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The frame is pretty proven.I trust it,though half of the welds do look admittedly suspect.Key words in Tools Post:"anything I have welded"
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Florence, Colorado
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I rode the bike bake to my garage yesterday. The battery was still dead, but I was able to push start it.
I also found out that I can keep it running with a dead batt. by keeping the rpms above 2k (under that it dies).
On the way back I noticed a gasoline smell while I was sitting at a light. I looked down to see a stream of gasoline coming from my #1 carb  This was made worse by the fact that I didn't reinstall the drain tubes, so the gas was streaming straight onto the engine.
I managed to get the bike back without lighting on fire (although it was smoking by the time I killed the engine...
I know it sounds like a float problem, but how do you adjust that? Could adjusting the idle screw affect this?
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I doubt the idle screw will do you any good.If the float level has been doing fine so far i would suspect debris in the needle.
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When it does that. just tap the float bowel with the handle of a screw driver. Often that will jar anything lose from the needle.
TOOLS
Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."
1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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Hmm, thats a little disappointing being that I just took off the carbs and cleaned them.
Would that be the main jet??
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No, it is the needle valve that is operated, by the float. Did, you install a fuel filter?
TOOLS
Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."
1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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TOOLS1 wrote
Did, you install a fuel filter?
TOOLS
No, all the ones I saw were ugly and plastic looking.
Any suggestions for a decent one?
Maybe just a new petcock with one built in would be a better solution. I was really surprised with how little fuel flow this one supplies. Thoughts?
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The cheap looking plastic ones are really pretty good. A lot better then the one on the petcock. Just use enough line to tuck it up under the tank.
TOOLS
Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."
1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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Fuel filter is a big time must.Well,that was an easy fix!Good deal!
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Question for you all: How do you remove the limiter caps on the pilot screws?
The manual says that you are to remove them, but doesn't say how  It also says "Any forcible attempt to remove the pilot screw limiter caps will cause screw breakage"
Any tips?
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Sorry bud,I cant help you there.I got the round top carbs and am barely familiar with those
EDIT:oops! for some reason i thought you posted this was on my thread.Thats why i responded.Sorry to waste the space
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Yeah, what were you thinking??  My carbs actually have the round tops as well. I am away from home tonight, but this picture of my carbs all gunked up show the valve screws clearly:
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Yours are different from mine.Are your carbs the keyhole carbs?
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I don't believe so. Can't you tell by looking at the top of the carbs?
Here's what mine look like:
 
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As far as i know there are only two types of carbs.The round tops and the keyholes.Mine are the round tops,yours must be the keyholes.Here are mine
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Where is Tool when you need him? 
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I would bet you a dollar again...but i already owe you $1
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OK calm down. I'm here.  Your carbs are the CV type from a DOHC bike. Probably the best carbs ever made. Just need some tweaking like blocking the air cut valve.
TOOLS
Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."
1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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See?I'da lost again
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