My 82 650 also sat for a few years before I bought it and only had 8k miles. Luckily the previous owner had enough sense to garage it, but not enough sense to drain the tank before letting it sit. I had a relatively expensive carb rebuild, around, and some nastiness in the tank, and it still burns/leaks a bit of oil, and I have yet to deal with the nasty tank, but other than that it runs flawlessly. Pulls nicely, handles well, and shifts smoothly. I paid 650 bucks for it not running, then put another 800 in for the carb rebuild/tune up. Not the greatest deal in the world, but the paint/chrome is in excellent shape. Always a good sign. Got it up to 60 on Broadway up in Harlem today. No problems.
On Sep 20, 8:18 am, "Kyle Munz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mine had sat for 4 years when I got it, and I found that the majority of the > problems (aside from the rusty fuel tank) were from the previous owner's > half vast attempts at repair rather than the sitting for 4 years. > > -Kyle > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > Can you all give me your thoughts on buying a night hawk 650 that > > hasn't run in 5 years but has been stored indoors, and only has 6K > > miles. I know the obvious about a new battery and a carb rebuild and > > other general maintenance, I am just wondering about all the things > > inside the engine housing, clutch, starter,stator,slave cylinder, the > > engine innerds, and all that stuff I can't think of. Will it all come > > back with some careful maintenance and care? I have an 84 650 w/25K > > miles with many new parts now which I love and seems to run great. I > > have only had it since this spring. It needed a lot when I got it. > > This other one just came up and the low mileage seemed like it might > > be worth a shot. Thanks for your thoughts --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
