Recent content by miikeflynn

Both your idea and rejetting are going to require some work and some trial and error. Only difference is rejetting is going to increase performance. I would rather there be a positive outcome from my labors.

I'm having a pretty similar problem with my 350. Idles great and runs smooth all over except for the 4000 to 4500 rpm range at which point it sputters pretty badly. Does it in every gear. I'd also be interested if anybody had an suggestions.

@alphadog thanks a lot for the help. I found a much more detailed manual last night. Looks like it would have probably been something issued to a Honda service department. I think between your advice and that manual ill be ready to tackle that soon.

I think so. It was a PDF I found online where someone scanned in an old manual. It's got some pretty good info on some things just not the carbs. Is there a good manual out there for the 350?

I may not know much, but I know thats not the way to fix it. haha :D

I have a shop manual. It says "disassemble and clean carburetors with gasoline...reassemble, install and adjust carburetors" Then goes through the steps of adjusting the idle and pilot screws. Is that pretty much what I get to go on? I think I can follow those steps ok but what about the...

Ok that makes sense. Now for another question as a novice mechanic how hard is it to pull the carbs off of this bike and clean them? Any good step by step guides you can recommend?

Yeah it seems weird. I'm not looking at the bike right now but i think there was a small pocket of air right before and right after the filer. I cleaned the tank at the same time (so much crud came out it was crazy) so now its nice clean fuel all the was to the carbs. It seems to run so much...

I just replaced the petcock and fuel lines on my cb350. I used a new oe style petcock a short fuel line that runs into a fuel filter, then another short line that runs into a Y connector and then two lines off of that to each carb. here's my question; since the previous lines were black I...

Well the petcock on my bike has two brass nipples for the fuel lines to connect to (one for each carb) the oem one is $50 from DCC. They have some other more economical options that only have one fuel line nipple. Can I just use one of those and then add a little "y" connector to branch off to...

Oh we get cicadas here too, although I haven't been riding long enough to experience a cicada summer on the bike. I'm not looking forward to it.

I have a 72 CB350 with a leaking petcock. The petcock on my bike is just like this example from dime city: http://www.dimecitycycles.com/vintage-cafe-racer-bobber-brat-chopper-custom-motorcycle-fuel-tank-parts-honda-cb450-fuel-petcock-16950-292-000.html It seems to be leaking right out of the...

TIL that wearing a collared shirt on a long ride is a bad idea. 20 mile highway ride cruising at 55mph with collar points slapping you in the neck for half an hour. Made the occasional golf ball sized june bug to the arm more tolerable.

I've worked in quite a few shops as well. Me and my buddies used to make fun of those kind of customers. "J.R.A. Man"

Woah! You got lucky man! I know the lame bike and bruises aren't cool but shit could have been much worse. I'm glad you faired as well as you did.