and no matter what spin is put on it they are a pretty ordinary unit. What's with all of this secret stuff anyway Lozza? I agree with the other blokes that if there is something "special" about the engine it'd be a good selling point. It can't be too special to Cozzie as he hasn't mentioned anything in the ad

[paul]

 i wouldnt  mind the frame

[oldfart]

lozza  - Massive ports ring a bell

[Quicksilver]

I dont understand why no one has put their hand up and had a shot at it. Not one bid.  Such a rare thing it seems odd their are no punters yet.

[pokey]

Am thinking  modern programmable CDI. and many  ports could be what the new owner finds  in that beasty.