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CB350 1971 Restoration Project
philward:
This is the RS paints supplied Candy Red on the 350k0 that I am in the process of building - different colour but as with all my previous builds, I'm pleased with the paint from RS
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Menno:
Sorry I didn't state more clearly what I ment.
What I ment to say was that with some bikes the basecoat was white and with some other basecoats were orange.
I simply wanted to say that for the final result (light ruby red) the base coat was not very important - as long as it was in the colour spectrum of the reds.
Now at no point I would say that the paint on the cb350 k3 is not original.
In my opinion it is - I am 100% agreeing on that.
It is interesting to see that after a problem the red layer the tank was returned to the beginning of the paint process and started with white again.
The reason this could have happened with this red tank this much is probably a starting painter with not much experience, or maybe a bad monday paintjob.
Another reason is that red - also pain red - is not easy to get correct in one thin layer. Probably the painter overshot causing a runner in the paint.
The thin layer would not give much room for repair, so after the runner was sanded out white would almost certain be showing again.
Easiest way to repair that was to simply start over.
Repainting a couple of times doesn't suggest this is a candy paint though.
A 70's plain red was not covering at all, that is why a base of white or orange was needed.
But even today it is quite common to use these colours as a base for red paint.
Now on the documentation - for some reasons getting colours correct in mechanical books or part books wasn't really important. Sometimes they were so insignificant to the writers of these textbooks they (or he or she) didn't even know the names of the paint.
I had a rather strange conversation on the French forum on which colours were delivered to France.
The French manual only stated the following colours for the 750: red, blue and yellow. Antares red was marron.
And thats it. Candyu blue green? - Bleu. Planet blue? - Bleu. Candy saphire blue? - Bleu.
In the Netherlands the pc50 was only available in blue and red. Everyone - and I mean everyone had a green one.
In the outtake of the manual above it is mentioned that all candys (except candy garnet brown) have a silver base coat.
Which would be very difficult for candy jade green and candy antares red for instance.
I only wanted to say that if the first point is not correct could we than imagine the third point also not to be correct?
Interestingly enough I have not seen Honda using pearl at all in the late 60-s and the 70's. I could be mistaken.
Unlike Yamaha and Kawasaki who used pearl abundantly in many paints.
BenPowell:
Hi everyone,
Bit of an update but also in need of some advice.
Finally, the engine was fired up on the 350 and managed to get it to run for a little on the choke but that was about it. I ended up taking to carbs off and found one of the floats filled with petrol so hopefully that’s the only issue. I had checked the floats a while back and they seemed okay.
While it was running i was trying to adjust the mixture screw and it didn’t really seem to have much of an impact. So not too sure what the issue there is? Air leak maybe?
Next thing is the clutch seems to stick together, so tonight I removed the plates soaked them and re-assembled, the clutch disengages when the lever is pulled but the plates are sucking themselves together, and take a shock to release them. Is that normal or should you be able to pull the clutch and turn the back wheel by hand freely?
Other than that though the bike is pretty much compete and I’m currently waiting for my V5 to arrive in the post, I’ve also passed my test now so as soon as it’s done I can get it insured and go for a ride
Cheers everyone,
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Clutch action does not sound right, clutches can stick when left unused for several months but not every time.
Might be your clutch cable is sticking.
philward:
I'm at the carb tuning stage with my 350 Ben (next week as going away till next week) - tuning seems basic. Have a look at page 60 in the workshop manual (in Ash's dropbox)
My clutch was dragging a bit too but not test rode it yet - have adjusted most of the drag using the screw and nut adjustment.
I think Ash may be the man to ask!
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