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carb jetting
« on: February 05, 2025, 04:42:51 PM »
rebuilding my carbs on cb750k3. It has 105 main jets, 40 slow jets and needles in the second notch from the bottom.  Is this a good set up with stock air box and stock 4 into 4 exhausts? The rebuild kit I purchased has 110 jets, which is what should be in a k3. I read where on the k4's they changed the main jet from 110 to 105 so a previous owner must have changed to a 105's. Should I stay with the 105's or go with the 110's? Thanks, Gary

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Re: carb jetting
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2025, 04:49:55 PM »
105,40 and 2nd notch is correct.
Clean and reuse the Keihin brass. Don't put in aftermarket brass.
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1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
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New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: carb jetting
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2025, 07:07:42 PM »
The K3 never had #110 mainjets, but they got put in by owners who thought they needed to be that big because the K1 and early K2 had them, and they were faster. The jets weren't the reason, it was other things in the K3 that made it slightly slower.

If your aftermarket mainjets that are marked 110 are also Keyster or K&L mainjets, they are actually closer to #103 size in Keihin numbers, a bit leaner than what you started with. The rest of your jetting parts are correct if Keihin, and the idle air screw should be set between 7/8 and 1 turn from bottom. The float level should be 24mm depth, measured from those notches on the sides of the bowl gasket's surface to the bottom of the floats when the float tang just touches the float valve. There is a spring in those float valves that compresses very easily, so make sure it isn't pressed in when setting float depths.

When you have bowls off, unscrew the emulsion tubes (this is where the mainjets screw in) and clean the holes in those tubes with something sharp and strong: don't be afraid to make those holes a little bigger, which will work better with today's oxygenated fuels. I usually drill out the lower (larger) holes to 0.0375" if they are the early ones with 0.035" holes, a little too small for today's fuels.
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Re: carb jetting
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2025, 06:34:26 AM »
Many thanks to newday and hondaman for the their responses. I will take your responses to the work bench, leave the aftermarket brass in the bag, and do what was recommended. This restoration/resurrection is nearing completion and I appreciate all the help from this forum. Having bought a 750k2 new, and kept it only a couple years, means the learning curve was steeper than most of the other bikes I have restored proves the value of these forums. Gary   

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Re: carb jetting
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2025, 07:15:16 AM »
Keihin brass will have the stylized K on it like this
Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 1 K2, 4 K6, 1 K8, 1 F1, 1 F3
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: carb jetting
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2025, 05:50:10 PM »
Many thanks to newday and hondaman for the their responses. I will take your responses to the work bench, leave the aftermarket brass in the bag, and do what was recommended. This restoration/resurrection is nearing completion and I appreciate all the help from this forum. Having bought a 750k2 new, and kept it only a couple years, means the learning curve was steeper than most of the other bikes I have restored proves the value of these forums. Gary
Hey Gary
What numbers are on your carbs? The numbers are on the flat spot near the rack frame.
I'm putting together a list for what was on each year of the Roundtop carbs.
Thanks
Stu
Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 1 K2, 4 K6, 1 K8, 1 F1, 1 F3
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A