Re: Service won't work on carbs without the origional air box...

Posted by timblin on Aug 21, 2012; 10:08pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Service-won-t-work-on-carbs-without-the-origional-air-box-tp4027675p4027677.html

That's pretty much what I'm going to have to do if I ever want to ride the bike. I just don't get how if someone KNOWS how to fix carbs, why they can't do it with pods on, but can do it if I track down an air-box. Every day I have to wait is another day of riding in this great weather down the tubes!

Ah. I have dove into my notes from last summer year when I bought the bike. The last owner said that the carburetors were rebuilt a couple years back, but that "the over-sized jets didn't work, so the normal jets were put back on."

So that's obviously the issue if there are pod filters, a bigger jet needs to be be put on, and the carbs tuned properly. I just bet the guy didn't know what he was doing and decided to sell. The bike works and sounds great EXCEPT at full throttle. I'm bummed I'll have to pay at least $300 to have someone fix the carbs when I KNOW the problem but can't do it myself.

=(