Re: Ever have some extra money in your pocket...
Posted by
LukeM on
Mar 27, 2016; 1:17am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Ever-have-some-extra-money-in-your-pocket-tp4057460p4059901.html
This week's work:
Tank is nice and clean, carbs have been apart 2-3 times, and float level checked and verified at 21mm. Dead acid battery replaced with an AGM. Set the idle screws 2 turns out, mixture screws 1 turn out. Then I turned on the choke, and hit the starter. After about 10 seconds of cranking, it goes to 5000 rpm and stays there. I backed the idle screws out until the idle settled in about 2000. I then adjusted the mixture screws to about the middle of the best range, and let it idle for a while.
Took it out for a quick spin around the block, and it pulls nicely in all gears. Then on the way home, it started sputtering and bogging down. Got it home, and it looks like the right side plug lead is loose. Maybe it's time for a new ignition coil and plug caps, as I did the trim-it-back-a-quarter-of-an-inch-back-and-cram-the-cap-on trick. Left side is fine.
So, it's getting closer, but it's not there yet. Man, this is fun revving this thing up to 7-8K on the tach, and thinking this is normal. My '84 Shadow will do that, but I get the feeling it's not happy at that level.
More updates to follow.
Luke M
Used to have a 1979 CB750L, sold it as a parts bike, now riding a slightly modified 1984 VT700C. Network/Field Engineer. Central OH, USA, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe.