what area are the bikes in??? im in central florida and could realy
use a new engine.

thanks
paul

On Dec 28 2009, 1:19 pm, Kim Paddock <[email protected]> wrote:
> I talked to the current owner about the bike. He bought it off of the 
> original owner, a Japanese engineer. The bike was well cared for and came 
> from SoCal. He says it's cosmetically perfect. I'll have to go ride it to 
> diagnose further. For the price it may not matter...it has crash bars, 
> Honda-line highway pegs and a seat (which I need). Thanks for the information 
> Stanley!
>
> ________________________________
> From: stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 10:08:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Chance to buy two Nighthawks...
>
> About the blue smoke:  it could be either valve stem seals/guides, or rings; 
> depends on if it smokes more when accelerating from idle and then quits 
> (valve stem seals/guides), or smokes under hard acceleration, and doesn't 
> quit(rings).
> I would hope that it's in the head and not the rings, but that would depend, 
> more or less, on how well (probably not very) it was cared for.  If it's the 
> rings, that would be a complete teardown...
>
> Stanley
>
> --- On Sun, 12/27/09, Kim Paddock <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >From: Kim Paddock <[email protected]>
> >Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Chance to buy two Nighthawks...
> >To: [email protected]
> >Date: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 9:56 PM
>
> >I have a chance to buy two 650 Nighthawks all of a sudden. One has 75,000 
> >miles on it but smokes blue smoke. We know what that means....she's in need 
> >of a valve job which is an engine tear-down. It's otherwise a very clean and 
> >complete bike with all of the parts (he says). The other bike I am going to 
> >look at on Friday. It runs good from what I hear, is complete, but needs 
> >tires. $300.00 for that one. I'll take photos and let you guys know what 
> >becomes of it all. HotrodMamma.
>
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