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    Hey all. I'm in need of a Main Slow nozzle for my 1982 GL500, part no. 16166-415-003. It wouldn't come out, so I had to take a drill to it. Got it out and the carb threads are perfect, but Honda and Jets-R-Us don't sell it. I can't find it anywhere short of buying a set of used, crusty carbs for...
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    I bought these aftermarket intake boots (Carburetor Intake manifolds CX500 w/ boots gaskets For Honda Carb Holders kit | eBay) for my 79’ CX500. I have a set of VB37A carbs, and they keep slipping out of them. I’m using standard hose clamps I picked up from O’reilleys but no matter how much I...
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    hey all I was hoping you could help me with a really annoying issue while I wait for murray to send my carbs - my engine is SCREAMING I rebuilt the carbs on my gl500 this spring. I took them completely apart and soaked them for a day or two. I replaced everything except for the air cutoff...
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    I just got a CX500 deluxe a little while ago and I’ve been trying to get it to run. I’ve cleaned the carb and change the spark plugs and the oil and the coolant but I still can’t get it to idle. I can get the engine started briefly if I give it a little gas but I started noticing a mystery...
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    Hello all, a couple months ago I started having a very fast fuel leak out of the left side of my carbs, high up, possibly above the float bowl even. Tightening the float bowl screws seemed to stop the leak for a while until last month when the leak returned worse than ever. I enlisted the help...
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    Hi everybody, I was putting my carb back together after a thorough cleaning using Larry’s book, and it seems I damage the threads where the main jet screws in (probably when I drilled out the emulsion tube.) Does anybody know whether I can fix this with a helicoil, and if so, what size do I...
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    Hey guys, just bought my first CX - a 1980 custom. I've had a read-through found a link to Larry's book. While I'm waiting for that one to arrive I've got a question about side air valves. The one in my kit does not have a bulb of the original (see below)- will this affect the performance?
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    I noticed some things with the carbs I rebuilt for my 81 cx500. It had the stock idle jets but the other two don't seem to be stock now that I looked up the sizes. The set I am replacing these with don't have sizes marked at all. I was hoping they were stock jets but that doesn't seem to be the...
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    Hi, searched forum for answers to this and couldn’t seem to find a solution. Sorry for posting so soon after joining. I’ve got a cx that had destroyed a valve and chewed up a piston so have rebuilt the engine. It’s all back together now and won’t start. I’ve got a good battery, I’ve got spark...
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    Howdy there my CX fam....HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So my bike, beautiful beast, currently runs like garbage down the crap chute So I've gotten a weird hesitation at part throttle, gets worse with heat I have an ignitech unit installed So I had a look at the spark plugs Black as burnt toast thats...
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    New to the forum so not sure the exact protocol on asking questions. Bought my first motorcycle, '81 CX500D, about three months ago. Ran great, for the first 6 rides except that it would cut off every once in awhile when idling at a light. Took the bike for a sunset ride and filled up the...
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    i picked up a 1981 cx500 deluxe recently. its not running, and it seems like the guy i bought from was trying to troubleshoot to get it to start. when i brought it home, it started with the help of a started fluid. i noticed that the petcock had a vacuum fitting, and the guy i bought from did...
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    Hey guys, Hope I can maybe get some advice on here, I couldn't find my exact issue on the thread so I thought I'd post my stator results and bike info/issues. Mainly high RPM issues above 5k, can only get the bike up to 100kmph at 6k rpm, sorta just bogs after that and across all gears. I had...
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    -- New Bike Owner -- -- New Forum Member -- Hey, When I bought my new bike I also got a second bike that was torn down (not the entire bike). The carbs were all torn apart sitting in a box (that had a bunch of holes). . Is there a parts guide or something that I can use to verify I have all...
  15. General Discussion
    Recently while putting my carbs back on my Honda Gl500 my carburetor manifold cracked by the bolt. I am curious to see if there are any alternatives for the GL500 manifolds? or if a CX manifold would work. I have been looking online Honda discontinued making the part and I am not able to find...
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    Hello. First post here. Just coming to the end of my CX500 complete rebuild into a custom scrambler style. Using a Rae San ignition and pod filters so just installed 90/120 jets. Pops and occasionally backfires and has trouble idling. Revs increase when carb pushed in which is strange. I’m...
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    I need help with identification of my carb so i can order overhaul kit from randakk's site. I have tried to write to their support but they do not sell kits for gl400, even though it can be 90% same as for cx500.
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    Hey so I opened up my 1979 cx500 C carbs today, (the bike is new to me and doesn't run), the guy before me some how snapped the overflow straw off completely in one of the carbs... as you can see in the pic, he just covered it with glue.. the glue fell off pretty easy just from me wiping down...
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    I've connected my cables every way possible to get the throttle working properly but one way when I connect it, the cables are too long and lose, and even one popped out, and the other way I tried, I couldn't get the last cable in because it was too short, maybe I'm not doing this right so I'm...
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    Hello to all, I was so amazed to see this Forum and the amount of people and information here! I have found some information coming close to answering my question, but I wanted to post to be sure... I purchased my 1982 CX500 C today, only 3400 miles! woo hoo! After looking in more detail...
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