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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #25 on: March 08, 2016, 01:59:25 PM »
Quote from: sbeckman7 on March 08, 2016, 01:54:33 PM
Looking great!! You, me, and iiAtlas will all be in the same boat with regards to tuning our motors with the "bread box" intakes and aftermarket exhausts  ;)

All tuned actually, I did that before I tore it down. I'm running a triple spark digital ignition too, so once I got the carbs all synced up, I went up 2 jet sizes for the main and pilot. Ran awesome!

Should be a matter of just adding fluids tomorrow and kicking it over!

Oh, and detail the hell outta it!
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #26 on: March 08, 2016, 02:08:29 PM »
Quote from: jag767 on March 08, 2016, 01:59:25 PM
All tuned actually, I did that before I tore it down. I'm running a triple spark digital ignition too, so once I got the carbs all synced up, I went up 2 jet sizes for the main and pilot. Ran awesome!

Ah, well then you're way head of me! Good to know for the tune :)  Did you keep the needle at the stock position as well?
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #27 on: March 08, 2016, 02:28:12 PM »
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Quote from: jag767 on March 08, 2016, 01:59:25 PM
All tuned actually, I did that before I tore it down. I'm running a triple spark digital ignition too, so once I got the carbs all synced up, I went up 2 jet sizes for the main and pilot. Ran awesome!

Ah, well then you're way head of me! Good to know for the tune :)  Did you keep the needle at the stock position as well?

Right now yes. Going to dynotune it likely next week, so we will see how close I got.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #28 on: March 08, 2016, 02:32:05 PM »
Sounds good, excited to see the results  8)
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #29 on: March 08, 2016, 07:17:02 PM »
One more. These do not do it justice, I look forward to having better shots.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #30 on: March 08, 2016, 08:02:10 PM »
Haha.  Stop playing with my emotions and get this thing running. 
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #31 on: March 09, 2016, 04:03:48 AM »
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Haha.  Stop playing with my emotions and get this thing running.

Lol!

 Gimme a couple of hours, I am free today will post a video. Unfortunately, after a conversation with Hondaman, it is likely I am the Victim of poor machining.  Seems my barrels were bored too much, and I will need to get another set. I cannot even explain how annoyed I am over this.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #32 on: March 09, 2016, 04:21:00 AM »
Quote from: jag767 on March 09, 2016, 04:03:48 AM
Unfortunately, after a conversation with Hondaman, it is likely I am the Victim of poor machining.  Seems my barrels were bored too much, and I will need to get another set. I cannot even explain how annoyed I am over this.
Is this related to the smoking issue you mentioned earlier? What clearances were machined and which pistons did you use?
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #33 on: March 09, 2016, 04:43:24 AM »
Yes, it is most likely the culprit. I had that motor apart twice now, and I've done enough fours that I know I did my part correctly. That's where I made the mistake. The machinist I used was the only guy local who had a boring machine small enough, and he can highly recommended. He was very familiar with these motors (or so I thought), and I never measured the clearance afterward, that is my fault. Mark thinks he likely went to something like .0020 rather than the .0008 it should be. The pistons are the cruzin image ones. There is a silver lining, I am going to source a new set of barrels, and I have a 3mm overbore kit sitting on a shelf. Since Mark's machinist seems to be "the guy" to get it right, I will send it to him.

There is nothing I hate more than doing something twice, especially when it's because of someone else's work. I will never assume again though, that's for sure.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #34 on: March 09, 2016, 04:49:44 AM »
If you do take the motor apart, perhaps measuring it before making a determination is the proper course of action?
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #35 on: March 09, 2016, 04:57:40 AM »
Yes that will happen. I am going to compression test it today as well. But it was explained to me even if it reads high compression, it could just be a result of oil in the rings creating the seal, inflating the numbers. I was hoping I was just paranoid and the smoke would clear, perhaps just taking longer with the synthetic oil, but after 500 miles I find it unlikely that is true.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #36 on: March 09, 2016, 05:03:08 AM »
Is it using oil? If your piston/bore diameter is off and that is the cause of smoking, you'll be burning off oil to prove that.

I'd rather perform a leak down test to determine if/where I have issues, personally.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #37 on: March 09, 2016, 05:09:04 AM »
Yeah, large amount. I think it burned off a quart in 500 miles.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #38 on: March 09, 2016, 08:04:32 AM »
That's sad, sorry for you :( I'm (somewhat naively) crossing my fingers that I don't get too much smoke when I start running mine again after the honing job.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #39 on: March 09, 2016, 08:12:05 AM »
Rats!  >:(
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #40 on: March 09, 2016, 08:57:47 AM »
Just fired it back up. Smoke be damned it sounds awesome. Let me figure out how to get a video up. Honestly the smoke was very little, I am beginning to think maybe I am just paranoid and it's still from break in. I think after a compression test I may just ride it out a little more.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #43 on: March 09, 2016, 09:38:50 AM »
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #44 on: March 09, 2016, 09:54:54 AM »
Jag,

Your bike has been nominated and seconded for BOTM April 2016!  Please post that you "Accept" the nomination in the following thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,155586.0.html
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #45 on: March 09, 2016, 10:17:49 AM »
Great build, i really like what you've done.  Congrats
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #46 on: March 09, 2016, 10:51:28 AM »
Thanks everyone for the compliments! I put up a few more photos on the nomination thread.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #47 on: March 09, 2016, 12:09:18 PM »
Quote from: jag767 on March 08, 2016, 02:18:49 AM
Quote from: BeezCafe on March 07, 2016, 09:08:51 PM
Looks good! Where did you get that fork brace?

Thank you. It's a tarozzi fork brace, I think for a "79 cx500, I will find the link for u. When it came it was an ugly black finish, so I had it media blasted at powdercoated with the rest. If I had a mill I would have made some adjustments to it, but since I dont, it went on as is. They don't list a brace for a 350 front, so I had to take a bunch of measurements and once I was convinced it would work, we'll there ya go.

nice find! I was looking for one when I was considering running without the front fender. I need more bikes so I can use all of the ideas I have :) ... Next project will be convincing the wife.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #48 on: March 09, 2016, 03:08:56 PM »
lol. I just make sure to beat mine home and get whatever ups brings me.
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Re: cb350f build
« Reply #49 on: March 09, 2016, 11:55:32 PM »
You have a new IG follower  8)
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