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So here's the back story. Bought this bike 14 years ago when I was 16. It was the most bike I could afford at the time. After a few years I felt the bike was too small and moved up a cruiser. Put the bike in a shed and there it sat maybe ridden once a year. Now I really want to set it up to rip around the back roads where the aero lacks excitement.
I just pulled out the carbs to clean them up now I'm looking into parts. I was going to do a quick build with minimal cutting for now then go all out next winter.
If I put on pod filters and a 4 into 1 exhaust should I re jet the carbs?
Here's a shot of it with the tank and carbs off.
And just one shot of the other project waiting for even more of my time.
Those are some sweet projects for sure!! I can't wait to see how they come out!
Im no mechanic in any way shape or form but from what I've seen you'll definitely need to rejet if you go with that setup. All I know....it's not as easy as it sounds! I have a 4 into 1 on my bike and tried with the pods and upped my jets....but it gurgles air like crazy and I can't seem to get it to run smoothly.
So I took some advice I read and tried boiling the carbs in lemon juice. Let me just say, don't do this ever. It smells awful and I don't really think it worked as well as it could have. It cleaned all the gunk out of the jets and the float needle seat but the bodies are faded and need some polishing.
Next step is to fix the broken post on three out of four! They were fixed before with epoxy. I was thinking and using a pin to hold them in place. Drill the post and the carb body and press them together with a roll pin. I don't think I want to try and tig them back on since they are super small but if the pin does't work them might be next. I'll do some searching tonight and see if anybody else has done this repair.
The other bike is a '67 CL77 (305 Scrambler). I took the scrambler pipe off and put on headers no muffler from a superhawk. Front wheel is stock not a cb. Bought a second rear fender so I could chop it down and hold on to the original. I have all the original parts and rode it like that for years until I decided to have fun with it and go with the clubman bars and straight pipes. The bike was said to have been shipped over from Europe or Japan, the speedo is Kilometers only. I'm a bit skeptical though I think it just came down from Canada but who really knows. Last time I rode it I was having trouble with the carb slide sticking so I put it away and haven't played around in a while.
The carbs are looking good now that I've epoxied the posts back in place. I really didn't want to turn a new post and drill the body. I have a feeling I will be doing that at some point but not right now.
So I pulled out the main jets and it is clear that I need new o rings. I tried the 1/16 inch orange but the clearance is so tight. I think tomorrow I'll try and shave it down a bit. Tempting to bore the carb a little so i could use a standard o ring but that might be a bad idea.
That's interesting. So it could be from Europe or Japan. I know with cars you can decode the vin and find out where it was manufactured. I wonder if there is a vin code for where the bikes are to be sold.
Put the carbs back in today and it started up on the first kick! I'm looking into building my own carb sync tool now. Not sure if it needs it but there is only one way to tell. I don't really want to build the huge board from the manual. Unfortunately I have a ton of pressure gauges at work but they aren't going to measure vaccum.
Noooo your bike looks too good in it's original state to cafe it. And your the first owner I assume. I suppose your bike needs to grow up like you did. :\
Noooo your bike looks too good in it's original state to cafe it. And your the first owner I assume. I suppose your bike needs to grow up like you did. :\
I'm not the first owner. Let's just say the pictures make it look better. The crome is all shot and so is the aluminum on the cases. It would really need a full restoration. If you're interested in buying it make me an offer.
After a bit of seaching I found a write on how to do a post repair by drilling the old one and glueing in one of their new ones. I decided to just clamp it up in the mill and make my own replacement post.
Here it is in the mill after cutting down what was left of the old post.
This shot is the finished product. I measured out the old post and added .250 to the length. It's made out of 3/16 stock and then the carb was drilled with a 13 drill for a nice press fit. If I did it again i would have shaped the top if the post as I had to bend the float so it could hang all the way down.
That blows. I haven't welded before but if you can't find a welder you might want to drill a small hole on both ends and insert a small barb in the middle with strong adhesive to hold it together. Seems like finding a welder is your best choice thought. (or replacement carb off ebay for cheap.)
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