Your exuberance is uncalled for. Why don't you just describe your problem in painful detail and we'll see what course of action is needed. Wouldn't it be better if you could cure your own ills ? Mr. Kraker was at wit's end and now that we know more about his difficulty, replacement is his best option. Replacing all four slides would be much more expensive. Perhaps a closer look at the reasons for carburetor problems is in order. In daily use they should last for maybe 50k miles without wearing out. So, what does happen ? Neglect, tinkering, and dirt ingestion are the prime culprits. Run a bike without an air filter ? Premature wear of the moving parts. Leave old gas in for months / years ? Varnish build-up that blocks jets and passages, leaking too. Modifications ? The worst to un-do. Any bike left to sit for years will have some sort of carb problem. An incorrect fuel (ie: E85) will cause a performance problem and later, a real carb problem. The vast majority of cases are well served by a careful cleaning. A rusty fuel tank will have you cleaning again and again. I might have seen it all in my time but you never know. I had a customer bring in a bike that leaked like mad and ran VERY rich. Back in those days (70's) Honda attached small tubes to the bottom of the float bowls and ran them back over the motor. One must have fallen off and seeing one on a carb and the nothing on the bottom of the other (twin) he attached the one hose to the other carb. Presto ! No bowl venting. Simple fix. Chalk that one up to tinkering. I'm nearly bald from pulling my hair out dealing with bikes whose owners found a new use for a drill. Checking jet sizes against my wire gauges to insure the right size jets are in place has become a must. Let us begin. Your turn. FYI: my love of these bikes prevents me from taking any more than a pittance for time spent. My regular job pays me well.
--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Cavignac E. H. <[email protected]> wrote: From: Cavignac E. H. <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Can anyone supply a rebuilt carb set for my '86 CB700SC To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 11:57 AM WOW DENNIS!, this is interesting....out of curiosity, approximately, how much would you charge for an 'EXTREME CASE' -hondaNHlover- --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Can anyone supply a rebuilt carb set for my '86 CB700SC To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 10:23 PM It may surprise some to know that I've never thrown in the towel on a carb unless it was damaged/modified beyond repair. Given that I'm one of those "stealership" people that loves to rip people off..... How about giving me a description of the leaks and a history of the bike. IE: how long it might have sat around, milage,etc.. Is the tank rusty at all ? Pictures will help too. Honda does not make a "kit" only parts. Replace as needed. I'm sure there are carb sets available.... call your banker or broker. In an extreme case, I will repair them and wet check. Shipping anything that has had contact with motor fuel is a problem. --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Graham Kraker <[email protected]> wrote: From: Graham Kraker <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Can anyone supply a rebuilt carb set for my '86 CB700SC To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 5:19 AM The set that is on there is been one leak after another and I don't know how to fix them well enough to correct the problem. If there is anyone who supplies rebuilt carbs on exchange basis I would surely like to speak with them. Otherwise, can anyone recommend a carb rebuild kit worth a lick for me to install? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
