If you think it's fuel, take the slides out of the carbs. You should be able to see into the throat of the carbs. Pour a little fresh gas in the throat of each carb, replace the slides (and anything else critical), and give it a spin. It oughta light up and run for a few seconds. If it runs nice and strong for those few seconds that usually indicates if the carbs aren't delivering for whatever reason.
As I recall the way most of these are designed most of the exhaust system's back pressure comes from the collectors and downpipes, not the mufflers. So it should run but probably poorly with the cans removed. Checking the spark certainly couldn't hurt either, though I agree with your assessment that it sounds like fuel or possibly compression. Did you ever do that compression test? Matt -- 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.
