Recent content by focusinprogress

bump, entries are slow-going. going to give this another week and if it doesn't start to fill up we will be canceling the raffle and refunding all entries, and I guess I'll move onto listing the bike for sale.

100 Entries offered at $80 a spot! here's the post for info!

May have found the culprit. The brass air port at the bottom of the inlet on the right carb had some shmootz In it. I pulled both carbs again and I can blow carb cleaner through the left one but not the right one. Guessing that’s causing the rich condition.....they’re now both in the ultrasonic...

So the points in the 450 are in fact stamped “Japan” - but I took them apart and did the common-motor mods reccomended in the video. Filed and set gaps to .014 , and noticed the advancer springs were so loose it would wobble a bunch so I snipped the springs down a touch and re-hooked the ends to...

OK, on the 360 last night I swapped coils and the problem didn't follow. So I pulled off the airboxes to see whats going on with the carbs while running as I had a hunch maybe the choke plate was maybe faulty or something like that. Low and behold I realize the right side throttle slide wasn't...

how were you able to determine that? revving to an RPM and attempting to hold it steady enough while spraying at the boots with some carb clean to see if it jumps enough that you know it wasn't your throttle control raising it?

Both batteries are brand new Yuasa.

SO - I've been working on two bikes here that I've gone completely through and both are exhibiting similar symptoms that I can't seem to figure out the root cause of. Bike 1: 1975 CB360 - ultrasonic cleaned and rebuilt carbs - floats set to 20mm - rebuilt petcock - new points and condenser -...

looking for a usable seat with no tears for a 77-78 cb550k post up what you've got. located in 14225.

your factory tire sizes are showing a 2.5% smaller circumference rear tire that's also 20% wider than the front. stick with those percentages give or take to make the least amount of change to overall geometry. the trouble is to get that you're looking at a 120/70/18 rear tire which typically is...

Working on a set of carbs for a 1980 gs550e and #2 had a broken post previous owner tried to repair with JBweld. Looking for a replacement #2 body or a full rack of rebuildable carbs I can clean and install kits in. Please email nick.moto@citylimitmoto.com for fastest response

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you may also lose steering radius due to forks contacting your fuel tank. geometry also heavily depends on front wheel/tire size as well. there are some good calculator sites available to help with the math for rake and trail where you can input stock numbers then play around with fork length...

where are the choke plates for the carbs?

it could be many things, but do a plug chop at WOT in 5th to see if you're too rich or too lean.