Thank you sir, may I have another... Dennis Hammerl wrote: > Beatings will continue till morale improves. > > --- On *Thu, 3/19/09, Kyle Munz /<[email protected]>/* wrote: > > From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: OFF TOPIC TOPICS > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 11:57 AM > > I think part of the problem is that some of us are using google's > gmail which does automatically put the messages into different > threads. When we strayed from Nighthawk related topics this weekI > did modify the subject line to reflect it, much as I have with this > one as we are no longer talking about a stuck choke. It would be > easy enough even without gmail to sort by subject line, and just > bulk hilight and delete all messages that mention that they are off > topic. > This site is a very valuable source of information on these bikes, > and is better than the online communities for other bike models, so > I'd hate for ppl to delete because we occasionally converse about > subjects other than chokes and carburetors and which oil to use. As > a (nighthawk) community we are going to naturally talk about and > joke about different things from time to time. Perhaps we just need > to be better at changing the subject line as has been suggested before. > > -Kyle > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Tree Doc <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > The back and forth banter of non-nighthawk related info wouldn't > be so > bad if this were a vBulliten type forum with threads but it's > becoming > a real pain in the ass in this format. I enjoy reading and > contributing Nighthawk related material but this stuff will > indeed be > the death of this useful site. I, too, am getting tired of having to > weed through all the BS just to garner some tiny morsel of > information > that applies to our Nighthawks....the reason for this site in the > first place. > > The delete button for this site gets closer everyday.Even closer > after > this. > > ~Tim > > On Mar 18, 7:54 am, jeff scott <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Some of the conversations are helpful to me such as someone > the other day was talking about a speedometer they were getting > and had a link to itand i am going to be needing the whole > dashwhich was in the link,but i have a whole lot of other emails > and have to weed through 1540 of them to get the ones that i > really need > > > > Have a great day ~ J. Scott > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Kyle Munz <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:38:26 AM > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Choke not operating properly > > > > Your options are to get each individual email, which is what > I do because sometimes what others are talking about is of > interest to me as well. Digest, where it will collect the > messages and then send them to you all at once. Abridged does > the same but only sends you the subject lines. And lastly No > email, which doesn't email you at all, you have to log into the > site to keep up on the messages. > > > > -Kyle > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:23 AM, jeff scott > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > Is it normal that i am getting everyones messages to each > other? is there a way to opt out of getting 1540 personal > messages that seem like they should be going only to the person > intended without deleting all mail from this site? > > > > Have a great day ~ J. Scott > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Josh Bowlin <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:11:10 AM > > > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Choke not operating properly > > > > Well, the only way we ever come across the stuff is at a swap > meet. I did find a link to get it online. If you follow the > link you can order off of there. I plan on buying a case when I > get paid again. Its the cheapest route and it doesnt go bad and > will be used. Cheap wise i dont know if its cheaper but im a > firm believer that its worth every penny. > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:59 AM, stanley/ Randolph > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > You're reading words from a person who has long been looking > for something inexpensive to use because WD40, I am sorry, is > not worth the money. Gibbs sounds like one really good > alternative. Do you know its chemical coomposition? We don't > have it around here because all the mom-and-pops have already > been put out of business. > > > > Stanley > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Josh Bowlin <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 8:51:40 AM > > > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Choke not operating properly > > > > Ok the story behind me and gibbs is as follows. My dad and i > run antique gas engines. When I was 10 we were at our summer > show and there was a gentle men who gave my father a 4oz sample > can. At that point and time my father had just restored a john > deer tractor and the throttle was sticking sooo bad that he > would have to ball up a fist and knock on it pretty hard to get > the tractor to idle faster, and he would have to hit it hard > several times to get it to rev the motor up. Well he tried all > kinds of things, WD-40, oil, grease, etc..well he sprayed some > gibbs on it and we were both like Meh it wont work... Well as > most things we got busy and it sat for a day or two, then we > went out and fired up the tractor, my dad reached up with a > balled fist and knocked on the throttle like he normally would > and damn near broke the throttle off the tractor. Since that > day i have lived by the stuff. You can use it as a lubricant, a > cleaner, a > > rubber/plastic protectant, we have used it like ether to > make an engine fire, we have polished chrome and metal with it, > it prevents rust. We have sprayed it on distributers and it > works as a waterproofer. Now i dont know how many of you know > how a distrubutor works on an engine but if they get wet they > are royally screwed till they dry out. Well im confident enough > (and ive done it before) that i willl spray down the distributer > with gibbs and then dump a bucket of water on it with > the engine/motor running and guarantee it wont miss a lick. So > in other words I replaced my can of WD-40 about 13 years ago and > use the gibbs for what it could do and then some. if you > have any other types of questions about it just ask lol. > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Creative Residential Designs > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hey Josh...how does the Gib's compare to WD-40? I live by > WD-40 and keep a can next to my bike at all times. I anoint my > bikes from top to bottom with a rag o' WD-40 chrome and all. It > stops rust on my chrome dead in it's tracks along with all of > it's other applications. I'm always open to try a new thing > though. HotrodMamma. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Josh Bowlin > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:03 AM > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Choke not operating > properlyhttp://threepeaksproducts.com/products/gibbslube/ > <http://threepeaksproducts.com/products/gibbslube/> > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Josh Bowlin > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > I use a product called Gib's, something i live by. But if > you dont have any you can always try to put some wd-40 on the > choke cable to make sure its lubed correctly or you can check to > make sure its not getting stuck up on the carbs or just pure and > simple stuck on the carbs. Also try some wd-40 on the working > mechanism on the carbs.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > >
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