ReconRat

The point is... when you clutch it in, the springs compress, and the noise goes away. When let out, the springs rely upon a tiny bit of nearly un-sprung force to hold things together. When weak, they won't do that very well. So did you spec the springs when they were out? Inspection, overall unsprung height check, and test on a spring compression checking tool. Beware that some springs do not like to be fully compressed, and can be damaged.

I hate to say most problems are the last thing worked on, but it's often the case. Me included. When you did the clutch, did you opt out for new clutch springs? Did you at least keep them all in the same place and same order? Clutch springs often get weak and need new ones, or get scrambled and get cranky. Sounds a little like clutch chatter, which in my book gets blamed on the springs, providing everything else is ok. It only takes one weak spring to mess things up. Double check those part numbers also, to make sure it was the right friction plates. Sometimes there are small differences betweens years of one model. I don't know your bike that well, but it's that way with some Hondas. The smoke coming out is probably normal, it's cooking down in there, after all. Check some other bikes and see what they are doing. Since the engine is running, the back sides of the pistons are pumping air back and forth. As well as the gear clusters. Oil leak, yes, clean or replace gasket. If that's where a shaft turns, check the oil seal on that shaft, it might be leaking. A little is ok, a lot is not.

http://www.hubcapcafe.com/calendar/ohio.htm ...lists several around town. Dunno if they all for sure or not. MOPAR Nationals, National Trail Raceway, August 8-10, 2008 VolksFest! 18, Pataskala, August 9, 2008 Sixth Annual Corvettes and Street Rods, Whitehall, August 9, 2008 "Bands on the Run Cruise In", Columbus, August 10, 2008

What else would sing, other than the brake rotor. Can't imagine it would be like that from the factory, but dunno. Applying the front brake would make it better or worse, and indicate that it was indeed the front brake rotor. Guess it would also mean that the brake pads were dragging on the rotor. They might be a bit out of alignment? The new fix is that blue anti-squeal goop, or similar. The old time fix was make a gasket of brown paper, soak it in oil, and use it under the caliper. Note: old Hondas have a bad habit of growing a glob of snot-like stuff behind the caliper piston and refusing to retract.

I also coughed up the big bucks and got a Nelson-Rigg mini tank bag, magnetic. The mini is new this year. I wanted real small, and it's a challenge fitting much in it, but it's mostly to hold the GPS under the clear top along with a folded up route map to look at. Inside goes camera, batteries, etc. Some people down South where it's maybe hotter, think the magnetic will leave a mark on the paint on the tank. Dunno, haven't seen anything like that yet. Magnetic stays put so far, even at higher speeds and cross-winds.

I bought an el cheap'o surplus store backpack. That place way out on East Broad. Flat black of course, like the bike. Seems to work fine, rides well, doesn't move around, and follows me wherever I go. I keep bike stuff packed in it "to go". It is somehow comforting to have it there. Unlike stuff bungie'd to the back of the bike, I never wonder if it is still there. The wind will untie knots and remove straps and strings and stuff, so tie them all down well. Once and a while I'll haul the laptop in to work in a Targus laptop backpack from Target, that works ok, but feels funny with the flat laptop in it.

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It's a Japanese kit, and a Japanese website written in ... Japanese. And the kid is Japanese too. Or Nippon and Nipponese if you prease. I got one of those kits, CB750. Still in the box.

How long will you wonder. I goofed and smacked a knuckle at work, and it swelled up (twice normal size). Bad enough I got X-rays just in case. Not broken, but months later it's still not right. It's a bit bent, won't lie flat, and I have to splint it at nights to get it straightened again as it heals. Symptoms of a broken finger Swelling or pain of the fracture site. Tenderness, numbness, or tingling at the fracture site. Bruising or bleeding at the fracture site. Inability to move or fold the injured finger in completely. Deformity of the injured finger. Mal-aligned fingers Changes to the shape of the hand Noises in joints or bones, or bones protruding. Diagnosis Does any finger overlap its neighbor? Does the injured finger angle in the wrong direction? Does the injured finger look too short? Only an X-ray can tell if it's broken or not. They took 5 of my hand, and told me to splint it. I had already done that. Splint from Walgreens and a little Ace bandage. Go get an X-ray, most urgent care facilities have X-rays on-site. Call first and ask. Note: Not to be confused with missing finger symptoms...

HA!... I was drafted when the CB350F came out. But get a breaker-less ignition like the Dynatek, with some hot coils. It's a huge difference. Be aware that some after market coils don't mount up on the original bolt holes, a pain-in-the-butt. As you probably know by now, the CB350F had certain unique camshaft and valve train characteristics (design limitations). One valve in the 350 twins was funky also. The rocker shaft hole was bored a little off center, on like all of them. Anyone selling a CB350 or CL350? A gal at work was talking about getting one.

Hi, I thought I'd quit lurking and join up. I work with BS aka Satan. I've been riding off and on for over 41 years, and still love it. I ride all year round except in the salt, I hate road salt. It gets in everything. I ride a flat black 2002 Honda 919. Some might remember seeing it on the Hocking Hills ride. I cut that one short and went with Bill to the Logan "hospital". I went back this last Saturday and rode it all solo at a bit higher speed...*cough*. Took 70 to 13 to 256 to 664 to South Bloomingville, and 56 to 278 to 78, but then decided to go North on the 555. Good God, that's a paved wagon road from yester-years. I liked it. I started out on a CB160, and crashed it on purpose repeatedly. Guess I got it out of my system, I haven't crashed since. I had several CL350, guess I liked them. I still have an old 1976 Honda CB550F, just can't part with it. ex-Honda mechanic, ex-Army special forces payroll clerk, ex-Aerospace design engineer, and now I work with computers, sometimes I wish I was a bike mechanic again... I'll ride with anyone, Laterz