Originally Posted by
degan
I looked into a very early 400 a couple months ago. I thought it was the Elance like yours but was very disappointed to find it was the earliest variation which weren't even built in Waterloo. I ended up passing on it.
I didn't know they did the Elance entirely anywhere but in Waterloo. I know the rear end and I think the fork were put together in Japan (I think that's why you have the Reynolds main triangle and the Tange stays and fork) and then assembled in Waterloo.
I know there was a batch of 1984 420s that were entirely built in Japan. I had one of those- and it was a really swell bike.