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I picked up this CL175 a month or so ago and have been riding it for a few weeks. Not really sure what my goals will be with the bike as of right now, but I want to get a few things up to snuff on it before I start hacking it apart if I decide to do that.
Sprockets, what are the stock sizes on a 72 CL175? It seems that stock should be 16/38 based on what I can find in the parts microfiche but I'm not 100% sure. The bike needs a new chain so I might change sprockets as well. 16/38 gives a 2.375 final drive as stated in the 71 repair manual that I have. The bike currently has 17/43 sprockets on it, which is a 2.53 final drive. I dunno if I could do with less torque going with the stockers, this thing barely keeps speed up big hills as it is. Top speed seems to be around 70 and it can do 60 or so on a straight pretty decent at around 8k. If you have a CL/CB175 what are you running?
Gauges.. I know these things are cable driven, but how much should they really bounce around? I lubed the speedo and wrapped the tach cable as it was leaking oil since the plastic was all cracked. Still the speedo will bounce around with a range of about 8mph or so once over 45-50. The tach is much worse, over 7k it gets really fuzzy, there's no way to know where you are between 7 and 10k and that's an issue because I do need to get up there in the power to keep speed around traffic and up hills. The question is, if I get new cables will this get significantly better or is this just the nature of this old bike?
Rear shock/springs... where is a good source for new ones and what should the old ones support? On the highest setting the stockers that are on it will bottom out on hard bumps with just me (200lbs). With a passenger I need to go pretty slow and keep my weight towards the front on the bike, luckily my lady friend is only 100lbs so it's still possible. Right now I think it would be pretty unsafe with any more weight. I can't seem to find a spec for how much these things should be able to carry. If I get some after market setup and modify it to fit if I have to, I need to know what spring rate I should be looking at. So what have you guys done?
and while I'm here, know anyone selling a CL360? If I'm going to cafe a bike, I feel like the that's the one I want. I've found a few CBs, but the CL with the high mount exhaust is really the style I like. I'd do it to this 175 if it were just a little faster.
Thanks in advance for all your help!
Sprockets, what are the stock sizes on a 72 CL175? It seems that stock should be 16/38 based on what I can find in the parts microfiche but I'm not 100% sure. The bike needs a new chain so I might change sprockets as well. 16/38 gives a 2.375 final drive as stated in the 71 repair manual that I have. The bike currently has 17/43 sprockets on it, which is a 2.53 final drive. I dunno if I could do with less torque going with the stockers, this thing barely keeps speed up big hills as it is. Top speed seems to be around 70 and it can do 60 or so on a straight pretty decent at around 8k. If you have a CL/CB175 what are you running?
Gauges.. I know these things are cable driven, but how much should they really bounce around? I lubed the speedo and wrapped the tach cable as it was leaking oil since the plastic was all cracked. Still the speedo will bounce around with a range of about 8mph or so once over 45-50. The tach is much worse, over 7k it gets really fuzzy, there's no way to know where you are between 7 and 10k and that's an issue because I do need to get up there in the power to keep speed around traffic and up hills. The question is, if I get new cables will this get significantly better or is this just the nature of this old bike?
Rear shock/springs... where is a good source for new ones and what should the old ones support? On the highest setting the stockers that are on it will bottom out on hard bumps with just me (200lbs). With a passenger I need to go pretty slow and keep my weight towards the front on the bike, luckily my lady friend is only 100lbs so it's still possible. Right now I think it would be pretty unsafe with any more weight. I can't seem to find a spec for how much these things should be able to carry. If I get some after market setup and modify it to fit if I have to, I need to know what spring rate I should be looking at. So what have you guys done?
and while I'm here, know anyone selling a CL360? If I'm going to cafe a bike, I feel like the that's the one I want. I've found a few CBs, but the CL with the high mount exhaust is really the style I like. I'd do it to this 175 if it were just a little faster.
Thanks in advance for all your help!