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timblin

Place to send my carbs off to??

I posted before about my bike (1979 cb750L/K) bogging down in high idle, and how I thought the pod filters, which were on the bike when I bought it, was the major issue with the fuel flow/mixture. So, I purchased the stock airbox, and put it on. It didn't help, infact it seems to be choking the carbs in a negative manor, and is now showing the problem slightly below high idle now.

The local guy down here doesn't want to work on any old bikes/carbs right now. So rather than wait another 3 months for him to possibly turn me down again, I'm thinking I would like to ship them out to someone who can GET IT DONE.

I'm not a carb guy, yet, and I don't feel like diagnosing something I know little about. I am 90% sure the main jets are the wrong size, accoring to the informaion the previous owner passed along to me about the pod filters and the issues he's had since having them installed.

Does any one have any suggestions, or know where I might be able to send the carbs off to?

I'm located in Tulsa OK.

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Lucky 1

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Most the carb rebuilders just clean them and rebuild them. Jetting is another issue completely.
The carb rebuilder may order jets for you and put them in but they will charge you for that.

If you want them cleaned I would send them to Harisluv1...Ebay
There are others too.

I can help you with your jetting but I would need to know all the facts about your bike
and the numbers stamped on the carbs.

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You are not far from Cycle one. Red there should be able to help you out. http://www.cycleonemanufacturing.com/
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It is totally possible to do this yourself if you want to and have the time. I had never worked on a motorcycle before and now my carbs/bike are working beautifully. Check out the DOHC carb cleaning thread on this forum for some great resources.

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FastCletus

Re: Place to send my carbs off to??

there is a solid dude up in orgeon that works on carb. Nicest guy I wish I would of met face to face. Talked me out of spending $200 on a set of carbs for my cb500t. charged me i think 50 to go through my carbs and clean and rebuild.

I will try and fiund contact info from old PC

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SoonerRon

Re: Place to send my carbs off to??

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I just rebuilt the carbs on my 79 CB750K following a very good manual available from a DOHC site:

http://www.cb750c.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=13611

The guy who did the manual goes by SeanG on the site. He also sells (at a very reasonable price!) parts for carb rebuilds such as the hard to find o-rings for the fuel and accelerator pump rails and SS bolt kits to replace the factory screws used in the carbs. He also offers a full rebuild service. His contact info is at the back of the manual. You will have to join the CB750C.com forum in order to download the manual. There is also a lot of great info on this site as well. Good luck on your rebuild if you choose to do it yourself. It's not that bad, especially if you have good instructions!

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robs750

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Heres the manual and info.....

http://www.cb750c.com/publicdocs/SeanG/Honda_Carb_Manual_revE.pdf