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972
If I was to hazard a guess it would be...the first time it was a fluke, possibly abuse before you got the bike. Bikes do sometimes break gear teeth. The 2nd...
John Branson
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Apr 23, 2008
4:21 pm
974
Well its together and drying. Shifts nice up and down... at least for now. Took me a good 4 hours of playing with it to figure it all out. The first 10...
Ben Roth
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Apr 26, 2008
3:46 pm
975
Hey, they are tricky. A puzzle that appears to go together correctly several different ways. Took me quite a while before I could put one together right. And I...
John Branson
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Apr 26, 2008
5:22 pm
976
I'm happy to report it shifted just fine through all 5 gears this afternoon. Carbs seem to be a little wonky. They don't want to idle real good. Either at...
Ben Roth
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Apr 27, 2008
11:58 pm
977
Usually the headlight does get a bit brighter....usually it's opposite of what you describe though...it would get brighter if the battery is discharged and...
John Branson
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Apr 28, 2008
6:38 pm
978
Have about 100 miles on the bike now. Still think I have some carb fine tuning to do as it tends to want to max out after warming up around 55mph in 4th....
Ben Roth
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May 13, 2008
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979
My 1969 CD175 has low cranking compression (75-80 psig) before and after a valve job and new rings. During the leak down test indicated only 2-4 percent loss...
mtucker
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May 14, 2008
2:09 am
980
I think you might have some other issues. The engine should pull close to red line in 5th gear...at least 9,000 rpm. Should do it even easier with a 15 tooth...
John Branson
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May 14, 2008
4:54 am
981
Would be interesting to see what you could do with stock pistons and compression. I've spent about $4000 in piston R&D to come up with about 10:1+ oversize...
John Branson
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May 14, 2008
5:00 am
982
John, it'll go up to around 9k or so in 5th just won't stay there or like cruising there once on the move. So I'd need to drop in the rear to get closer to...
Ben Roth
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May 14, 2008
2:19 pm
983
Yep...if you go smaller on one sprocket you need to go smaller on the other to keep the ratio close to the same. And vice-versa with larger, go the same way on...
John Branson
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May 14, 2008
4:35 pm
985
CD is single carb with no provision as I remember to fit a dual carb set up so the head is either CB160 or CB175/200. I spent about $4.00 on piston research,...
Peter
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Jun 3, 2008
5:44 am
986
C70 pistons are of course out of the questions, being WAY too small in bore and have the wrong size wrist pin. C90 pistons (50mm) bore are still 2mm smaller...
John Branson
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Jun 3, 2008
2:03 pm
987
\> > CD is single carb with no provision as I remember to fit a dual carb ... The CD combustion chamber <should> be the same shape as the CB/CL 175, all three...
bateman147
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Jun 11, 2008
5:01 am
988
... The 160/175s use some oddball bearing dimensions in the upper bearing. Les Barker sells a kit of tapered bearings that includes a plastic shim for the top...
bateman147
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Jun 11, 2008
5:19 am
989
Michael, Yep, I've got a brass shim on the OD of my lower tapered bearing...AND I bought two kits to get the bearings I needed :) The shim has fallen out a...
John Branson
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Jun 11, 2008
4:04 pm
990
Thanks for the great details on your race engines. Do you have a source for the copper head and base gaskets? My inclination is to tear in back down CC head...
MTucker
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Jun 12, 2008
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991
Hi MT - The gaskets come from Copper Gaskets Unlimited in Arizona. Contact details are on the suppliers page of www.groupwracing.com (one of my horribly ...
Michael Bateman
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Jun 12, 2008
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992
Thanks for the welcome John - Michael...
Michael Bateman
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Jun 12, 2008
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993
It's not necessarily clear from that statement that I mean the sloper pistons (product code 235) go with sloper heads, and vert pistons (product code 313) go...
Michael Bateman
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Jun 12, 2008
2:16 am
994
Michael, I've got a friend on this group ( BFD ) who turned me on to checking valve to piston by using a dial indicator and assembly with very weak valve...
John Branson
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Jun 12, 2008
7:38 am
995
... That is what I do - I use carburetor springs in place of the valve springs, assemble everything, set the lash and cam timing, then manually push the valve...
Michael Bateman
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Jun 12, 2008
6:57 pm
996
I have a great little Honda CB175 for sale. It is a 1973. It is in great shape. I have been riding it and working on it for 2 years. It only has 6000...
Matt
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Jun 18, 2008
2:06 pm
998
Just got a B bike CB175 going well enough to race. Purchased it yesterday; all wired, tuned up; stripped down. I am new to high revving bikes. This one has a...
Beth Braun
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Jun 29, 2008
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999
Beth, Standard gearing for NHMS is 15/38....maybe 15/39 with a 200 lb rider and a stock bike, possible you could run 15/37 at your low weight. Stock bike in...
John Branson
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Jun 30, 2008
1:42 pm
1000
Hey Everyone, I was wondering if anyone had a line on a kick starter for a 1971 CB175. Cheers, Kash...
Kash
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Jun 30, 2008
2:06 pm
1001
What part of the kick start do you need? I throw most of them away, as I do with all the other ballast the future race bikes come equipped with. But I probably...
Tim O
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Jul 1, 2008
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1002
I'm looking for the actual kick starter. I have a spring, I need the, umm, the part you actually kick to start the engine? Does that make sense? Tim, where...
Kash
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Jul 1, 2008
11:28 am
1003
I am in western Washington near Seattle.   Go to one of the micro fische web sites and tell me which pieces you need by their part numbers. Try here: ...
Tim O
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Jul 1, 2008
2:11 pm
1004
Tim, Got another race on that new brake yet? JohnnyB ... as I do with all the other ballast the future race bikes come equipped with. But I probably have at...
John Branson
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Jul 6, 2008
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