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« on: November 10, 2023, 08:52:19 AM »
Wave washer may work better for a kick starter.
Others on this forum perhaps have experience of that.
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« on: November 09, 2023, 08:16:27 AM »
Is the oil seal the correct dimensions? Make sure it's the correct depth.
4.8x14.5x4mm
Genuine part number 91256-096-651
It's not normally a tight fit, mines pushed in by hand with a 1/4" drive 8mm deep socket.
Good luck
Skoti
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« on: November 08, 2023, 12:12:01 PM »
Mines came out ok using the hacksaw blade trick that Ted mentioned.
When off I drilled the stand and threaded a hole for a grease nipple.
Good luck
Skoti
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« on: November 06, 2023, 04:47:11 PM »
You could fit extra washers, I cut some out from a black plastic oil canister.
Tightens the footrest pegs up a bit and gives a nice smooth action, plus won't wear the paint off the footrest brackets.
Good luck
Skoti
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« on: November 02, 2023, 08:23:40 PM »
Done the French motorail overnight from Calais to Nice years ago when I only had 2 weeks hols.
Then recently done the sleeper from Prague to Cologne for a bit of nostalgia.
That was an expensive mistake, better and cheaper to travel by day and enjoy the scenery, especially if you're retired and have the time.
Www.seat61.com is useful for cheap tickets and travel tips.
Happy hols
Skoti
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« on: November 02, 2023, 07:31:36 PM »
Picture of linkage can anyone see any problems
I can't be sure from the photo, but is the spacer missing from the selector drum stopper arm, because the spring looks coil bound and over tightened? Good luck with your fault finding Skoti
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« on: September 24, 2023, 03:01:10 PM »
Well done indeed.
I'm gonna be following your CB360 renovation with interest.
Good luck
skoti
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« on: September 23, 2023, 05:42:11 PM »
Ted, my clamps looked similar condition to yours, I cleaned them up and used a small touch up brush to paint between the fins only. I used aerosol Dupli Color Supertherm 800c silver paint, it cured when the engine heated up and still looks OK now about 5 years later. https://www.onlinecarparts.co.uk/dupli-color-2225622.html Of course it's not concours finish, you'll need to buy new clamps for that... All the best Skoti
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« on: September 21, 2023, 08:44:39 AM »
You could have look at the classifieds over on https://www.nortonownersclub.org/ to see what a restored one might fetch. Although probably breaking them for spares will get you more cash. I'm an NOC member and notice a fair amount of restoration work going on with those lightweight machines. Best of luck Skoti
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« on: September 20, 2023, 03:10:44 PM »
I am finally looking at getting one of these carb Balancer kits. One of the 4 gauge ones.
It seems that there are a few sets of 4 gauge ones on "that" auction site. Starting at 25 quid.
So my question is..... Is there much difference between the 25 quid sets and the 60 quid ones. I guess the more expensive ones are more accurate?.
Or are the cheaper ones good enough.
Ta
Nairb
Bought a set of Morgan Carbtune mercury gauges over 30 years ago, they never need calibrated. They do 2,3 and 4 cylinder engines, carb or fuel injection. The cheaper analogue type gauges often get knocked around and go easily out of sync, don't waste your cash... https://www.carbtune.com/Happy tuning Skoti
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« on: September 19, 2023, 08:48:02 AM »
I'd buy that if the engine is in the condition the seller states it is.
Just service it and clean it up, don't fix stuff unless it's broken, then run it with it's lovely patina looks.
For £1495 it's cheaper than a new Chinese scooter.
However if you're looking for something to fully restore avoid this, because as Bryan points out parts could be rare and expensive. You'll spend way more than it's worth and then find it's not all that re-sellable
BTW
my brother bought a new CB360G5 back in days, a much underrated bike IMHO.
good luck
Skoti
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« on: September 18, 2023, 02:04:31 PM »
Both my K reg and my L reg came with yellow/black plates from new.
I retro fitted them with black and silver reverse engraved Perspex plates, never liked the all metal plates, they bent too easily and they were hard to keep clean. Perspex just wipes clean. Plus the metal plates sometimes lost a letter or number, it just fell out for some reason.
Aye, your absolutely correct 'Perspex just wipes clean', yet the current fashion in the UK seems to be Perspex plates with raised digits that don't 'just wipe clean'! Seems not very practical for an all weather daily drive.
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« on: September 17, 2023, 02:27:25 PM »
I wasn't saying Gerbens work was rubbish Ted, just that it's not as good as most people make out, they are so surprised at how good they look when they come back they don't look closely.
On carbs the attention should be in the details, the zinc plating isn't very good on those, I've seen butterflies really distorted and out of line with the cables, however the riveting isn't down to Gerben, if it's bad that down to Honda. Looking at the linkage bar it looks to me to have not been removed as the retaining pin doesn't look to have been drilled out BUT I could be wrong as he's done that and fitted another, I use screw in ones, if he done that he's used a plain rivet which IMO isn't a great idea. If he didn't remove the pin he's clearly just tidied up the linkage bar and not done a great job of that either. I had 3 of mine hard chromed, it's not cheap to have done these days, about £65 or so IIRC. However that does fix the problem permanently.
Looks like you need to have the cable clamp straightened and also check the butterfly isn't bent as well.
I did these for another member earlier this year. I opted for bright zinc plating with blue passivate rather than gold. Roo did the plating as my kit wasn't set up.
I even polished up the brass in the float bowls, might as well do a good job whilst you're in there 
The Honda piping isn't ethanol resistant Skoti, it might be now but the older stuff isn't. Common practice is to replace with Viton Orings inside and Nitrile fuel pipe which is ethanol resistant. Like this I used.
Your work looks top notch compared with Gerben. Incidentally the genuine Honda fuel hose from DS also comes in the correct 5.5mm I.D. which prevents stretching onto the carb 'T' piece. https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/tubesCan't see anything about the new Honda hoses actually being ethanol proof, but last weekend I clocked 30k on my old F1 (now showing 55k in total) and the genuine Honda hoses are still fine. My Honda lawn tractor is almost 20 years old and fitted with the same genuine hoses, that's where I got the idea from. Previous aftermarket hoses I'd tried lasted a couple of years and then snapped like dry twigs, maybe I was unlucky. But at 22 quid a metre the genuine stuff is not cheap. You often get what you pay for. Cheers Skoti P.S. just noticed you use the correct 'made in Japan' green and black handled Vessel screwdrivers, no mangled screw heads with your work!
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« on: September 17, 2023, 01:23:16 PM »
Did you notice the mangled phillips screw head next to the idle adjustment knob?
Would have probably cost about 15 pence to renew.
If that was Gerben then failure to have changed that screw IMHO sows doubt on the general quality of the work done.
I see the fuel hose is not genuine Honda either, so good luck with that regarding ethanol proof.
Anyhow, I hope all goes well for you.
regards
Skoti
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