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  1. Weird engine knocking?

    Any thoughts on the noise going on, it’s near the top end. I’ve already checked for the recall and i’m good since I have the dots, adjusted valves and cam chain tensions. Any thoughts?
  2. Noisy Top End, Should I be Concerned?

    I have been restoring a 1967 Honda CA160. Following a top-end rebuild, the engine began producing a concerning noise. Upon inspection, I discovered the cam chain had been misrouted. I corrected the routing and verified that the mechanical timing, ignition timing, and valve clearances (set to...
  3. Best muffler/baffle options? ‘71 CL175 K5

    Hey y’all I’m extremely close to getting my 1971 CL175 road worthy and my last little bit is figuring out an exhaust setup. The PO cut the muffler off so it’s running on just the headers (cut right after the heat shield). I have NO experience with exhaust and am looking for a “cheap” and “easy”...
  4. CB400T has fuel, spark, and compression. Why no boom?

    Hello all, I own a 1979 CB400T. The bike has been nothing but trouble. When I got the bike, it had a no spark condition. I troubleshot as required and determined the problem to be the stator. I swapped in a stator from a known to be running engine and the bike ran after the swap about 5 or 10...
  5. dludeke

    Trouble while accelerating past 35mph

    Took my bike, '73 CL350, out last week after not riding for a few months because of winter. I was cruising around just fine city streets. But once I got onto a faster road, it really bogged down and wouldn’t accelerate past 35mph. Flash forward to this weekend, took the air boxes off (I...
  6. TomatoThePotato

    First Time Rebuilding Carbs [1984 Honda CM450E] - Questions about float needles

    Hey y'all, just joined this community, happy to be apart of it. New to working on bikes but wanted to start somewhere and learn. So, my CM450E was working perfectly fine until I decided to refill it with some 91 Octane Gasoline. The bike was running smoothly back from the gas station until I...
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