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Amira

Amira

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Hi there;

I've been looking around this site in the past week and i thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Amira and I spend most of the year in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

I bought this CB450 K5 a few weeks ago and I started working on it at my friend's shop. It was running well (until last week) and I just wanted to fix up all the grotty and mashed up work on it. The bike stalls when it's in neutral and my friend and I are trying to figure out why.

So here are a few pics of me and the bike and when I start doing some real work (not just cleaning rusty flanges) then I guess I'll put up some more.

Thanks for all the info around here.. seems like a cool place :)

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It really is a great bike.. I have to make a new seat and fix up all sorts of muck but I'm really looking forward to it. I also own a Harley Street Bob so for now that's my daily ride.. I wish this bike was back home though..
 
I just watched that movie the other day......

Does it stall as SOON as you jam it in gear? If so, it's probably just the clutch cable needing adjusted. If the bike hasn't been ran for awhile, it could be your clutch plates sticking together as well.
 
Hi and Welcome. The lack of mufflers and air box might have a lot to do with the way it runs. Pods don't agree with those carbs and it really needs a decent mufflers to make the carbs work well.

It would benefit from fenders too and I couldn't see any instruments (gauges). When you get it finished, it should be a fun ride.
 
Yes! That's the Drive jacket... it's perfect for night riding seeing as it's totally reflective.

The bike stalls slowly when I shift down to neutral. It basically putters out if I don't rev the throttle. If I do rev it, it won't stall. As for the exhaust, all I have is a baffle made of screws :) ... I just rewrapped the pipes and before I install them, I may consider mufflers if you think that it's a huge deal as to why it wants to stall. The instruments were stripped, I ride without them. The fenders are also off. I did ride through a puddle which was pretty hilarious :).. Now when I see I'm going to hit a bit of water I just tuck my head down into my chest :).

Thanks for the advice and feel free to tell me what you think about anything.. you guys are a real help

Amira
 
Mufflers should help a lot. Those carbs can be a PIA to set up without an airbox and without mufflers. After you fit mufflers, then you can adjust the carbs for a decent idle. It shouldn't stall, even if it's not perfect jetting.

Try to find a front fender. It can be cut short of you like that look, but without it, the forks are too flexy and you get a face full of crud.

At the rear, you don't have to have the full bathtub rear fender affair, but from the seat to the lower mounting point is necessary to keep water out of those pods and off the engine and everywhere else - like into the electrics. Some bikes have a separate inner fender and others you have to trim of the rear end. See what you can find.

Speedo is probably required by law and there's no point in getting a ticket for something basic like that. If you don't like the look of stock gauges, you could use a SIGMA bicycle speedo - it's small and electronic and easy to fit.

Let's talk about that gear shift linkage soon too. It can be made to work more effectively I think.
 
Thanks for the advice.. here in Florida it's legal to ride with no signals, no speedo / tachto, and no right side mirror. All you need is a left hand mirror a headlight and a brake light.

As for the fenders, it's very dry here and I don't ride in the rain. I have a second, larger bike that's my daily driver. I may install them but not right now.

I have purchased a new shifter, clevis, and shift rod for the rear set. I just have to find a way to cut in a reverse thread on the rod for the reverse thread clevis. This bike has a GP shift pattern, from up to down. It's pretty comfortable (it does take a good hard push up to get it into first) so I don't know if would have to do anything except for changing up the parts for newer ones.

What kind of mufflers do you think I should get? There are a variety and I would prefer shorter ones. I see a lot of these bikes with no air box so it must be possible for the bike to run nicely without it. Right now I'm doing everything at my friend's garage. He's a good mechanic and he'll help me through anything I want to do. I have very little knowledge but I'm working hard at learning as I'm going along.

Thanks for the information. This is going to be more fun than I thought! Great forum here with a lot of knowledgable people :)

Amira
 
WELCOME TO DTT!
There are many Honda Twins that run Pods, just more work to tune the jetting, some never do get it and find it much easier to stick with the factory air box.
Muffler choices are almost endless. I even went "out of the box" and used baffled exhaust tips for a VW Bug on my 350F (four)... Loved the sound as did my pals who had chosen the classic "shorties" style.
Got mine from JC Whitney.

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thanks. I have an issue with the rearset seeing as the pipes end a few inches before the rearset. I'll have to move it or move the pipes if I want to install mufflers.. another thing to do I suppose :)
 
The rear sets are about 3-4 inches too far back and that's probably why the shift lever is at such an unusual angle. Riders pegs should be say 2-3"further back that the front of the seat, so you can use your feet to support part of your weight. The pegs on that bike are in the old passenger peg position.

If you were able to get a couple of bracket/mounts.sleeve nuts welded just behind the swingarm pivot or close to the middle of the tire (looking from the side) and more or less in line with the swingarm or slightly lower, that would make a huge difference. It would also allow you to raise the lever angle and it would clear a muffler better.

The easy way would be to grab a length to 1/8 * 1" steel strap and weld it to the front face of that rear peg loop, so it joust touches the existing frame member. Drill a hole in that strap just above the lower rung of the foot peg loop and you should be good to go.
 
Welcome to our weird little corner of the world.
 
Welcome to DTT Amira. Thats a killer bike. Tons of possibilities and aftermarket if you wanted to build a screaming motor someday. And, listen to Teazer... Hes an ass, but a smart one. ;)

In all honesty, he knows his stuff for sure. Hope you get the bike all sorted soon.
 
that's great Teazer.. I'm heading to the shop tomorrow for the whole day and I'll bring all this info with me to my mechanic friend.. seeing as he's super hard on me he'll probably say "uh.. and where did you get this information miss mechanic?" ...lol .. I'm sure he'll be happy to hear the suggestions and help me get this done.

Thanks again guys :)
 
VonYinzer said:
.....................listen to Teazer... He's an ass.........................
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Hey Mike. I resemble that..... I just come from a different time and a different culture.

Bottom line for me is that the easier a bike is to ride, the safer it is and the more fun it is to ride.
 
Sorry for the mini thread jack...

Im just kiddin' w ya Teazer. You know that.

I honestly relish your help. Your replies to mine, and others questions has proved invaluable.

LISTEN TO THIS MAN!!!!
 
I know Mike. No worries there. Thanks for the props.

Now let's hope Amira gets her bike running like a top - whatever that means.
 
I hope so too. Don't know if I'll continue on in the shop. May have to pull my bike out due to.. irreconcilable differences :) ..
Doubt I can find another way to work on it so I may just have to put the pipes back on and ride it as is.. hoping for the best. Who knows, maybe someone else can find out what's wrong with it and I won't modify it at all.. (sad face...)
 
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