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CB350/400 / Re: Changing oil...grrr!
« on: October 10, 2023, 09:45:22 AM »
I agree with John, don't do it too tight, you can always give it an extra nip later if it leaks.  I have a spare filter bolt in my toolbox which I kept from years ago so wouldn't have to wait for a replacement if ever it gets stuck.  Haven't needed it yet.

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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2023
« on: October 09, 2023, 09:45:09 PM »
I like that, what a great expression.  I only ride it to the shops or to work.

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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2023
« on: October 09, 2023, 09:36:00 PM »
It’s a barn find.  Each day I go to the barn and there it is, next to my tractor.

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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2023
« on: October 09, 2023, 09:32:51 PM »
Here I am out and about today posting Ted’s carb parts 🤣. I should get out more.

Blimey Steve how many decibels does your silencer put out - would amplifier be a better description.👍👍👍

Haha, yes, pretty loud above 6k revs 🤣

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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2023
« on: October 09, 2023, 02:37:30 PM »
I like that!

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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2023
« on: October 09, 2023, 02:33:50 PM »
 :) My machine is named Florence so I guess it's Florence and the Steve.  Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.  ;D

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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2023
« on: October 09, 2023, 02:29:50 PM »
Here I am out and about today posting Ted’s carb parts 🤣. I should get out more.

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Misc / Open / Re: Liking this ....
« on: October 02, 2023, 11:26:32 AM »
Looks very nice but at £6000 seems very expensive.

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CB500/550 / Delkevic Exhaust pipe
« on: September 29, 2023, 03:44:17 PM »
Hi,

Looking at the Delkevic four into one stainless steel exhaust pipe. There are some springs between the downpipes and the silencer which I am wondering what they are for and whether they could be removed?

thanks,

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SOHC Singles & Twins / Re: CB350 1971 Restoration Project
« on: September 27, 2023, 12:42:56 PM »
Is it worth running without air filters attached for a test just so you can see if slides are popping back down in good time and together when throttle is released?

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SOHC Singles & Twins / Re: CB350 1971 Restoration Project
« on: September 26, 2023, 04:57:00 PM »
My 350 always had problems with sticking slides, I've owned and ridden one for 40 years and they were always trouble, especially in wet weather. Sometimes they were happy and other times they were a pain.  In my opinion the carbs on these are not a great design so I changed mine to slide carbs (Amal concentrics in my case), i.e. non diaphragm, and it transformed the bike.  I know that is no good if you are after authenticity but in all honesty it is a vast improvement.  It runs brilliantly and throttle response is instant.  I would say it would depend on how much you want to ride the bike.

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not sure, just part of the setup

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Not as good as I thought

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Sorry Ken, I imagine they are no good for restoration, the aluminium of the carb bodies at the inlet on two of them has corroded very badly indeed.  I am not sure how, they came like that in a job lot of spares.  Strangely the throttle mechanism is in very good condition, even the chrome part but as I said the carb bodies are scrap.  Luckily the float chambers are good and I have already needed to fit two of them to my bike as every now and again the brass tubes split, probably down to ethanol in the fuel.

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