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Hi Gullepumpe, I see that you are asking the same questions on the Hondatwins forum, started a thread at 10-10, after signed in. Why are you asking the same questions on both forums, and are there more forums you ask the same questions, the same time ? How many people do you want to spend time to s...

My question is how much would not having the throttle open hinder the compression results? ! Quite a bit. Can't remember exactly, but memory says maybe 30 psi or more. Yea, looks like that's accurate. I found this article showing a compression test with and without throttle opened: http://cx500info...

My background is as an aircraft engine mechanic. I have rebuilt several of these engines, bored oversized and honed. Each time I got no smoke at all, and compression was around 125-130 using the pump up compression test. (Denver, Co altitude) Each time I got a bit of air out the breather and oil ca...

Ok, so today I realized I made a big mistake when running the compression test. I completely forgot to hold the throttle open. I'm used to doing it in cars where there's a bypass valve feeding air in. I of course remembered this after we already pulled the engine out and took it all apart. What we d...

Hey guys, I'm currently rebuilding a CA95 from the ground up. I had the engine rebuilt at a shop in Michigan. I've since put 200 miles on the bike. At about 100 miles the right cylinder started burning oil. At the 200 mile mark I did the following: - Valve clearances - Ignition timing - Points clear...