Topic: 1972 CB350 For the Daughter

[Harsh]

Ordered some rebuild kits for the carbs to hopefully fix my running issues.  I went with all new brass pieces vice just cleaning the old stuff and replacing the o-rings like I did previously.  Get everything back together and the bike wouldn't fire up.  I had zero spark on both cylinders.  So I Pulled the tank to check the wiring to see if I accidentally disconnected something while I was fiddling around.  All wiring had good and solid connections.  Power was where it was supposed to be and grounds were perfect, yet I was getting zero spark.  So I swapped in the wife's electronic ignition and the bike fires right up.  So it looks like I get to play the warranty game with the manufacturer.  People have had issues with him before and I suspect I will too.  My issue is that I purchased it more than a year ago even though it wasn't used until a couple of months ago and I can prove that via my build threads.

Now I wonder if it was the ignition that was causing the running issues the entire time and not the carbs.

[Gene]

Ordered some rebuild kits for the carbs to hopefully fix my running issues.  I went with all new brass pieces vice just cleaning the old stuff and replacing the o-rings like I did previously.  Get everything back together and the bike wouldn't fire up.  I had zero spark on both cylinders.  So I Pulled the tank to check the wiring to see if I accidentally disconnected something while I was fiddling around.  All wiring had good and solid connections.  Power was where it was supposed to be and grounds were perfect, yet I was getting zero spark.  So I swapped in the wife's electronic ignition and the bike fires right up.  So it looks like I get to play the warranty game with the manufacturer.  People have had issues with him before and I suspect I will too.  My issue is that I purchased it more than a year ago even though it wasn't used until a couple of months ago and I can prove that via my build threads.

Now I wonder if it was the ignition that was causing the running issues the entire time and not the carbs.

This makes me miss my 360. and yeah - your issues probably were because of your E ignition (I ran mine on points and any issues always seemed to be directly related to the points).

[540nova]

Pamco blues. It's a broken record.

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[540nova]

Don't worry, Pete's great with warranty replacements. It just takes time. Lots of it.

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[Harsh]

Yah I know you don't like PAMCO's.  This is the first issue I have had with them.  I am hoping Pete will do the right thing, however I have my reservations.

[Harsh]

Pete shipped out a replacement unit today.  Should be here by the end of the week so hopefully I can get it installed, set, and running by this weekend.

I need to figure out something to do with my garage though. I have a 1980 CB750 in there that needs some work and I am looking at buying a new bike within the next couple of weeks. Hopefully I can find a Triumph Tiger that I like. 7 bikes in a one car garage that also houses all of my tools is going to be a damn near impossible squeeze.

[RAFster122s]

So, how did your photo stack up in the end on the Dragon voting...

[Harsh]

When you communicated with Pete, did he provide you any means to diagnose or verify the health of the unit? Or was it simply, "ship it back and I'll ship another one"?

Cal...when I wrote him I informed him of the troubleshooting steps I had taken.  Which were nothing more than checking the connections, voltages, and grounds and that everything was 100%.  I let him know that I swapped over the PAMCO unit from my wife's bike and that this bike fired right up.  He replied asking me for my address and the next day I received another reply with a tracking number.

So, how did your photo stack up in the end on the Dragon voting...

I got walloped.  I think I ended up with something near 750 votes and the winner was close to 1400.  The next closest was somewhere around 250 votes.  The kid that won was a friend of the kid that killed himself and his passenger the week prior when he drove his car off the side of the mountain.  Still not sure how benefitting from someone's death is a good thing, but it is what it is.  Rossi could have had his picture taken with a completely naked Meghan Markle on the back of his bike and still would have lost, so I guess I don't feel too bad about it.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

At least it wasn't the Ruckus guy stroking the dildo!

The FIX was in!