For a certain kind of moto enthusiast, there’s a special thrill that comes from rescuing the seemingly unsalvageable. Not everyone is into basket cases—and some people (probably the smarter people) have certain lines they won’t cross, in terms of how rough a given bike’s condition might be. Still, if you’re the kind of person whose heart beats a little faster when you see the words “barn find,” then you’ll want to see the latest YouTube series from Autumn Car Playing.
At the beginning of the series, she’s located her newest project bike: A 1994 Honda CB400 Super Four. It’s a liquid-cooled, 399cc inline four-cylinder bike, complete with a bank of four carburetors. When it was new, this 1994 machine existed in the middle of the first generation of CB400 Super Fours. That means it was before Honda introduced its variable valve timing and lift electronic control system (VTEC) to the series, in case you were wondering.
