Honda305.com Forum

Interesting.....when I contacted Keihin directly about jet and needle availability, they initially didn't want to talk to a customer, just tried to refer me to Sudco, and wanted to know where I got their number.

When I told them Sudco couldn't answer my questions and referred me to them, I was finally transferred to a tech rep.......who was very nice and tried to be helpful.

Brewski. it's true that Sudco sells genuine Keihin parts but these kits contain no real Keihin parts that I have seen. The rubber tipped float needle comes in a sealed bag that says Mapco on it. The one needle that comes with the kit is turned on a lathe like a real Keihin needle but has no markings or numbers at all.

Fast Fredl

Fred, FWIW, the float sets (at least for the Dreams), cross over to SOHC 4 750's as well as several others, but the inlet diameters are smaller than orig.

Also, the bowl gaskets from a 750 will work, even though they don't show crossing over on the fiche.

It never ceases to amaze me at what you guys know and have learned about these bikes. I feel like I've gotta shove my pacifier back in my mouth when I read your posts. :)

I also bought a set of these kits, so your warning came too late. I asked questions before purchase and was assured they had jets for both models of bike. There was no 135 jet for my 305, no needle for it and the gaskets did not fit. When I wrote to retromotorcycles, here's his reply:-

"Hi I'm sorry about any problems with these kits, I have had a lot of complains about this now and I have come to the realization that these kits are garbage, I usualy only sell original factory parts, or equal quality replacement, but these kits are obviously not correct fiting for these models, I'm very sorry about this but I no longer going to sell these kits, I refunded your full amount today, and you can keep the kits for what ever parts you can use. Please don't think that any of my other parts are as bad as these parts, these are definetaly garbage, and I don't want to represent my business with garbage. Sorry about the trouble on this transaction, if I had better quality kits I would be more than happy to replace them but I don't have a good source for these kits right now, I will try to obtain a better kit in the future. Thanks marcel"

Note that he is still selling them.
It seems some of the kit will be ok for CB72, but the jets are ISO and useless for our bikes.

Still waiting for someone to put out a kit with 100% parts that fit, have the right threads etc.
That is obviously the idea of a kit:- that is has everything you need for a carb overhaul and just buy one convenient item, strip and clean the carbs, fit new parts and reassemble.

It's particularly inconvenient for someone like me who lives far from the land of 305 parts. I used the needle valve and airscrew, trimmed the floatbowl gasket as well as possible. It still has straight sides, while it should have slightly curved sides. Also, being rubber, I have heard that they swell. It needs to be made of some inert substance which will not react with the fuel.

Grrrr...

DK,
There are two styles of carb/float bowls. The early ones are rounded at the corners, and require a different gasket than the later carbs. I'm pretty sure retrobikes sells the rounded bowl gaskets.

Davo