I always thought it was a 650/700 thing rather than a '83/'84/'85 thing. I guess you really will need to watch the carbs to tell which is which.
-Kyle -Sent from Houston, TX, United States On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > down on the '83 (choke off) and up on the '85 (choke off) - sorry I don't > have an '84,Graham > > On Oct 5, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Kyle Munz wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
