Bobcat, are you sure about that? I just went out to the garage to look at my 650 and it appears the choke lever should be down during normal running. Is there a difference between 83 and 84?
-Kyle -Sent from Houston, TX, United States On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Gman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, I never expected such a fast response, up position is what I > suspected and nice to know I can always find out manually using that > carb visual. Funny that the manual is incorrect. > Can't thank you guys enough Kyle and Bobcat. > > Glen > > > On Oct 5, 6:34�pm, Gman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all > > > > New rider here. > > Just got a 1984 Nighthawk 650, has just over 20,000 miles, and is in > > excellent shape. I was using original manual and the manual reads that > > once bike is warmed I should put choke lever into closed position, but > > they show that is being down at the bottom of the arrow, (not where > > the word "Choke" is). Moving the choke lever down makes the engine rev > > higher and higher, so shouldn't the lever be in the up position once > > bike is warm? It is up by the word "choke" that the bike seems to idle > > normally. > > Am I not getting something or could my manual actually be wrong and > > have the positions mixed up calling the lever in the up position as > > fully open and lever down as fully closed. > > > > A little help wopuld be great, don't want to run the bike with the > > choke open. > > > > Easiest way to answer is just to let me know if lever should be in the > > up for down position with bike running normal. > > > > Thanks to all > > > > Glen > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
