Please allow me to alter that fuel injection statement: mechanical fuel injection alone can not compensate for humidity, barometric pressure, temperature, etc. The computer reads the input of the various sensors' measurements (including throttle position) and manages the fuel delivery accordingly, sending (a) signal(s) of "X" duration (which determines the amount of fuel going through) to the electrically controlled injectors. It's quite complex compared to either carburetion or mechanical injection. Personally, I think that they do this because when the sensors go bad, your car or truck uses much much more fuel, which is what the greedy s-o-bs want. They like to put traffic lights on demand also. You think, Great! I will get all the lights green! because they are timed. But then there is that one intersection which should be blinking red for sidestreets and yellow for the main drag, and it turns red when you approach, just to let one side street car cross. And they love - LOVE - intersections where they can put up all kinds of directional signals. Makes you use more fuel sitting there idling for five minutes or more. Multiply that by four lanes, ten to twenty cars deep: you get the picture? At least the Japanese and Europeans have decent mass transit systems; we don't. We were the only nation with great trains; now our railway system is pathetically outdated, thanks to gov't intervention. "People should not ba afraid of their governments; governments should be afraid of their people. " Italics added... I u sed to love electric trolleycars... and bicycles and motorcycles.
________________________________ From: Javier Garcia <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:21:02 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday Angela, since you have used the word "sometimes", I would also recommend asking someone else to drive your bike. Just to discard that you might be doing something wrong with the clutch releasing. The seafoam is always a good idea anyway. Javier. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:53 AM, LOU VERLATO <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks for your advice. I have added Seafoam previously and does wonders, actually idles at lower rpm's than before ie., 1000 to 800 currently. The rest of the warm up is being patient with the beautiful beast as you have reminded me. Lou > >> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:03:11 -0700 > >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] >> >> > >> Second gear, since it's a taller ratio, would hinder, rather than >> help, acceleration from a dead stop. >> >> Hondas have a rep for being cold-blooded to start with, and Honda has >> always favored air/fuel mixtures on the lean side. Add to that the >> fact that aspirated engines (carburetted) are affected by >> environmental factors as well as mechanical -- ambient air >> temperature, humidity, height above sea level, etc. -- which is why >> they're not as efficient or as precise as fuel injected systems. >> >> The only element of those conditions you can realistically control is >> the mechanical. So unless you want to get into the trial-and-error >> hassle of monkeying around with carb jetting 'n such, I'd recommend >> trying to get your fuel delivery system as clean as possible. Hence >> the Kickapoo Joy Juice (Seafoam) suggestion. That stuff is magic, and >> a lot easier than wrenching on four (count 'em -- 4!) knuckle-busting >> carburetors. >> >> 'Course having the patience to sit thru a proper choking/warm-up >> routine before you ride might help too :-) >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
