The fuel follows a pretty straight forward path from the fuel cock on the bottom of the tank down to the carbs. Do you see any drips/moisture there? What about the bottoms of the carbs?
-Kyle -Sent from Houston, TX, United States On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Zaxeiler <[email protected]> wrote: > I just purchased this bike over the weekend. It's in great condition > and is a great ride. It was sold by a man who collected nighthawks so > it's in good shape considering the year, and has about 24k miles on > it. Besides the fact that it's my first bike, and I'm ecstatic and > love riding it to death (even in the midst of winter), I have finally > deduced tonight that it has a fuel leak. > > So, as back story, I bought it about 120 miles from my home. The deal > was too good to pass up on, and I had a friend drive it back for me. > About 2/3 of the way through the trip, after about 70 miles she died > on the interstate and needed to be changed to reserve. Now, I had > read that the range of the bike could vary from 80s-140s... However, > considering that we had been doing freeway travel and he had been > riding in 6th (overdrive) for most of the trip it seemed unlikely we > had been driving aggressively enough to burn through the 3.2 gal tank > that soon. > > So, sunday night upon return home, I filled her up at a gas station > and began to practice riding around my area. Monday and Tuesday I did > some more practice riding, and considering I'm a new rider, none of it > was very aggressive, no red lining, so I shouldn't have run though gas > too soon. Today (Wednesday) after a few great days of riding and > 40ish miles (I reset the odometer after filling up) the bike died on > me and I had to switch to reserve. It was only at this time that I > had realized she was leaking gas. Each day I had been noticing a > slight drip below the bike, but had assumed it was condensation coming > from the bike since it was cold. I hadn't realized that the bike had > been leaking on the ride home, just thought we had gone farther than I > remembered. > > So, I understand that this isn't much information to go on. But > here's the spread. The bike is dripping gas, I hadn't observed it too > often, but this is a noticeable mark on the ground after it has been > still for awhile. I rode for 40 miles, so it can be assumed that I > actually consumed about 1 gallon, which means that (if you assume > something is left in the reserve portion) the bike has leaked about 2 > gallons of fuel over the course of almost exactly 3 days. > > I know that there's no way from this information that any of you can > "know" what the problem is. However, knowing where to start looking, > or a few places to start would help me as a new owner. If any of you > with experience know something that is known to happen with a lot of > nighthawks, or if from the information you can make a guess, or at > least give any clues whatsoever, I would be most appreciative. > > From one new NH lover to the others, thank you ahead of time, > Zac > > -- > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > >--
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