I would like to first introduce myself. I am new to this forum, the world of SOHC motorcycles, and motorcycles in general. After nearly a decade of restoring antique and vintage bicycles I decided to put an engine on one of them. Shortly after that, I finally convinced my wife that a real motorcycle was a necessity. Two years ago I worked out a deal with my father-in-law to buy his cb350f for $300, but unfortunately we ran into financial difficulties and ended up losing our house and, more importantly, my garage. We moved into an apartment and a storage unit and the 350f sadly remained buried in the back of Jay's garage.
Back at the end of January, we got our tax return and I said, "Damn it, I need that bike". I went to talk to Jay and he said he would take $100 for it. I said I was going to offer $200, so he decided $150 was okay with him. I should have kept my mouth shut and payed him the hundred bucks.
The problem is that the last time this bike was even started was in July of 1990. It ran when it was parked, but doesn't now. I'm pretty sure that the first thing that I need to do is take the carbs apart, clean and rebuild them. I'm okay with doing that but, although I've found lots of resources on how to rebuild them, I can't find anything to tell me how to actually get them off. I've purchased a Clymer manual from an ebay seller but it hasn't arrived yet (and I'm beginning to wonder if it ever will). I recall seeing a step-by-step tutorial with photos and in printable format a while back. Despite searching for the past 3 hours (or 4 beers, depending on how you look at it) I can't find the article again.
Any information on the subject or a link to printable instructions would be very much appreciated, and to anyone who actually read all of this post, thank you for your patience.
