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1976 CB500K2...
ST1100:
So, today's work unit started with a pile of parts from two carb banks...
Did some detailing with carb body cleaner, gasket remover and a small brush, another rinse, washing down with brake cleaner and blowing out every bore and channel.
Then scrambled the most useful looking items for building my test carbs.
Quite some work, sliders got new needles, all linkage points (springs, pans, ball-joints) a tiny dab of BelRay marine grease (probably the first lubrication they saw again since leaving the factory...), choke axle & lever on #1 required removal and adjustment (bend handle...), a few drops of engine oil on the surfaces of the sliders prior installation, same on the axles of the choke flaps.
The actuators, washers, springs, spacers, felt rings, etc... all cleaned and lubed before installing them.
Did a "bench sync" by using the shaft of a 3mm drill-bit as feeler-gauge, all is moving smooth and effortless again now.
Started to install jets and nozzles, to ensure damage free fitment all O-rings got a tiny dab of silicone grease smeared on...
Will have completed that tomorrow, and probably try to start the engine then...
The quality of the materials used by Honda keeps astonishing me... 4 decades of neglect and abuse, just clean and adjust, fully operational again...
Like the top covers and bowls, a little rub with a tiny dab of Autosol (probably spit would have served just as well ;) ), a brief buff with a soft cloth and suddenly you've got bling on the bike 8)
Seems a genuine Honda doesn't break by itself, it requires ignorant people to ruin it... ;D (except those build in Atessa which already rusted away while still in the showroom, but that was a different story anyway...)
AshimotoK0:
sound likeyou are getting stuck in ST
ST1100:
Occupational hazard I guess... and respect for the ingenuity of those bikes...
Also my ST1100's always receive that aviation-like attention to details... pays off when you're abroad for two weeks, far from home, like somewhere up north in Scotland or deep in the south of France... the rig never let me down... the least you want is a spoiled ride/vacation over some neglect...
ST1100:
... ITS AAALIIIIIIIVVVVVVVEHHH!!! ... ;D
But, first things fist...
Tinkering with the bits 'n pieces...
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Planning to use jubilee-clips for air-box rubbers or holding those fancy pods?
Please don't... :-\
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...a real PITA to straighten those dents again ???
the MFG designed those steel bands for a reason...
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A little before and after comparison
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ST1100:
all pretty much set up
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Note the different gasket-groove on the carb bowls from different sets.
LHS features small grabbing-bulges enabling the use of O-ring type gaskets as delivered with the Keyster sets,
RHS (probably earlier years??) instead do require the pre-shaped seals
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All buttoned up, ready to be thrown at the bike
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I did not want to use any new bolts at first, but all the old ones are so corroded and rounded off, I just didn't have the heart at the end... ;)
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