My dad suggested stuffing wet sponges around the carbs. I suppose that would work, even if it wouldn't look pretty. ;)
-Kyle On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you ride it till it becomes insufferable and easily replicated. Take > your cell phone. > One of the bikes I had in Fla was a V4 and if I rode to McBurger for lunch, > I was stuck there for over an hour till it cooled enough to run half-a%ed. > At night it would go down to 84 (?) and it ran like the hinges of. That's > where I got my first 700s. It had only a case of lethargy at 102 in the > afternoon. Also, I missed less work too. The poor V4's got a bad rap for > heat problems and it wasn't the liquid cooling doing it. The carbs nested in > between the cylinder banks just didn't have a chance. I saw one with a crude > Reynolds Wrap heat shield around them so the guy could get home every night. > Hey, it worked even if it was ugly. I thought about some intakes like the > phony ones on a V-Max to cool them. Then it dawned on me that the problem > sets in when it isn't moving... duh. > > --- On *Fri, 9/5/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Great day for a ride ... and then it died. > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 8:54 PM > > > Yeah, I used to have that same problem doing pc repair. You have to be able > to recreate the problem. Besides, I'm way too cheap to take it to a shop, > dealership or otherwise ;) > I definitely need to re-do the fuel line after looking at it. It's got a > bend right where I put the fuel filter and that has it under constant > pressure. That plastic is going to put up with that for ever. If I move it > closer to the fuel rail btwn the 2nd and 3rd carbs it'll be in an up-right > position w/no twisting pressures. > > -Kyle > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Should that turn out to be a correct diagnosis, bear in mind that a >> slightly richer mix is easier to start combustion. I'm sticking with just >> plain extreme heat. Now that causes the fuel in the bowls to boil. I've >> listened to a distinct fizz coming from the carb bowls on an overheated >> VF700. Once that happens, float levels are not consistent and performance >> goes away. After all this, it's still a temporary situation. I only get >> concerned with stuff that happens without an obvious cause. 68 degrees, 3000 >> RPM, level road, fresh gas, good battery,,, a failure then would be huge. >> Consider this; if you took it to a shop (never a Honda dealer, GOD forbid) >> they would have to verify the problem. What would you tell them to do ? at >> this point,if it's running OK, how do they recreate the problem ? Remember, >> if it aint' broke... we cain't fix it. >> --- On *Fri, 9/5/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Great day for a ride ... and then it died. >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 1:38 AM >> >> >> I got in touch with my buddy and he suggested the coils might be getting >> ready to go and the heat was just making them worse. He suggested I check >> them with an ohm meter at room temp and then heat them up to about 110F in >> the oven and try again. I'll try that on my next day off. Hopefully I won't >> get in trouble for roasting Ignitor Coil Loaf in the oven. Makes me wonder >> why choking it made it run tho. >> >> -Kyle >> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> So, we had a "cold front" come thru last night. Doesn't mean it was cold, >>> it just means it only got into the low 90s today and the humidity was lower. >>> Anyhow, it seems like everywhere I went today I got stuck in traffic, mostly >>> 1st and 2nd gear stuff. Even on the freeways, couldn't avoid it. Well, it >>> started to sputter and die on me, didn't want to rev, and then cut out >>> completely. Fooled around with it on the shoulder of the highway for a bit >>> and it would stumble when i cranked it but not catch. Twist the throttle any >>> at all and even the stumbling went away. So I choked it, and it finally >>> stumbled into life, but just barely. I could atleast get it to rev up to >>> about 4 grand and if I feathered the clutch I could get it rolling without >>> killing it. I did this riding along the shoulder of the I-45 parking lot >>> until I got to the next off ramp and pulled into a parking lot. I found a >>> shaded spot and hopped off. I noticed the clear-plastic inline fuel filter I >>> put on it was kinda coming loose so I pulled the seat and tank to reseat >>> that, and while I was in the shade I went ahead and hung out for a while. It >>> started up after cooling off and reseating that fuel line. It didn't run as >>> smooth as usual, but a hell of a lot better than it had been 30 minutes >>> before. Oh good, my luck's turning around I thought. Not so fast! I picked >>> up my helmet from where I had set it next to the bike, and it was full of >>> fire ants!!! Man! These are things they didn't teach me about in my BRC. >>> >>> So, what do the experts here think? Was I just vapor locked? >>> >>> -Kyle >>> -83CB650SC >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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