Rick,
Sea Foam works well - I'm putting a can through my NH (not
all at once of course) as I go through the first few tanks of gas
after its five year vacation. Marvel Mystery Oil also works wonders to
unstick stuck pistons - and as a lead replacement for fuel in older
vehicles. (All NH's are new enough that this shouldn't be required,
but can't hurt)
Here is a question for you - have you drained all four of
your carbs out their drain tubes and verified that you don't have some
crap in one of the carbs that is holding fuel back? Perhaps they are
getting fuel on one side but not enough?
Just a thought.
-Joey
82 CB450SC
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Rick Gibbons <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greenzero thank you, If you live close to PG maybe we can see the
> bikes when I'm down, weekend of May 15th.
>
> In the meantime myself and Benjaminsparks, (who started this string)
> are still trying to get our NH's running.
>
> I checked and I'm getting a spark from all 4 cylinders and it appears
> I'm getting some fuel, (smell of gas is strong). The bike went down
> on it's right side, that's the side that is running. Could I get some
> form of flooding or contamination thats restricting fuel flow to
> cylinders 1 and 2?
>
> Is the Sea Foam idea valid?
>
> All, thanks for your help and Ride Safe.
> Rick
>
> On Apr 28, 7:39 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>> If you're coming down I - 83 I'm in York Pa. (home of the
>> Peppermint-Patty)
>> Apr 28, 2010 05:29:45 PM, [email protected] wrote:3.75 hours
>> from me (lewisburg PA)On Apr 28, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Javier Garcia wrote:P.G.
>> County = Prince Georges CountyOn Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:06
>> PM,[email protected]<[email protected]>wrote:P.G. County is a county
>> in maryland where my parrents live... As far as i know they need ALOT of
>> work, just for starters carbs rebuilt, break lines, guages MIGHT be ok but i
>> doubt it, new control cables, new lights all around, probably new chain and
>> sprockets, and tires.... Ive thought about rebuilding 1 of them years but
>> just havent has the money.... If i can work it right with dad i can buy all
>> of them and give them to you if you can pay me by rebuilding 1 for me
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:27:43 pm
>> To:[email protected]
>> From: "Graham Rogers" <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Bike turns over but wont start
>> What is P.G. County?
>> On Apr 28, 2010, at 10:45 AM,[email protected]:
>> > The parked ones are in P.G. County MD, they actualy belong to my
>> > father and were both of my folks favorite bikes ever, right mix to
>> > fuel econemy, power, reliablity, and agility.... But i know they
>> > will need work
>> >
>> > and for your bike can you check compression???
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:52:05 am
>> > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]>
>> > From: "Rick Gibbons" <[email protected]>
>> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Bike turns over but wont start
>> >
>> > Greenzero thank you, I'll check out the Rebel for her. What state are
>> > the 5 parked ones in?
>> >
>> > On my bike, it's still not running. I replaced the spark plugs (NGK
>> > D8EA, gap to .026). The bike started immediately ran for 10 seconds
>> > and died. Best I could do then was about 5 seconds of cylinders 3 and
>> > 4, only. And that was only with the choke off and the throttle wide
>> > open.
>> >
>> > I pulled the plug on cylinder 1 and the smell of gas was strong.
>> > There was also some smoke coming out of the cylinder.
>> >
>> > I didn't think to check to see if it was sparking, I'll do that
>> > tonight. Any other suggetions?
>> >
>> > Ride safe,
>> > Rick
>> >
>> > On Apr 26, 1:56 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> I agree, a rebel although I just bought a 1982 Suzuki GS650L and that
>> >> sits just about as low as the Rebel but with the obvious extra 400
>> >> cc - surprisingly light and manageable.
>> >>
>> >> On Apr 26, 2010, at 12:28 PM,[email protected]:
>> >>
>> >>> Get her a rebel.... Dont think they make any now other then the
>> >>> 250, but if you can find her a 450 that would be plenty of zip....
>> >>> I happen to know where to get about 5 of them, but they havent run
>> >>> in almost 20 years and have sat out in the weather sence... Ran
>> >>> when parked
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> Date: Monday, April 26, 2010 9:43:42 am
>> >>> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!"
>> >>> <[email protected]>
>> >>> From: "Rick Gibbons" <[email protected]>
>> >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Bike turns over but wont start
>> >>
>> >>> I'm facing the same issue with a 82 650 NH. My daughter laid it
>> >>> down
>> >>> riding down hill on our gravel driveway. Too much brake as she got
>> >>> close to the street. We got the bike upright but gas spilled out of
>> >>> the carborators. After a couple minutes we got it running but
>> >>> only on
>> >>> 3 cylinders. Eventually it stalled out and will not start again.
>> >>
>> >>> I wanted to pull and dry out the spark plugs but none of my sockets
>> >>> will reach. The bike is new enough to me, that I haven't needed
>> >>> to do
>> >>> this before. What have you found that fits? Also, do I have to
>> >>> pull
>> >>> the tank to get to the plugs in the middle? The manual call for ND
>> >>> X24ES-U or NGK D8EA, are there better recomentations 28 years later?
>> >>
>> >>> This bike is a little top heavy for my daughter, (plus it's mine) so
>> >>> we are looking
>>
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