TK4
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After 45+ years prepare for the worst.
Yeah, which I'm not willing to do. I'm willing to toss some money at someone to inspect it and toss a bit more if it's a few hours work or whatever but a majory rebuild, no way.How many miles/kms ?
This doesn't sound like a tune up issue.
Check compression, no squeeze = major teardown.
Major motor work is a wallet drainer.
Please dont say pods. Please dont say pods. Please dont say pods.
Guy I bought from used to be a mechanic and works on his own bikes. I trust him.
4. Carb adjust and timing, new air filter
5. Running a Dyna Coil
6. Stock airbox with new air filter
Mileage is roughly 30k miles. I live East York near Woodbine and Danforth.It’s good you have basically a stock airbox setup.
If he didn’t check valve clearances and compression I would start there. I had what sounded like a noisy cam chain on my CB350f that was actually a symptom of bad exhaust valve clearance on two cylinders.
I would also re-check the carb settings and timing, as well as the health of the entire electronics system.
You still haven’t told us how many miles are on the bike.
Where are you located?
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Mileage is roughly 30k miles. I live East York near Woodbine and Danforth.
1. All plugs are fouling, but 2 and 3 are the worst
2. 1,2,3 are carbon fouled and 4 is sometimes a bit wet
3. All four cylinders work and fire. The pipes at the back don't get super hot but they are blazing hot up near the engine
4. Guy I bought it from did a quick tuneup on the bike a month or so back but the noise from the engine has shown up after this.
Where are you getting those words from? I asked if anyone knows a good and reliable mechanic. I didn't say anything about wanting it cheap or wanting them to source vintage parts for me.So he is looking for a great vintage bike mechanic, that knows all the right sources and the right people to get all the parts for his vintage Honda and works super cheap post an add in the CVMG newsletter, you might get super lucky.
Elsewhere in the thread, I was serious about the add in CVMG, that's where you will find the guys that have the time, knowledge and maybe even the parts you need.Where are you getting those words from? I asked if anyone knows a good and reliable mechanic. I didn't say anything about wanting it cheap or wanting them to source vintage parts for me.
Two issues. First issue is that it recently started making some rattle like sounds from the bottom right of the engine. I've tried adjusting the cam chain tensioner a number of times but this has not helped. Second issue is carbon fouling of plugs and needing to pull them often to either a)clean em or b)change em.
I'm not super mechanically inclined and this is my running bike I'd like to keep running. If I start working on it myself I know it'll take me all summer and then the riding season is over.
Riding an old bike, there are three things you need. A shop manual(easy to download for free of the web), a bike specific forum for advise and information and some basic tools. Otherwise, you might as well get a newer bike and just ride. If you have no mechanical skills a vintage bike is not for you.
Enthusiast motorcycles.
You have to be enthusiastic to work with them lots and exercise them frequently.