Well, I found a great fix for my lack of clock. You can spend $100 on some shiny stick on "motorcycle clock" or go to walmart and pick up the cheapest waterproof watch for $7 and wrap it around the handlebars. Works great for me. I know that for some the point of motorcycling is getting away from clocks and worries, but when you ride the bike to work it's nice to see if you're running late or not ;)
-Kyle On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > No "I" beams, just too high and odd looking. Here's an original one. They > do have a clock (doesn't work, flashes 1:00 like a VCR) but the > self-canceling turn signals do. > > --- On *Sat, 9/12/09, Kyle Munz <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Kyle, 115 jet size > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 9:38 PM > > > Nice looking bike. Did your's also have the I-beam type handle bars? They > looked very 80s-ish but difficult to add a small windshield to them. The one > thing I liked about the V45s instrument panel was the clock. Why they shoved > everything else in the Nighthawk but left that out is beyond me. The sabre > had a much bigger pizza box too. > > -Kyle > > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Dennis Hammerl > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I didn't like the bars either. Mine has bars from a 700s. I didn't like >> the instrument pod on the V45 Sabre, the 1100 is more conventional. >> >> --- On *Sat, 9/12/09, Kyle Munz >> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> >* wrote: >> >> >> From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> > >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Kyle, 115 jet size >> To: >> [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 3:08 AM >> >> >> My buddy's V45 sabre is gone now but I enjoyed riding it. If I couldn't >> have a nighthawk I would have one of those. It had a low slight burble to >> the exhaust. Weird handle bars though. >> >> -Kyle >> -Sent from Houston, TX, United States >> >> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Dennis Hammerl >> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >>> I think it sounds pretty good for one of those. They tend to be quite >>> mechanically noisy. Riding it is a trip, it makes a neat hollow sound at >>> 2000 and whistles from the carbs at that speed too. Partially rolling off at >>> most any speed will cause the whistle. When I got it, somebody had drilled >>> out the four rivets in each of the muffler end caps. TOO loud. I replaced >>> them and left it that way. They are odd for a Honda, no paper air filter, >>> just a huge slab of foam in the box. Short intake tubes on the carbs and >>> long, bent square tubes that run from the openings in the lid (all >>> internal). Whatever they had in mind, it makes huge torque at low speeds. I >>> seldom turn it over 4K. In 6th at that figure it makes 75+MPH. >>> It's nowhere near as nice to ride as a Hawk, just brutish. >>> >>> --- On *Fri, 9/11/09, Kyle Munz >>> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>> >* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>> > >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Kyle, 115 jet size >>> To: >>> [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>> Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 2:24 AM >>> >>> >>> Finally got to hear the mp3. Your VF1100 sounds nice, but I still think >>> the nighthawks sound better ;) >>> >>> -Kyle >>> -Sent from Houston, TX, United States >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Dennis Hammerl >>> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, I have several. I'll scan and send tomorrow night. Just drop one >>>> bowl to check. An outside one will do. Find any bad stuff and you know the >>>> rest. >>>> >>>> --- On *Fri, 9/11/09, Kyle Munz >>>> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>>> >* wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Kyle, 115 jet size >>>> To: >>>> [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>>> Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 12:47 AM >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, I didn't get a chance to drop the bowls today. I spent all day >>>> in the waiting lounge of my local tire shop while the tire company talked >>>> to >>>> the leasing company to talk to my company so someone could decide if I >>>> deserved new tires or not. I get to go back tomorrow as it was finally >>>> decided I deserved tires but they need to be ordered. Ppl say I'm crazy to >>>> b$#tch, but I HATE having a company car. >>>> Anyhow, I hope to open them up tomorrow at at the least this weekend. Do >>>> you know about which RPMs the different jets are used? >>>> >>>> -Kyle >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Dennis Hammerl >>>> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> The size of the #115 main jet in your bike is .041" >>>>> The #35 is .005" >>>>> That's just in case that's what is in there but I'd check the size to >>>>> be sure if they have been reamed. You may just find something like #120 ! >>>>> I'm working on the intake area that would be optimum for performance. >>>>> I included the audio file of the VF11. Lot's of chains and gears >>>>> running around in there. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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