Honda-SOHC

had no time or money to get it done. have put a small baffle in the straight through as she was too loud for road use 

she is probably not going to see any serious road use until the spring because she is too shiney and nice!

running sweet tho if not a tad rich.

hows your cafe coming along ?

any pictures ?

run the electrics to the rear by extending part of the loom and running a smaller R1 battery. all fits in the hump nicely. had to give the rectifier a cooling plate (holes drilled underneath) but it stays cool enough.

rest is tucked up inside the front light as standard. loom has been neatly hidden under the seat pan.

man vs machine, quite literally.

would be a real shame if they won this. 

when adjusting the idle screw to set the idle speed it is important that you have the correct size pilot jet.

in my case there was no pilot jets! unfortunately they had not been fitted from purchase and i have spent the last month trying to figure out what the feck was going on with it! 

needless to say i am slightly ticked off after spending a small fortune and not having the goods delivered as per spec.

i should have checked i here you say but when you purchase from a 'performance specialist' you expect just that!

hopefully when the jets turn up i shall finally be able to enjoy my hard work!

cheers

So gents all help and points welcomed. settle back and i shall tell you the info:

engine: cb550k3 standard with a very mild porting job on the head, more just smoothing than porting, no polishing tho!

carbs: Keihin CR 29mm
Pod Filters
mains: 240
main jets: 120
mixture: 1 1/2 turns out
Needles: right at top position
timing: checked and rechecked (!)
floats: Factory set 14mm
ignition: boyer bransden, with mini coils

So have tried various settings but taken her back to 'out the box' carb settings.

To start her she must be on full choke and i can only get her to 1/3 choke before she dies. i cannot get idle no matter what i do.

when she is on full choke she revs right up with no trouble. when the choke is set at 1/3 when you pull the throttle the engine loses rpm/power. i know she is running lean and i have tried 118 and 122 main jets but i cannot get any kind of idle.

carbs have been bench synced and i have tried different mixtures etc but all the same or worse probs and no idle.

have tried advancing the timing on the stator plate but to now avail.

Need a bit of direction here peeps. how much bigger should i go with the main jets? am i clearly missing something? 

(beer tokens for the best answers!)

anyone done this ? if so what year cam ?

There is more than enough slack in the cable for lock to lock.

if it passes an MOT then surely it would withstand engineering scrutiny in the event of an accident?