HondaCB650

A few more pics; sealed up the replacement pucks with silicone; when it set i applied 2 coats of aviation sealer compound to the head and 1 coat on the valve cover before i replaced the gasket with my spare used one; time will tell but if it gets me by til new pucks and gasket shows i'll be happy.

Finally got pics uploaded with the new laptop

Cheap? The whole Athena set was well over$100 up here, and i did use a Honda coin set a few years ago and they didn't last either.

I may not be the only one with this issue every year; but is there another supplier that makes them out of modern materials so they don't go bad after one or two seasons? I installed my last set i had out of my Athena gasket set i bought a few years ago and even with using Aviation sealer compound o...

Nice machine

You have air assisted forks? Someone else may have that info, check the Tech Discussions section.

They must have used angled isolators to do that, Soos has a list of carbs he tried out on the 650; its on here in the tech discussion part of the forum; i think

80 has manual linkage carbs, why the change to cv type? If i remember the 81 and up 650 ran on the cv types. But the head had different spacing on the carb side, Find a set of mid 70's 750 carbs and clean them, will fit the isolators and they have a mechanical choke lever, good luck with what you try.

Was suggested to me on the sohc forum to get a baby bottle with the proper markings; got one so today i am going to drain my forks completely and start over on the refill as i am bottoming out sometimes, since i only put in a guess at 5oz, of tranny fluid. No leaks yet but i want to have the forks f...

Did as cb650 suggested to the caps, still ran like shit in the rain. Bought a can of spray on ignition silicone; the kind that turns white after it set for 10 minutes. I used 2 coats, 1 before i went to work and another before i went home. I also sprayed up under the tank onto the coils as they were...

Nice; i like cb650's suggestion on that swapover; a lot less work and then you have in storage original tank and covers. Oil the tank so it won't rust if you do that.

Try that bulb in the right side socket first; that will tell you if either the bulb needs replaced; or the socket is junk. Does both switches function? Can be just a dirty connection to that side; try the easy stuff first before you go replacing sockets.

EBC makes clutch plates for the 650s, 10w30 dino oil is ok, it's what i run in my 79. You can Google clutches and see whats listed for other manufacturers.

Found the trouble; i did the run and pull test; started with #4, got a shock; The rest when i pulled them off the idling engine didn't shock me, so i can go to town and return the new plug wires i bought for an old honda civic and get my money back; they were 7mm copper/steel core but the plug cap o...

I always put the silicone on the outside of the rubber smearing it around the wire and cap to seal it; never thought of doing it that way. Will try that tomorrow; weather says its gonna be clear til middle of next week before we get rain up here; will know then what happens