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So it's been a while since I've been on the forums.
Last summer I was riding to work on my 1974 CB360 and she just starting spitting and sputtering, I think one of the cylinders stopped firing, and then she died all the way. I tried kicking her over for about five minutes and no success. So I started walking her home, I was only a mile from the house, but I live in Seattle so of course it was up hill. There was a lot of pissing and moaning on my part. After about five minutes of walking I give her a few more kicks and she sputters to life but ONLY after I hold half throttle. This works for about 2 blocks, but thank god, I'm now up the biggest hill. I walk her the rest of the way home, park her in the corner of the garage, call her dirty names, and neglect her for about 7 months.
So I don't hate her anymore, but I certainly didn't treat her right. Where do I start, is there a list of things I should check to root out the problem and get her back in riding condition? The bike has about 16k miles on it, has always had trouble running consistently for the 5 years I've owned her. I had it running great for about 12 months after 66Sprint helped me out. So I think I know how to recheck everything, but I'm wondering if its finally time to rebuild the whole engine? Will this ensure the bike runs more consistently? Do I need to have a more through maintenance schedule? Should I change from points to electronic ignition?
I would like to have a daily rider bike so I'm honestly contemplating getting her up and running and selling her for a fuel injected bike. I don't want to do this but I also know now from my years of owning the bike that it's about 50% riding 50% fixing the bike and I would like it to be more like 90% riding 10% fixing. Is that ever achievable with a 1974 CB360 bike?
Thanks for your thoughts fiends,
Steve
Last summer I was riding to work on my 1974 CB360 and she just starting spitting and sputtering, I think one of the cylinders stopped firing, and then she died all the way. I tried kicking her over for about five minutes and no success. So I started walking her home, I was only a mile from the house, but I live in Seattle so of course it was up hill. There was a lot of pissing and moaning on my part. After about five minutes of walking I give her a few more kicks and she sputters to life but ONLY after I hold half throttle. This works for about 2 blocks, but thank god, I'm now up the biggest hill. I walk her the rest of the way home, park her in the corner of the garage, call her dirty names, and neglect her for about 7 months.
So I don't hate her anymore, but I certainly didn't treat her right. Where do I start, is there a list of things I should check to root out the problem and get her back in riding condition? The bike has about 16k miles on it, has always had trouble running consistently for the 5 years I've owned her. I had it running great for about 12 months after 66Sprint helped me out. So I think I know how to recheck everything, but I'm wondering if its finally time to rebuild the whole engine? Will this ensure the bike runs more consistently? Do I need to have a more through maintenance schedule? Should I change from points to electronic ignition?
I would like to have a daily rider bike so I'm honestly contemplating getting her up and running and selling her for a fuel injected bike. I don't want to do this but I also know now from my years of owning the bike that it's about 50% riding 50% fixing the bike and I would like it to be more like 90% riding 10% fixing. Is that ever achievable with a 1974 CB360 bike?
Thanks for your thoughts fiends,
Steve