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Wizards of the Black Art of Electricity, My battery (now batteries at this point) are being drained overnight by some unseen force. During my testing I also noticed my voltage while the battery was running was not sufficient. I’ve gone through about a dozen threads on this issue. Here are all...

Patriots, Quick question regarding the Gear Shift Drum Guide. The large screw-nut & inner assembly atop the upper crankcase, that helps you find neutral when shifting. After a parade rest take down & rebuild this part was giving me some issues. Namely when assembled, it would seize up the shift...

Gents, I'm back from the dead. Long story short, about six months ago oil stopped getting to my top end on my 71 CB350 K3, I was able to catch it before too much damage was done.. although it did destroy my cam and my point cover. (I have pics if you want to see the destruction). But now it...

Knights of the SOHV...Heed my call, What's up, sailors? I've been out of the game for a while, but I'm back. Way back in November I had some issues with oil not getting to my cam shaft. I was able to blow it out. But I'm going to build the engine just to be safe. However, something that has been...

Hey Road Warriors, So this is a coil, condenser question. I'll begin with this: Compression is at 170 on Each cylinder, the valve gap is in-check (finally), point gap is good, brand new spark plugs, new coil wires, brand new coils, timed to a tee, brand new points, fully charged battery, full...

Hey team, I'll keep it brief. As some of you may know I had an engine casualty about 2 months ago where my cam sproket bolts sheared off/backed out & I rebuilt the engine. After replacing 3 of the 4 rocker arms & all 4 valves I am still having some issues, particularly with getting the valve gap...

Hey team, Alright, I'm back. I got my cb350 to run and took it for about 20+ miles at speeds of <55. Felt pretty good for the most part, but it wouldn't idle right, after it warmed up it wouldn't want to idle at or below 1k RPM. Further, the engine was terribly hard to kick over or turn over...

Hey guys, I had a long thread on here earlier following an engine casualty centered around two sheared camshaft bolts. I wanted to break up the thread into my discreet problems so others can benefit when they search. I rebuilt my engine and I have it all timed right, L at the top and LT is in a...

Hey team, So I've been riding my bike for about 200 miles,no problem. Just got new coils and wires because i was rolling on an old set. I was riding no hesitation or issues with the bike. Then I heard a single "pop" and my engine quit, right then and there. I hit the electric start and chuck...

Knights of the round table, I'm noticing a condition with my 1971 cb350 (stock) Carbs. My left carb seems to be somewhat anemic, especially in the lower range, and especially on first start up. The right, however, is quite strong. Both Carbs have been rejetted and rebuilt to work with my shorty...

Hey team, It's been a while, I know I haven't called or written, but I still love you & want you back... anyway. So I've got a gel battery (about 30 months old or so) from Motto batt. 12v. Cost about $90.00, so I recall. So I took a few weeks off from the bike and came back to it & found it...

Hey team, I've been doing some reading about Jets and rejetting carbs. One thing that I keep noticing (atleast for the CV carbs on a Honda 350) is conflict between Primary Main Jet, a stock #70, (sometimes called an intermediary jet in forums) and the Secondary Main Jet (105) (sometimes called...

Hey Team, So my chain is pretty beat, and to be on the safe side I'm grabbing a new one. I'm runing stock 16/36 sprockets & don't intend to change them. I'm sticking with the 530 style. From what I've read online it sounds like 96 is the number of links in the chain. I'm looking online & seeing...

So I took a half day and decided I needed to go for a ride (55* in St. Louis) and I had 2 shitty things happen. 1st, Something happened in my clutch box... so I couldn't engage the clutch unless I was stopped. So I'm stuck in whatever gear I'm engaged. (don't worry already fixed this). Then...

Yesterday I bought a bike jack and an impact wrench and I just broke free the oil plug on my k3 cb350. When I bought it from the old cuban man in Miami, he said it had been seized up since about 84... No more draining the oil from the alternator for me! Totally have a boner now. Happy Sunday

Hey there Luchas Libres, So I wanted to put a seat belt on my 71 CB350 k3, but it messed up the look. So I decided to move ahead with the steering damper instead. I did the measurements, it can't be more than 300mm (it'll bump into the engine) and it needs to reach atleast 80 mm for the full...

Hey chuckle heads, I shined up all the medal on my cb350k3 cafe wanna-be and I'm trying to figure out what to put on the forks ( specifically the fork pipes) to stop them from rusting. I bought some clear coat enamel from the hardware store and not only does it flake off but it looks like shit...

Hey guys, I just rebuilt my engine and after she's been running for al lil' bit I start seeing a little bit of faint white smoke coming from the breather tube, I also notice smoke seeming to be emanating (very lightly) from the points (that is to say where the cam is rotating) Now I cleaned this...

Hey team, Just got done rebuilding my engine, but she won't turn over. It seems every fourth rotation or so I get a little back fire & a flame out of the back end. Here is the status: Gas Tank: Full Spark Plugs: 12 months old, good blue spark. Compression test (cold): 155-160 for both...

Hey gents, I recently rebuilt my cb350 & I've run into some white smoke, other than that, the engine feels perfect. Here is where I am so far: Timing is good Needles are adjusted to where they both work the Left spark plug looks good, the right is fouled with oil Confirmed spark and...