How long has your CB sat

[peterbaron]

Yes Alliance. Would sometimes experience oil leakage into the standard shift dry clutch plate. It was a real "drag" trying to get up the Gardner freeway ramps in Toronto.

Big time problems

[GoldOxide_imp]

Renault Alliance - "Car of the Year" (1985 or '86?) was a lemon.

The fuel gauge needle in the dashboard used to bounce up and down on road bumps.

[peterbaron]

"Peter......if that discussion took place in the 70's the bike was from around the 50's. That means the HD had a kick starter. Totally plausible. "

And was possibly equipped with a magneto. No battery necessary.
Jim

Based on additional info, I agree with you..

Would add that likely due to magneto design, experienced this 1500 km away from home, when generator was overcharging battery, burnt out a hole in it, acid leaked out and battery had less than 2 V. As long as I kept all light/acc off, I was able to make home with totally dry battery... nedless to say, I had to remove stop light bulb..
None of any vehicle of mine was ever towed, exept Renault 12 that broke crankshaft between main bearing 4 & 5
Thanks for your full update Jim & Frulk

Based on additional info, I agree with you..

Would add that likely due to magneto design, experienced this 1500 km away from home, when generator was overcharging battery, burnt out a hole in it, acid leaked out and battery had less than 2 V. As long as I kept all light/acc off, I was able to make home with totally dry battery... nedless to say, I had to remove stop light bulb..
None of any vehicle of mine was ever towed, exept Renault 12 that broke crankshaft between main bearing 4 & 5
Thanks for your full update Jim & Frulk
Did they sell Renaults in Canada ? , when I did my military service in Holland I had a Renault 4 , would love to buy one now !

Based on additional info, I agree with you..

Would add that likely due to magneto design, experienced this 1500 km away from home, when generator was overcharging battery, burnt out a hole in it, acid leaked out and battery had less than 2 V. As long as I kept all light/acc off, I was able to make home with totally dry battery... nedless to say, I had to remove stop light bulb..
None of any vehicle of mine was ever towed, exept Renault 12 that broke crankshaft between main bearing 4 & 5
Thanks for your full update Jim & Frulk
Did they sell Renaults in Canada ? , when I did my military service in Holland I had a Renault 4 , would love to buy one now !
Yes they did
That was in Europe/R12, around 1973??.
In Canada, as far as I remember we had R5-Le car, and a few more Alliance or Reliance ????

Did they sell Renaults in Canada ? , when I did my military service in Holland I had a Renault 4 , would love to buy one now !
Yes they did
In Canada, as far as I remember we had R5-Le car, and a few more Alliance or Reliance ????
Update for Houtman

EDIT:
"In Canada they sold the R10, R12, and R16 in the 1970 time-frame..... Prior to that, there must be been R4 sales, ...... And later in the 70’s there were the sporty R15 and R17 models. .....
Later came the R5, ....... "

Canada also had the Encore model around 1984 time-frame.
Hope this refreshed your memory a bit

[Doug Shepard_imp]

What is the longest your CB has sat without being ridden?

maybe a week

[flynrider]

You know, there are younger riders today that don't even know kick-starters existed. It's why I haven't traded in my somewhat beat-up atv's for newer models. I like the redundancy the pull starters provide in addition to the battery. A couple of times they saved me from a loooong, hot walk out of the desert backcountry to pavement for help.

My first ride was only kickstarter. On bad days it was a pain. Otherwise, cool to use.

My first ride was only kickstarter. On bad days it was a pain. Otherwise, cool to use. My Sportster was extremely finicky. Leaving school, people use to come watch my "man against machine" antics! When it wasn't refusing to fire it was backfiring and kicking my knee back up to my chin.

Here is the beast responsible

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Is that for real? Never thought I'd ever see a motorcycle part that was as expensive as an airplane part. A new 4 cyl magneto for my bird goes for about $1100.

[FLYTYM_imp]

Maybe a week since I got it almost 10 months ago. Even though I’m in California it’s been raining and cold,if it’s under 55 I ain’t touchin the bike. I remember years ago when I was invincible I wouldn’t think twice about goin for a ride 40 degree weather,now the idea of that just makes me cold.

[Bigskyorbust_imp]

12 hours ... lol


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[GoldOxide_imp]

Maybe a week since I got it almost 10 months ago. Even though I’m in California it’s been raining and cold,if it’s under 55 I ain’t touchin the bike. I remember years ago when I was invincible I wouldn’t think twice about goin for a ride 40 degree weather,now the idea of that just makes me cold.

We here among the north shore of Lake Ontario would welcome that opportunity.

For some reason it still feels like early February here. The snow/ice hasn't receded, nor has the road salt. When it rains, it will be a total mess.

I think the high today will be at least -6C - I think? The lows are still in the feelin' -20C area.

[Rocky_imp]

Maybe a week since I got it almost 10 months ago. Even though I’m in California it’s been raining and cold,if it’s under 55 I ain’t touchin the bike. I remember years ago when I was invincible I wouldn’t think twice about goin for a ride 40 degree weather,now the idea of that just makes me cold.

We here among the north shore of Lake Ontario would welcome that opportunity.

For some reason it still feels like early February here. The snow/ice hasn't receded, nor has the road salt. When it rains, it will be a total mess.

I think the high today will be at least -6C - I think? The lows are still in the feelin' -20C area.

We here among the north shore of Lake Ontario would welcome that opportunity.

For some reason it still feels like early February here. The snow/ice hasn't receded, nor has the road salt. When it rains, it will be a total mess.

I think the high today will be at least -6C - I think? The lows are still in the feelin' -20C area.
I feel your pain GO, it's the same down here.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Maybe a week since I got it almost 10 months ago. Even though I’m in California it’s been raining and cold,if it’s under 55 I ain’t touchin the bike. I remember years ago when I was invincible I wouldn’t think twice about goin for a ride 40 degree weather,now the idea of that just makes me cold.

We here among the north shore of Lake Ontario would welcome that opportunity.

For some reason it still feels like early February here. The snow/ice hasn't receded, nor has the road salt. When it rains, it will be a total mess.

I think the high today will be at least -6C - I think? The lows are still in the feelin' -20C area.

We here among the north shore of Lake Ontario would welcome that opportunity.

For some reason it still feels like early February here. The snow/ice hasn't receded, nor has the road salt. When it rains, it will be a total mess.

I think the high today will be at least -6C - I think? The lows are still in the feelin' -20C area.
I feel your pain GO, it's the same down here.

We here among the north shore of Lake Ontario would welcome that opportunity.

For some reason it still feels like early February here. The snow/ice hasn't receded, nor has the road salt. When it rains, it will be a total mess.

I think the high today will be at least -6C - I think? The lows are still in the feelin' -20C area.
I feel your pain GO, it's the same down here.
I am thinkin' just another week or two Rocky. (missing fingers crossed emoji).