01-12-2024, 02:43 AM
I've been a Honda fan forever, but nothing is perfect. I learned to ride on a Honda 350, and it never let me down. My Honda CL450 developed a quirk of running great, then barely running. I futzed with it for weeks and a dealer/mechanic couldn't find a problem, then one day, it was in it's fussy mood. I looked it over, nothing was obvious, until I shined a flashlight between the cylinders at the two carbs. I saw a pieced of a shaft sticking out of the starboard carb. It had a groove in it for a clip. I looked at the port carb, and there it was, the curved piece of metal that linked the carbs together. There was a hole in it for another carb, the starboard one. I got it back in place, but had no clip, and put a hunk of bailing wire in the groove and twisted and trimmed it. Viola! It ran like a Honda again. My current CB1100 developed a slipping clutch and the lever felt odd. I took the cap off the hydraulic reservoir, and the diaphragm was all bunched up in there. I pulled it out, straightened it, put it back, added about a tablespoon of fluid, and all better. I drive a Honda Accord V6 Coupe, my wife drives a CR-V, and I've had Honda generators and outboard engines. Not perfect, but very, very good. If Honda built a biplane, I'd take flying lessons.