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Offline MartyMcfly

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Normal Operating temps for Honda CB350F?
« on: September 19, 2011, 01:33:00 PM »
Now mind you, Im clueless when it comes to Carb tuning. I dont understand anything thats being mentioned. I did however purchase a spark plug temp guage, as I was curious as too see what operating temps were in the cylinder head. I noticed temps climbed rather aggresively to 350 - 370. Does this sound about right?

The bike feels rather sluggish, not terribly, just doesnt feel as smooth as I once remembered before cafe'ing it out. I checked the plugs and they arent "white" like youd get in a lean condition, but they do have the light brown haze over the diode. We are running 80 mains at the moment. We tryed 89's but the bike refused to accelerate past 60 and when it did it stumbled mightily.

Any advice or info would be appreciatted.

Offline jessezm

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Re: Normal Operating temps for Honda CB350F?
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2011, 01:56:01 PM »
I can't speak to the temperature range but as far as everything else goes, it would help a lot to have some more specifics about your bike, as in, what exhaust set up are you running, what intake system (pods or stock airbox, and new filter?), and what other modifications have you done (ignition system, engine bore, cam, etc).  Also, what are your other carburetor settings--what size pilots, what position are the needles in, where are your airscrews set, have you checked float levels, and have you thoroughly cleaned the carbs, including taking out the long needle jet underneath the main jet and clearing all the tiny holes in it that get gummed up...

If your bike is all stock, your mains might be too big, as the stock mains are #75, and pilot jets are 35.  Also, the airscrew should be set at around 7/8 turns out from seated.

Also, have you checked to ensure you're firing on all 4 cylinders?  Are they all equally hot?  Could have a bad connection at the coils somewhere.

Other things to check is your timing, along with making sure the advance mechanism is operating smoothly and freely.

Come to think of it, have you done the full 3,000 mile tune-up, including checking your valve clearances and tensioning the cam chain?  Need more info in order to help ya!

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Re: Normal Operating temps for Honda CB350F?
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2011, 08:35:58 PM »
new spark plug caps made by ngk will do wonders for the bike and cutting a 1/4 inch off the plug wire to get dome new wire to screw into for good contact
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Re: Normal Operating temps for Honda CB350F?
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2011, 06:35:17 AM »
Forget about the temperature, just get it running well.  If it's running well and has a good a/f mix as indicated by the spark plugs, then the running temp will be where it's supposed to be. 

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Re: Normal Operating temps for Honda CB350F?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2011, 06:47:53 AM »
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Re: Normal Operating temps for Honda CB350F?
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2011, 07:57:21 AM »
exactly what jessezm said....
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