A shaft final drive went out the left side, so those Levi’s would be nice and clean on cruise night, not having to put up with an oily chain. Which were few as the 90 degrees between the two pairs of cylinders presumed good balance, enhanced by that short 55mm stroke. This had a diaphragm spring as an essential part of the device, which the engineers knew would be much abused, with the single diaphragm offering more consistent control than a multi-spring unit.Ī full-cradle frame, with double downtubes, held this unit-construction herd semi-firmly in place, as rubber mounts were used to keep any vibrations hidden away. Power ran via straight-cut gears back to a hydraulically operated clutch. With the V65 ergonomics city traffic was preferable to the interstates. was blessed (cursed?) with the 55-mph speed limit, so highway riders on the V65 had an excuse for not going very fast. Fuel consumption was less than 40 mpg, but range was no problem as most riders wanted to get off after an hour or so. These had an easily changeable paper air cleaner. Bang, bang, bang, bang - and the crankshaft spins.įour constant-vacuum 36mm carbs, by Keihin, were accessible by lifting the gas tank. This and the shape of the combustion chamber effectively put the fuel as close to the spark plug as possible, compressed 10.5 times. These horses came from using some appropriate fiddling inside the head, with the four valves having a rather narrow 38-degree included angle. And a second V-4, the 750 V45 Magna, introduced the year before. What was Honda thinking? The company had a whole bunch of bikes in the showrooms that year, 40 different models covering all the bases, from shopping-friendly Passports to huge Gold Wing touring platforms. Except for that mildly unaesthetic radiator up front. And liquid cooling to boot, so no worries about overheating when cruising down Main Street on a crowded Saturday evening. Whereas this bruiser was a V-4 with two overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Harleys were the standard cruisers of the day, and they were lucky to get 55 horses to the rear wheel, using a pushrod V-twin that had been around for the better part of half a century. If this bike could be put in a category, it would be Power Cruiser. But a cruiser with feet-forward pegs and wide handlebars - and a shaft drive no less? This was nutso! Unheard of! Sure, sportbikes like Honda’s CB1100R were knocking out that many ponies, but those were for riders who liked leaning into corners at insane speeds. The motorcycling world looked upon this machine in absolute amazement - a cruiser putting out more than 100 horsepower. A thought just happened-maybe I need to downshift a couple of gears before opening her up? Mabee it is simply lugging? Have to try this.1985 Honda V65 Magna. With the tac at 5 to 6 thou and speed at 55 or 60 mph and I open the throttle up-thats when the crapping starts.
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Let me run this next idear by you-one of my coils had a crack in it along its side-I put rtv over it to keep moisture and dirt out-if this coil is weak-could it be causing the crapping?Ī bit of history so we don't backtrack too much-carbs off 3 times cleaning and making sure the sliders are working right and diaphrams checked for tears or holes- set in there grove-new boots-carbs put on engine all the way seated and boots tight and tested for leaks-air cleaner cleaned and oiled with proper oil (K&N clean kit)-new njk plugs-engine oil and filter new-checked tire pressure (joke-ha-ha)-sync carbs with mecury manometer (all four are near perfect after painful messing with butterfly's-hard to reach until my neighbor let me use his 45 degree super screwdriver with a twist tube thingee)-bike will haul butt if I change gears around 5 to 6thou rpm's-cruises fine under 6 and reaches 55 to 60mph at 5thou. If the fuel pump passes again-Im back to square one with my problem of crapping out at 6 to 7thou rpm's. This test method is much more difficult cause the relay is hidden in there-hard to get to-my reason for testing by simply removing fuel line and run engine with float bowl fuel. With engine running I got 4oz x 6=24oz=3/4ths of a quart-right? so it passes-I want to retest using book method to see if I get the same results.
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Yes but I am going to retest today to confirm volume-my last test was done with the engine running fuel line off carbs-today will run test following manuel instructions-jump relay-turn key on-should deliver 0.74qts-test is for 10sec times 6=1min=0.74qts plus or minus 0.10 Does your pump flow the required volume of fuel? Do not use a pump designed for fuel injection. Johnj wrote:Oh ya, the VF500C has that little bitty aux tank under the seat.