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adamk

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I have a 1975 Honda CB360T. I got this bike and it hadn't been registered for twenty years or so.  I changed the camshaft in it, put new points, plugs, wires, battery, and cleaned the carbs.  I just got it licensed last weekend, put 200 or so miles on it, washed it Sunday night, and Monday morning I started having problems.  I thought maybe I got my points wet, not the case.  I took them off, let them dry, and reset the gaps and put new plugs in it, AGAIN.  I put some seafoam in the gas tank and thought that might fix the problem and nothing.  I have a guy that works on my bike and came out yesterday and synced my carbs.  It will sit there and idle fine all day long but when put it in gear and get around 4500 RPM's, it starts cutting out and bogging down. If I keep it in a lower gear, and I can get passed about 5000 RPM's, then my left cylinder cuts out all together and I'm stuck with running on my right cylinder. I'm not sure if it would be my points, or my coil packs, or what.  Please help!!!!
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Re: I have a 1975 CB360T and I need help quick before the end of the season!
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2008, 12:15:14 PM »
sounds like your carbs need to cleaned out again, I would try that, then put on some fuel filters, and it wouldnt hurt to clean the points and set the timing. my daily rider for almost ten years was a 74 360. It always ran but I found myself cleaning the carbs and setting the timing way more than you would think you should. 

adamk

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Re: I have a 1975 CB360T and I need help quick before the end of the season!
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2008, 01:21:26 PM »
I'm going to do that now.  Process of elimination if anything.  Thanks for the advice. 

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Re: I have a 1975 CB360T and I need help quick before the end of the season!
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 12:24:28 AM »
coils and plug caps. they were crap when new, don't even think about getting water anywhere near them or it missfires, just as you've found out
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Re: I have a 1975 CB360T and I need help quick before the end of the season!
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2008, 07:05:48 AM »
I have a 650 but, when i first got it and got it running good i washed it and it wouldnt start. Turns out the coils were cracked.When i took compressed air and blew them out, it worked ok. (i got new ones now)
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Re: I have a 1975 CB360T and I need help quick before the end of the season!
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2008, 07:16:17 PM »
I took off the carbs, cleaned them really good, replaced an o ring that was shredded. And it works like a dream!!!  I do have some other questions though...  I'm a newbie to all of this really and I have a smaller bike and it is air cooled.  I would like to take it on long trips but I don't really know if it would handle for all of that.  Any stories, trips, advice, etc. helps. ie what is the best kinda and type of oil to use? 

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Re: I have a 1975 CB360T and I need help quick before the end of the season!
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2008, 10:46:06 AM »
Some years ago (mid 1980's) a friend of mine took a Honda CG125 (pushrod single cylinder) from South Wales (UK) to Turkey and back (about 6,500 miles total) in 6 weeks.
65mph, flat out most of the time.
 Bike was used when he bought it and had original tyres with about 5,000 miles on them
 He did 2 oil changes on the side of the road (somewhere in Greece and one in Northern Italy)
He got mugged twice but otherwise had a great time.
 Last I heard he was working as sales manager in a Honda dealers in Holland, been out of touch since I moved to USA
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