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Re: 1971 Honda CB350 $1000 - Plymouth MI Sold!

Re: 1971 Honda CB350 $1000 - Plymouth MI If it comes to that I will let you know. Would really like to sell it to someone who can make it run again, shame to see it die :( It is OBO!

Hey guys and gals, it's time to sell my old cafe project 1971 Honda CB350 twin Cafe Project currently non-running, selling as-is. You get the bike along with all the extra parts I have for it. I did a complete down to the frame restoration on this bike, rode it for a few years, then started...

Been doing some more carb fiddling. Going to the 30 pilots helped my off-idle stumble (but it still will a little when cold, but much better). I was also chasing all sorts of idling issues. When it was cold it would idle rock steady at 1500, then once warmed up it couldn't idle at all. Turns out...

Glad you enjoyed it! There's a ton of info floating around this site so you're in the right place! I leaned out the needles 2 positions Saturday and also built a baffle for my exhaust (it was ridiculously loud). Put about 80 miles or so on it this weekend and getting better mileage, mid 40's...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - VM30's! Are yours set up exactly the same otherwise? What exhaust are you running?

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - VM30's! Current Carb settings (only idle tuning has been done): pilot 25 air jet 2.0 air screw: 1.25 turns out Slides 2.5 Needle 6F4 Needle clip 4 (1 lean, 5 rich) needle jet P-0 Main 150 Current running issues: low mileage slight smoke on heavy throttle...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - VM30's! Finally!! It's running and riding well!! I got the new ignition on and after getting it timed I was able to get the idle to settle down. I actually had to trim the base plate in order for it to be advanced enough, it appeared that the cut-outs were...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - VM30's! Well, I got the replacement transistors yesterday, and soldered them on without any problems. I mounted the old circuits to the board, and then cutoff the old transistor. I did this do I would know for sure that everything was oriented correctly...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - VM30's! Well...I got the dual pull-cable throttle all put together and working. It works great so far, nice and smooth pull, fast and snappy return, everything seems fine. I used a Norton (I think?) dual pull cable throttle assembly from eBay, along with 2x...

I used the same MIG trick on my throttle cable, and that broke too :( I think DCC has shortened clutch cables that might work for you? I used MTB parts to make my new custom throttle cables, but I'm not sure if those cables are up to the task of pulling the clutch. Although they are both...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Tires! I used the 2-1 throttle cable kit from DCC and put my own ends on it. I didn't have the nice solder on ends, so mine were a little sketchy. I used crimped small fittings for the carb side, and a steel hitch pin for the twist grip side with a spot weld...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Tires! Well, I made some progress and then broke some stuff. I spent Saturday morning tinkering, and finally got it idling correctly. My problem up until now was it would idle fine for a minute or two, then just take off to 5-6000rpm. I did some searching...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Tires! Here's the zip tie method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6WPzRRJLpA I had to use a pry bar to get it the last little bit of the beads over the wheel. Also make sure you zip-tie your tube inside the tire before mounting. I don't know if I would...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Tires! Got the rear tire on, tried to go out for a test ride, and the damn thing is running like crap again. I'm not sure why the carbs go to shit after sitting for any more than a day, but it's really starting to bug me. Plan for tonight is drain the tank...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Tires! Got the front tire mounted last night. I used the gigantic zip-tie method and it went on pretty easy easy. This tire is definitely a little too big for the wheel, but the next step of the project is to rebuild my CB550 forks with RT springs emulators...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Tires! Well I fiddled with the stock carb mixture screws and its running much much better now! The screws were about 3.5 turns out, and I set them to 2 turns out and it idles about 1000-1500 now, revs cleanly with just the slightest hesitation off idle (but...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Trying to tune VM30's Great, thank you! I didn't know there was a screw on the Stock CV carbs (I really haven't looked at them too closely), I'll have to fiddle with them and see if I can lean them out a bit at idle to make it run better!

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Trying to tune VM30's Thanks! We'll see how these work, I only ordered 45 and 47.5's in addition to the 50 pilots, so hopefully those will work. Unfortunately the expected delivery isn't until Monday :( One thing I'm confused about on the low-speed VM30...

Re: Black and Gold Cafe - 71 CB350 - Exhaust work Well, exhaust is finished, installed, and painted. I spent a lot of time this weekend just trying to get the VM30's I had jetted in, and after many trials and tribulations, I came to the conclusion that I need jets that I currently don't have...