I put it into hibernation just before Christmas. Then, it wouldn't start either, which at the time I attributed to the freezing temperatures (I'm in the Netherlands). I had it picked up by the guy who runs my motorcycle storage place, and he supposedly then winterized it. However when I wanted to start riding again last month it still wouldn't start. Sparks are good, starter works fine, but the engine just wouldn't fire up. The mechanic eventually got it running by spraying brake cleaner into the cylinder and carbs, after which I took it for a ride and everything seemed fine... my current theory is that when the mechanic winterized it, he used fuel stabilizer but failed to run the engine afterwards, leaving the bike with dirty carbs and cylinders over winter. On the other hand, this bike never started easily anyway. Any competing theories?
On Mar 22, 12:30 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > Mine didn't start when I bought it. It had sat for 6 -8 months. I > cleaned the carbs, checked the plugs and put it back together and > started fine. I sold it on the weekend. It ran great once it warmed > up. Why won't yours start? How long since it last ran? > > On Mar 22, 2010, at 6:07 AM, Rense wrote:> On Mar 18, 12:03 pm, Graham Rogers > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The '83 has silver (chrome actually) with a single color border as > >> does yours - gray I think, the bike had them on before I had it > >> repainted. I ordered decals and what I got was for an '82 - chrome > >> with a black and red border so I just used them. I have the bike on > >> Craigslist. Does yours take a long time to warm up? > > > I think it needs 5-10 minutes before it runs smoothly - would you call > > that long? (But at the moment it doesn't start at all :-( ) > > > -- > > 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 nighthawk_lovers > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/ > > group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- 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.
