HondaCB650

according to Daves Ultimate guide to 79-82 Honda CB650's http://www.myhonda650.com/ , the bikes that came with 44C carbs were 82 SC Nighthawks, which have a #118 main jet. VB44A carbs from 81/82 650/C's used #120. This is also confirmed on http://www.motorcycleproject.com/motorcycle/text/specs.html ...

Good point, its torquing halfway down the bolt, that is a lot of bolt left above to put stress on. Thank God they still stock, these.

I need a smaller torque wrench with a more obvious click : new vs old, lots of bushing missing on that one

does anyone have a pic of it mounted? I was looking at that spot and looking at my honda toolbag and i can't imagine how it would fit in there.

The plugs given to me from the honda dealership are resistance type NGK's. What negative effects will this have on my bike's operation, effectively giving me 10k ohm spark lines?

My 82 does that as well, also my friend's 2005 Vulcan did that yesterday. Are we just doing it wrong or something?

pooling up alot of oil on that top fin. Might be time for some new gaskets over the winter?

New plugs did the trick! Rode around the block for about 10 minutes on my lunch break. Everything felt good! Only took it to about 40mph but that was good enough for me for now!

did a valve adjustment, smoothed out low end throttle but still having issues with idling. replaced the plugs as they looked like this:


this thing just does not like to run after it's warmed up.

haha sadly I know exactly what sign you're talking about. http://www.forestmushrooms.com/colin/temporary/marecoor.jpg they recently did a segment on Top Gear USA comparing failed cars with obviously silly tests. The XR4Ti, the Subaru SVX, and the Cadillac Allante. The XR4Ti coming out on top of cour...

Hey guys and gals. I'm starting to lose it with my newly acquired bike but I'm too stubborn to take it somewhere(and I doubt there are any locally knowledgeable sohc4 places in CT) and it doesn't seem like my generic build thread gets much traffic I can't get my bike to idle for the life of me. Alwa...

nevermind! picked up a set on ebay.

Rode her for about 2 minutes today, and pushed for about 30 minutes uphill. Lesson learned. I was messing with the "fast idle" knob and got the bike to idle around 2k rpm with the choke on and not stall out. Unfortunately when I would attempt to remove the choke, the engine would take off....

She's getting there! http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/599403_10100757395225781_1382259879_n.jpg quick and dirty photo shoot, no carbs in the pics but they are in now! http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/551729_10100855134510471_1973126973_n.jpg http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.c...

Of course, before recently purchasing my '82 650, I was working on another non drivable project, my rear wheel drive, 2.3 four cylinder factory turbo 1988 Merkur(pronounced Mare Coor) XR4Ti, or as known everywhere else in the world the Ford Sierra. I bought her specifically for autocross since I was...