cb77 needle number

[eken]

Hi, I'm new to the forum and new to the Superhawk as well. I inherited a 1964 cb77 from my dad who was the original owner. It was last registered in 1972 and hasent run since. I was born in 1974 and I can only remember the bike sitting in our garage. I spent the last two years fixing it up to ride and I've gotten it to run pretty well except for a hesitation right off idle. The carbs are the old round bodies and I rebuilt them with Keyster kits and noticed that the needle number is different from the original. The jets are the same numbers. Does anyone know what is the correct needle is for this bike. It runs better with the original needles, but one of them is damaged and the clip can not go on the top two notches. I would like to buy new ones if I can find them and I would like to make sure I get the right ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[LOUD MOUSE]

You can use the old needles cause ya want to put the clip in the next to bottom slot.
This will help with the hesitation some. How didi you set the timing?[I ask becaus if not pretty much on the engine will do as you say. ..............lm


quote="eken"]Hi, I'm new to the forum and new to the Superhawk as well. I inherited a 1964 cb77 from my dad who was the original owner. It was last registered in 1972 and hasent run since. I was born in 1974 and I can only remember the bike sitting in our garage. I spent the last two years fixing it up to ride and I've gotten it to run pretty well except for a hesitation right off idle. The carbs are the old round bodies and I rebuilt them with Keyster kits and noticed that the needle number is different from the original. The jets are the same numbers. Does anyone know what is the correct needle is for this bike. It runs better with the original needles, but one of them is damaged and the clip can not go on the top two notches. I would like to buy new ones if I can find them and I would like to make sure I get the right ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[eken]

Thanks for the reply. I set the timming acording my chilton manual. With a dead engine I set the right points to .014" and used a test light to turn on at T then adjusted the left points to turn the light on at LT. I also checked with a timming light and found that at idle the timming is at T and LT and when it revs up it goes to the II marks. It seems like the ignition is correct as far as I can tell.

Thanks
Eric

[LOUD MOUSE]

Ya got it timrd correctly so it should run well when the carbs are adjusted correctly. .......lm

Thanks for the reply. I set the timming acording my chilton manual. With a dead engine I set the right points to .014" and used a test light to turn on at T then adjusted the left points to turn the light on at LT. I also checked with a timming light and found that at idle the timming is at T and LT and when it revs up it goes to the II marks. It seems like the ignition is correct as far as I can tell.

Thanks
Eric