I think I replied only to greenzero, so I'm going to reply again to everyone:
Thanks for all the advice. I had hoped not to pay to have the carbs cleaned/setup again, but had suspected something bad getting into them too. Haven't heard of seafoam but will try to locate it - I'm in Woodstock, Ontario. I should have mentioned in the first post, that I noticed the issue with the signals taking a fair bit of juice from the headlight BEFORE I ran out of fuel and had to try starting about 50 times. Battery looks pretty new and seems strong when starting though. On Jun 10, 2:20 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry... Battery for the electrical issue.... Draining the battery (espacaly > if its old) kills it... You can try to restore it, but a new one will hold > the amps better.... And i agree that you may have gotten some sludge from the > tank... Try removing the tank and cleaning it, a filter might not be a bad > idea... And try running seafoam, but you may just need to clean the carbs > again.... What part of the world are you in??? > > > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:04:08 pm > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > From: "aardvark" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Running rough/stalling '83 CB550 > > Hi, > I'm new to the group and like what I'm seeing so far. I checked the > other posts for help with my problem, but nothing seemed to quite fit: > Just purchased an '83 CB550SC. The previous owner just had the carbs > cleaned and setup professionally and had new plugs put in. Overall, > the bike has run well. On my first longish trip with the bike however, > I ran out of gas when close to home (now I know how far I can go on a > tank!). I attempted to use the reserve, but the bike stalled and > wouldn't start back up. I got some gas and after many tries (almost > draining the battery) got it going again. Since then, the bike > sometimes backfires at low engine speeds in the city and if I'm not > careful, it will stall when taking off in first from an intersection. > I have checked the battery and have good voltage, but something else > I've noticed at night is that the turn signals dim the headlamp a fair > bit when flashing. One final piece of info is that whenever I make a > short stop somewhere (5-20 minutes) the bike needs several attempts to > get it going again. Any suggestions for a newbie? > > Jamie > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
