Recent content by tonci

Hi Surffly, The smoke only seems to start once the engine has started to warm up and looks to be white-grey in colour. Not blue or black anyway. What would you think this is? The bike is putting off quite a smell as well, i'm pretty sure its a petrol smell, not a burning oil smell. I just...

Oh k, thanks Surffly, I will check the colour of the smoke when i finish work tonight. I have it back on the original airbox and filter, not pods. Will have another read through the manual and see if i have missed anything. Thanks again!

Hi guys, I've got the bike totally reassembled, it is starting and idling. Issue now is that it smokes heavily, and bogs down while revving under load. I am sure that the bogging issue is due to the carbs not being tuned correctly, but would this also cause smoking at all? I've tried...

So i decided to attack the carburetors again tonight and try sort it out, thanks Surffly for the ideas! Check each of the float bowls for leaks (all fine), and that the floats actually float (all fine), but noticed that the two carbs that were still giving me trouble had floats that were...

Can anyone suggest where to buy a carb rebuild kit online? i bought the last ones off ebay and am seriously disappointed in their quality.

I've pulled the carbs apart and check the height of the floats. All 4 were bang on 22mm, or within a half mm of it at most. Put them all back together, but have gone back to the original float valve instead of the new one to try that.\ Since i don't have a garage I've run out of natural light...

Its running out of EACH over flow tube, so its a problem with all four of the carbs. My thoughts are that i have set the floats too high. The 'Clymer' handbook doesn't state the right height for the floats on this model, but does for the 350cc version. Would they be at the same or similar...

Hey Guys, So i just finished rebuilding the carburetors on my Cb500 and reinstalled them onto the bike. As soon as i turned on the fuel at the petcock fuel started pouring out of the overflow pipes, some even seems to be flowing through into my airbox and dropping out the overflow tube on that...

Hey glen wood sorry for the late reply, yeah seems to be sparking fine. Still waiting on the carburetor kits hopefully that fixes it

Hey guys! Thank you for all of your replies. I have ordered a series of carb rebuild kits, and have so far managed to remove the carb assembly from the bike and separate the carbs. Quite a mission for a man of my experience, but one i thoroughly enjoyed. Looking forward to the real fun of...

Hey guys, Since being away on an overseas trip i havent been able to get my CB500 to start up. Its been idle for perhaps 15-20 weeks now. The battery is fully charged, the start motor is working fine, i've changed the spark plugs and put new fuel in the tank but it wont catch. I'm a bit lost...

Fantastic! I've heard there are some great roads through that way! Hoping to do a ride of the south island next summer, if i do i will have to try call past and see what you have done to the bike by then.

Awesome to see another kiwi on here! Where abouts in NZ are you? I'm in Auckland Enjoy the last of the sunshine while it is here!

And the major part of that cost is the ACC

Thanks again guys for all your input! I think i will go with the M-style bars. Can anyone confirm that a 1972 CB500F takes 7/8" bars and not 1" bars? Just want to double check. think you may have misunderstood by a "cross between" styles of bars. I mean more in the terms of clubman shape with...