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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #100 on: September 29, 2016, 04:27:53 AM »
 Got the badges back from detailing...



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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #101 on: September 29, 2016, 04:30:09 AM »
 And got her back together!
 I'd like to put some gas in it and fire her up today, but the weather isn't cooperating. Better pics soon too, when the sun comes back out.




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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #102 on: September 29, 2016, 05:03:43 AM »
Awww, crap!!! Looking at the pics this morning and I realized I have the side cover badges on the wrong sides! I can't believe I did that!!!

 GRRRRR!!!!! And I knew that, too! I just didn't think about it when installing them. The bad thing is, the posts were broken and they're held on with double sided tape....AND the exhaust has to come off to remove the side covers!!! AARRRGH!!!!
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #103 on: September 29, 2016, 07:42:39 AM »
It will just make it look like you are traveling in reverse at an incredible rate of speed.


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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #104 on: September 29, 2016, 08:11:39 AM »
 Couldn't stand it...my OCD would have kept me awake at night. I would have never been able to UN-see that....

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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #105 on: September 29, 2016, 08:15:33 AM »
 The lighting today isn't kind, but here are some pics. She seems to run really well. I'll get her tagged and insured and actually leave the neighborhood soon.
 The only "issue" is that I'm STILL only getting 12.5-12.7 volts when charging. I tested the stator and it tested good, so I installed a new combination regulator/rectifier and I'm still only getting ~12.6V at 5-6K rpm.... Hmmm, what's up with that?







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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #106 on: September 29, 2016, 10:01:38 AM »
I love that blue  8)
Scott,
Does the charging output change when you turn the lights on and hit Hi beam? there is a mod.(the hondatwins guys can tell you)that connects the yellow/white wire(that's the one for the extra charging coils for the headlight/hi-beam)full time and when you do that it will give you more volts.
I usually had between 12.6-12.75vts. myself at high rpm's and it worked out fine as it was just enough to not boil the battery water out for many miles;the bike won't hold a charge for long if you do extended idling though,that's just 'the nature of the beast'.
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #107 on: September 29, 2016, 12:06:12 PM »
No change if lights are on or off. Sounds like it's "normal", huh?
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #108 on: September 29, 2016, 12:27:15 PM »
I'm looking for a luggage rack like that. Can I ask where you got it from? Or did it come with the bike?

Nice bike btw. Love the colour. I have one that's the model before. Leaves me grinning ear to ear when I ride it. :-)


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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #109 on: September 29, 2016, 01:32:48 PM »
Quote from: Scott S on September 29, 2016, 12:06:12 PM
No change if lights are on or off. Sounds like it's "normal", huh?

My 350 twin ran fine and i just made sure to keep it idling around 2K while sitting in traffic to help and if it was daytime and I was running w/ the headlight on,I'd turn it off while sitting.  :)
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #110 on: September 29, 2016, 02:37:21 PM »
Quote from: Honda Alan_UK on September 29, 2016, 12:27:15 PM
I'm looking for a luggage rack like that. Can I ask where you got it from? Or did it come with the bike?

Nice bike btw. Love the colour. I have one that's the model before. Leaves me grinning ear to ear when I ride it. :-)

 Found it at a parts place using Google search. Can't remember the name, but I looked for weeks. Have an idea for a single saddle bag on the RH side, too...

And thanks! I dig it, too!
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #111 on: September 29, 2016, 02:50:54 PM »
Are you going to hang on to this one, Scott?


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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #112 on: September 29, 2016, 03:15:44 PM »
 For the time being.
 Thinking about selling the R100, though....anyone interested in a BMW Airhead?
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #113 on: September 29, 2016, 04:19:54 PM »
 Which one? The Airhead?
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #114 on: September 29, 2016, 07:27:37 PM »
Charging was quite anemic on those, grcamma 2 is right on with his post
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #115 on: September 29, 2016, 07:30:05 PM »
That's a nice damn bike. You folks who do this regularly just stun me.  Here's this POS I found - now it's friggin gold.  Hat's off and Salute.
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #116 on: October 02, 2016, 09:07:29 AM »
 Rode it over to a friend's Oktoberfest party yesterday...



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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #117 on: October 02, 2016, 09:09:49 AM »
 And then took it out for a little Sunday morning ride.
 Darn thing runs great! Surprisingly comfortable and sure is fun to ride.





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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #118 on: October 02, 2016, 04:56:38 PM »
That came out real nice Scott.  A keeper?....Larry
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #119 on: October 02, 2016, 10:52:43 PM »
Nice bike!
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #120 on: October 14, 2016, 03:28:21 PM »
 Well, that's not good....



 Rode to the post office today to ship a package (only about 5 miles away). When I went to put down the kickstand I noticed it was shiny. Almost immediately a huge puddle of oil formed. I then noticed a trail across the parking lot.
 I haven't investigated yet, but my guess is the output shaft seal or shift shaft seal gave up the ghost. The odd thing is, this bike has been 100% leak free. Not one drop on the floor before this.
 The GOOD news is that I seem to have caught it just in time. No oil showing on the dipstick, but I seem to have lost it all at once, just as I was arriving. Good thing I wasn't tooling around the back roads. I probably would have seized the engine, for sure, as there was ZERO sign of a problem.
 Called my daughter to pick me up and I went back and fetched it with the Creepy Van. I'll dig into it soon and try to find the culprit. Oil is EVERYWHERE, though....swing arm, rear wheel, rear fender, etc. Got some cleaning up to do, I guess!
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #121 on: October 14, 2016, 03:40:06 PM »
I had a similar problem Scott.  Was fine and then out of nowhere an  oil leak-wound up being the shift shaft seal had come out of its seat in the motor. Cleaned it up, used a bit of Hondabond around the seal and it was fine ever since...Larry
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #122 on: October 17, 2016, 03:37:01 PM »
I had an experience like that with my 550F shortly after I got it. I discovered, 40 miles from home at a friend's house, that the DPO had stripped out the oil drain plug and repaired it by slathering silicone around the plug.

My initial short trips hadn't compromised it, but the hour long trip to my buddy's, including about 30 minutes on the highway did the trick and it was leaking like a sieve. The swingarm and rear tire were soaked. I was lucky there were no high speed turns on my trip.
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #123 on: October 17, 2016, 05:50:14 PM »
^^you were very fortunate BD....Larry
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Re: 1971 CL350 Craigslist find
« Reply #124 on: October 17, 2016, 08:02:09 PM »
Quote from: MoMo on October 17, 2016, 05:50:14 PM
^^you were very fortunate BD....Larry

That's for sure  :o  8) plus it's good it was a fresh rear tire w/ plenty of tread.
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