| Tune-ups don't require ignition coil | | | | sanding and paint and a few hours. |
| replacements. Sometimes you need to replace | | | | |
| the spark plug caps on the ends of the wires, | | | | Alternatively, if you know how to work with |
| though. The resistance value should be around | | | | fiberglass, you could build the bags you want |
| 5K ohms. Honda Tune up kits generally has | | | | yourself, but this is a long-term project |
| plugs, points and condensers in them, as a | | | | that will eat up a lot of your spare time to |
| set. The number of miles you have on the bike | | | | do it quickly. You can also look on a few of |
| engine and the overall care it has had makes | | | | the catalogue sites. In addition to that, try |
| a lot of difference in what you will need and | | | | some of the e-groups for Kawasaki and |
| what may keep going for you, for a while. | | | | Vulcan's. There are a lot of specialized |
| | | | e-groups out there for specific makes and |
| The tools that came in your kit, if complete, | | | | models of bikes. Look there, as there may be |
| could barely get you by on repairs/tune-ups. | | | | someone who is getting rid of a set that will |
| If you own a bike, you need to know about how | | | | work on your bike. It will certainly be less |
| to repair it and have the tools to do the | | | | expensive than new. |
| job. You can go to Wal-Mart, Costco and | | | | |
| elsewhere and get giant tool packages for | | | | Honda pretty much washes their hands of |
| $100 or less that will get you going pretty | | | | responsibility of supplying parts after about |
| well. An Impact Driver with a selection of | | | | 10 years after end of production. They have |
| bits and a good hammer will be a good | | | | made thousands of different models and dozens |
| investment! Steel screws, resting in aluminum | | | | of variations of many of those, so the parts |
| threads for such a long time will setup | | | | inventory and production considerations are |
| corrosion in the threads that can spell | | | | staggering in any case. |
| trouble in some cases. | | | | |
| | | | Honda does have a vintage parts division, |
| The cables are now 33 years old.... probably | | | | apparently in Japan who will make small |
| time for a change! If your bike is a 1973 | | | | quantities of some items that they still have |
| CB350G, then it has a front disk brake that | | | | tooling for, like exhaust systems for some of |
| has its own maintenance issues. Same with the | | | | the fours. CB750 primarily. CMS in Holland is |
| CB350F. The "regular" CB350 twins had cable | | | | tied to them, to a certain extent and almost |
| operated drum brakes. | | | | had them remake the missing #2 pipe for the |
| | | | 350Fs but the cost got too high. |
| You can get a lot of stuff on EBay, as far as | | | | |
| tune-up parts go. You need to identify the | | | | Companies like apex cycle, retrobikes and a |
| exact model, of course, before you move | | | | few others are having Asian companies remake |
| forward, plus a good tune-up guide and/or | | | | some items. You won't be seeing any new |
| shop manual will be useful. I have a PDF | | | | crankshafts or engine cases coming from Honda |
| version of a minor tune-up guide that is a | | | | or anyone else. Tooling and production of |
| reprint from a Cycle Guide magazine special | | | | this stuff is way too expensive nowadays. |
| booklet, but it only covers CB350 Twins. The | | | | |
| principles of engine tuning are all the same, | | | | I have a source in Australia who makes new |
| but the details between 2 and 4 cylinder | | | | Dream and CB77 mufflers from stainless steel. |
| bikes are somewhat different in layout of | | | | |
| components. | | | | It is a small company and he's willing to do |
| | | | the tooling in-house just to produce the |
| If you used stabil or some kind of gasoline | | | | parts, but he's getting near retiring and |
| stabilizer for the winter, the carbs should | | | | that source will dry up one day. A company in |
| be okay. I would certainly drain them and | | | | NZ made some beautiful new CB77 mufflers a |
| refill the tank with fresh gasoline. Yamaha | | | | few years back, but the supply is now gone, I |
| makes a carb cleaner that you mix with | | | | believe and they don't seem interested in |
| gasoline and then funnel down the carb fuel | | | | doing another run again. |
| line to clean out the parts in the float bowl | | | | |
| while it is together. Depends on what kind of | | | | If there is sufficient demand, someone |
| condition the parts are in, though. Honda | | | | usually steps up and takes a shot at having |
| carbs have numerous O-rings inside that need | | | | parts made, but there are so many parts in a |
| replacing after 33 years! | | | | bike and so many models, that it is |
| | | | impossible to expect that the supply line for |
| What you could do, and it may require some | | | | 40+ year old motorcycles is going to continue |
| modification on your part, is to find a hard | | | | indefinitely. Brit bikes and scooters |
| bag mount set for your bike and then go to a | | | | remained relatively unchanged for many years, |
| motorcycle salvage yard and see what they | | | | so making parts for those is less of a |
| have that you may like. You would likely have | | | | stretch, than doing Honda camshafts for |
| to repaint them, but that requires a | | | | 250-305s... there were three versions of |
| wind-free place to work and a bit of light | | | | splines on just those parts. |