[Nighthawk Lovers] New member of the Order of the Nighthawk

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I've bought all My Weather gear at Thrift Store's  -  unfortunately  -  Everything is black! Have 2 - HJC Helmts from CraigsList  - BLACK! I've put reflective tape on My helmet. Apr 9, 2010 07:54:02 PM, nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com wrote: To Daniel aka Sharpey1...   Fieldsheer makes a great riding jacket with all the armor, back padding, and reflective patches you need. It's made of tough fabric and nylon mesh and has a zip out windbreaker lining. I wear it over a down jacket in the winter, use the lining in the spring/fall, and wear a thin long sleeve T in the summer. High visibility but styled in a way that you don't look like a dork (I guess that could be a matter of opinion with those folks who prefer all black but I'd rather be "seen" and live to ride another day).  Barge ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Paddock To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] New member of the Order of the Nighthawk Welcome to the Order of the Nighthawk. I'd show you the secret handshake but that's hard to do in an email. It sounds like a beauty. You MUST send us pictures. I, for one, would like to see those saddle bags. Take it one step at a time on those repairs. Get the most important things fixed first I.E...brakes are good to have. Pace yourself and plan on the hours it will take to do the work and then double that. Don't get overly worried...we have some fine (if not ancient) techs here that will share their sage advice. Congratulations on your new Nighthawk. HotrodMamma. From: Sharpey1 To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! Sent: Fri, April 9, 2010 8:15:46 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] New member of the Order of the Nighthawk Hello everyone, my name is Daniel, located in Port Washington, WI....and Easter Sunday I became the proud owner of a 1982 CB750 SC Nighthawk, she'll need new tires, front brake pads, tune up...oh, and a legal and licensed driver but I'm working on that. I'll get some pictures as I get the new stuff on, but for $500 I couldn't pass her up......came with a sissy bar, what appears to be old school white canvas saddle bags with nice embroidered Honda wing patches on the sides.  Some tank scratches, and repaired side panels but she's in overall great shape at 33,000 miles and only two owners, both of which kept meticulous service records. Looked through the previous discussions, saw a ton of information but since I'm so new to this I wanted to see if there's some tips, tricks, etc for some of the repair/maintenance areas I'll be touching on over the next couple weeks. #1 - Tire mount/dismount - I have the original shop manual that came with the purchase as well, seems like getting either tire off is pretty straight forward, but I've heard that the tires should be put on and "realigned" using a string or something to prevent side tire wear?  The tires on there now actually are the victims of putting new tires on at the old alignment marks.  The front is completely bald on the left hand side, rear is uniformly bald.  I was going to use my laser level to project a line, but do you line up the sides of the tire?  The center line?  Is this even accurate of what caused the wear? #2 - Spark plugs, oil change, air filter....anything so vastly different from something with 4-wheels that might need forewarning? #3 - New front brake pads....same there, I've been told "you gotta run them in", like holding the front brake on while giving throttle (!?) or using only the fronts for XX number of miles (XX varies with who I'm talking to).....any thoughts?  Never do that with a car and the bikes are the same principle right, brake pad on rotor makes no go forward anymore, so is there need for any of this sacred bike ritual....maybe I'm being hazed by the veterans, like being made to get a bucket of prop-wash?  "No, you need to remove the brake fade that's on all new bike brake pads....hold the front brakes on and giver her gas and that'll take care of it." Got a helmet, but would appreciate insight for a jacket/torso protection....maybe being still such a greenhorn (or just so excited) I had her out yesterday in 32° Wisconsin spring weather (was only lightly snowing so I figured I was safe).....head was fine with the new helmet but a fleece jacket really didn't cut it at 30mph!  Chest hairs are still dethawing.....I'd like to get something that offers cool weather protection (spring/fall) but also road protection when it gets up to the 80's - 90's in the summer without dying of heat exhaustion.....too much to ask for in one jacket?  Need the leather for cool and then textile vented for summer? I'm the dad of 4 sons (two newborn twins, hence the reason my wife is also so supportive of any device that might carry us away for an afternoon ride one day!) and I'd like to be able to throw a football with them one day as well so protection is a key for me, but want to find that balance and any help would be great.  Thanks much everyone....look forward to some good info exchanges and I'll get pics up as soon as I tire enough from riding and want to take pictures instead! -Dan- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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