And that's one that you can replace easily when it starts blinking 1:00 -Kyle
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > Remember the picture of my '82 650 ? Timex Velcro'd to the fuse cover. > > --- 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, 9:55 PM > > > 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]<http://mc/[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]<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, 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. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
