GREAT ARTICLE!!, thanks Marco!
On May 6, 12:23 pm, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good info Marco!! Thanks.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Marco <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Web Bike World has an article referring to using straight Seafoam as a
> > poor man's carb adjustment, so I wouldn't be afraid of using higher
> > concentrations. In fact, it seems to be recommended procedure for
> > heavy varnishing of carb jets.
>
> >http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/carb-adjustment/
>
> > From my personal experience, near straight seafoam does work. Getting
> > the bike out after winter, I was stalling on light throttle; throttle
> > cuts the idle circuit, so clearly the pilot jets were clogged.I dumped
> > a goodly quantity of seafoam (3 bottles) into the half-full tank, went
> > for a ride and rotated through light, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and full throttle.
> > After an hour or so, I was back in business.
>
> > Lucky me; pulling the carbs would have required rebuilding my
> > workbench, which is presently in pieces on my garage floor and shows
> > no signs of putting itself together any time soon.
>
> > Marco
>
> > On Apr 29, 2:29 am, Mark Hasslinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > If you put a full can (16 oz'er) into any motorcycle gaz tank it'd be
> > over kill. But if you got serious problems U might try one 16 oz can for
> > one tank full. And then when the issue is resolved, adding 1oz per gallon
> > in future fill-ups will keep it running clean forever and no need to get
> > silly with the stuff. Ya might want to try a little Lucas upper cylinder
> > lubricant along with the Seafoam. Lucas is like 3 oz per 10 gallons or to
> > simplify just add one oz per tank full. The baby bottle comes in real handy
> > for adding Seafoam and Lucas, it's graduated in ounces.
>
> > > --- On Tue, 4/28/09, Cavignac E. H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > From: Cavignac E. H. <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: sea foam
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 9:06 PM
>
> > > ok...i can see how a FULL tank of Seafoam would get expensive after a
> > while, but why not consider this:
>
> > > Full tank of Seafoam at the beginning of the riding season (if you have
> > one)
>
> > > Then 3 gallons of Shell Gas, and a can of Seafoam at every fillup...
>
> > > what about that? would it work or could it make things worse?
>
> > > --- On Tue, 4/28/09, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > From: Kyle K.K. <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: sea foam
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 3:35 PM
>
> > > 0_o
>
> > > Well, I'm thinking that 3 1/2 gallons of seafoam would be EXTREMELY
> > EXPENSIVE.
>
> > > -Kyle
>
> > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Cavignac E. H. <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > How expensive can it get - $20 bucks?
>
> > > I remember the good ole days when I could fill up my S-15 Pickup with $20
> > bucks.
>
> > > investing that money into my Nighthawk? Priceless
>
> > > --- On Tue, 4/28/09, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > From: Kyle K.K. <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: sea foam
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 3:21 PM
>
> > > I like to run a full tank of seafoam through the bike. It gets expensive
> > but wow does it clean everything up.
>
> > > -Kyle
>
> > > P.S. Do not take above advice seriously.
>
> > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Creative Residential Designs <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Read the directions on the can. I always put some in on a full tank and
> > run my bike at least 15 minutes. HotrodMamma
>
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Christoph Anderson
> > > To: Nighthawk Mailing List
> > > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:04 PM
> > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] sea foam
>
> > > This week I figured would try this Sea Foam that everyone is always
> > ranting about. Could probably do my bike some good, as it seems to be
> > running a bit slow and soft.
> > > What is the best way to go about it? (I'm most concerned about cleaning
> > the carburetors out.) Should I just add some to a full tank of gas? Or run
> > the tank down to nothing and pour in pure foam? It doesn't seem like
> > there's a good way to get a lot of the stuff into all 4 carbs at once.
>
> > > Christoph
> > > ('84-550 in Vancouver)- Hide quoted text -
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