"Woods" - '73 CB350F

queen anne side of the fremont bridge. luckily i've got an off street parking spot so i don't worry too much about my bike getting boosted. i'd definitely lock it up on capitol hill.
i say that now but when i think of it i lived in the u-district and capitol hill and parked my bike on the street w/o locking up and never had a problem.
once i found somebody had moved it onto the curb (i guess to steal my parking spot?) but that's about it. if i had to do it again i'd definitely lock up though!

bike looks rad, good job. fast job too!
 
Re: "Woods" - '73 CB350F (Help tuning carbs?)

I got a little ahead of myself when I said it ran through the RPMs smooth before. After another ride, I have found it doesn't want to get past 4-5k in all gears. I'm running un-oiled K&N pod filters, size 85 main jets and a 2-1 exhaust on both sides with mufflers. When I was able to get to the top part of the gears earlier, it sang like a bird. Now I can't seem to get out of the low end.

Would this mean I'm getting too much gas with that 85 and should go down to an 80? Or maybe I need to adjust the mixture screws?
 
johnny gaijin said:
queen anne side of the fremont bridge. luckily i've got an off street parking spot so i don't worry too much about my bike getting boosted. i'd definitely lock it up on capitol hill.
i say that now but when i think of it i lived in the u-district and capitol hill and parked my bike on the street w/o locking up and never had a problem.
once i found somebody had moved it onto the curb (i guess to steal my parking spot?) but that's about it. if i had to do it again i'd definitely lock up though!

bike looks rad, good job. fast job too!
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We should meet up for a ride sometime. My only friend into cafes' just blew his piston rings and gaskets so he is out for the count.
 
So its been a while since I've updated, but I have been busy! Rode the bike 60 miles last weekend and after a bit of troubleshooting, figured out I was running lean. Pulled the carbs again and found that one of my float bowl gaskets had been pinched in half. Rejetted the mains to 90's and bought some silicone gasket maker to fix carb three's gasket. Currently waiting for that stuff to dry. The tube says 12 hours... But I'm probably going to run it around the block in 2 or 3 hours. I'm just sitting here watching the shit dry.
 
imseamless said:
So its been a while since I've updated, but I have been busy! Rode the bike 60 miles last weekend and after a bit of troubleshooting, figured out I was running lean. Pulled the carbs again and found that one of my float bowl gaskets had been pinched in half. Rejetted the mains to 90's and bought some silicone gasket maker to fix carb three's gasket. Currently waiting for that stuff to dry. The tube says 12 hours... But I'm probably going to run it around the block in 2 or 3 hours. I'm just sitting here watching the shit dry.
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Be patient, good to see your cb running nice. I cannot for the love of god get mine to kick. I am about to just say fuck it and take it to a guy who restores.
 
jsedacca said:
Any updates on the carb/jetting?
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Not too much. I took the main jets up to 90's and fixed that gasket with the silicone crap. Let it sit up for a bit and took it for a ride. Aside from almost going down on a bunch of sand that was left on a corner from what I assume to be for the ice, I went on a bit of a ride. Froze my ass off and rode for a good 30 minutes and it started back firing so I parked it and got a coffee. After letting it sit for about 20 minutes I was able to get it back to the garage. That was last weekend and I haven't had a chance to work on it again.

First think I plan to do is pull the carbs again. I noticed I was leaking gas from the overflow on the float bowl of carb 1 and 4, so maybe my needle or floats are sticking (which I find unlikely because I just cleaned all that shit). Next I need to check the valves, but need to buy some feeler gauges to do so. Also might replace the condenser, as a mechanic friend told me that could be the issue. Also need to check the timing, but am a bit confused by the instructions from the manual. Still looking around the interwebs for a good tutorial on that.

Any ideas?
 
Looks great I have two 350f's They really are fun bikes. Where did you get your tail light it is exactly what I am looking for.


imseamless said:
Not too much. I took the main jets up to 90's and fixed that gasket with the silicone crap. Let it sit up for a bit and took it for a ride. Aside from almost going down on a bunch of sand that was left on a corner from what I assume to be for the ice, I went on a bit of a ride. Froze my ass off and rode for a good 30 minutes and it started back firing so I parked it and got a coffee. After letting it sit for about 20 minutes I was able to get it back to the garage. That was last weekend and I haven't had a chance to work on it again.

First think I plan to do is pull the carbs again. I noticed I was leaking gas from the overflow on the float bowl of carb 1 and 4, so maybe my needle or floats are sticking (which I find unlikely because I just cleaned all that shit). Next I need to check the valves, but need to buy some feeler gauges to do so. Also might replace the condenser, as a mechanic friend told me that could be the issue. Also need to check the timing, but am a bit confused by the instructions from the manual. Still looking around the interwebs for a good tutorial on that.

Any ideas?
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Also need to check the timing, but am a bit confused by the instructions from the manual. Still looking around the interwebs for a good tutorial on that.
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Are you using the factory service manual?
 
jrknecht said:
BEN!! Where are the updates? haha. How is the bike you get it running proper?


JR
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I know I know, I haven't been around lately. I've been working a lot and my truck has been running really poor so I was a little frightened to drive all the way down to my bike.

Currently I have points and condensers in the mail (ordered yesterday) and will be buying a new top triple tree from a fellow DTT'er today. Still need to adjust valves but I took off Thursday and Friday from work so I'm planning to knock out most of this then.

I will be back in full soon!
 
Cool, sounds like you have everything under control. Are you ordering your triple from Kris (Durgam_K)? I am sending him my triple so he can start building one for the 450 too.


JR
 
No I'm not, totally forget he mentioned he was making one for the 350. Buying a used one from a dude parting out his bike. Although, once I see the one Kris makes, I'm sure I'll be very temped to order one. Still debating on picking up some of those rearsets- they look awesome
 
Here's a little update so you guys know I'm still in the game:

Ordered condensers and points
Ordered a Triple Tree
In the process of ordering clip ons

Tried to get to the points/condensers today but found that the screws holding the cover on are not in good shape. Frozen solid and nearly stripped out. Tomorrow I plan to take an impact wrench to them and hope it turns out well.

Also decided how I wanted to do my tank so I'll get some paint and clear on it tomorrow or Friday. All in all, I should be in a pretty good place by the end of this weekend.
 
Why do you need a new triple tree? Are there better then stoc ones available, or is there a problem with yours? I'm just a noob asking questions...
Thanks!
 
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