Hondacbbrat
New Member
Hi everyone,
ive got a 1993 CB450N (with a engine PC14). The engine lost power, then made noise and smoked and stopped. It would restart but with a hideous knocking noise, and i took it to my local mechanic who said "ok, ive had a look and its a piston. your best and easiest option is to switch out the engine for another engine CB40N engine. like for like". However after about 9 months of search its pretty difficult to find a CB450N engine for sale ( that is my experience so far!).
So my real question is - is there another engine that i might be able to swap in instead that might be easier to find and isnt too difficult to fit on this bike? Are there other engines from other models that go in easily on this type of bike? Or should i try to have the engine rebuilt (i am not a mechanic so i dont know if this is possible or not).
Thanks for your help, ride safe.
ive got a 1993 CB450N (with a engine PC14). The engine lost power, then made noise and smoked and stopped. It would restart but with a hideous knocking noise, and i took it to my local mechanic who said "ok, ive had a look and its a piston. your best and easiest option is to switch out the engine for another engine CB40N engine. like for like". However after about 9 months of search its pretty difficult to find a CB450N engine for sale ( that is my experience so far!).
So my real question is - is there another engine that i might be able to swap in instead that might be easier to find and isnt too difficult to fit on this bike? Are there other engines from other models that go in easily on this type of bike? Or should i try to have the engine rebuilt (i am not a mechanic so i dont know if this is possible or not).
Thanks for your help, ride safe.