theres no replacement for a good through carb cleaning... snake oil can help, but sounds like they just need to be cleaned
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:37 PM, MOPARJOE <[email protected]> wrote: > This past spring I bought another 700-S Nighthawk,a nd finally got it > delivered a few weeks ago. Bike has only 5K miles on it, and obviously > spent most its life sitting in a garage in North Carolina. The person > I bought it from, bought it off the original owner, and then sent it > to a Honda Dealer to have LOTS of things done to it (invoice was > around 2G), including: tires, fluids, tune -up, as well as complete > carb overhaul w/ many new carb parts... > > Bike was only ridden around the block after that, and then he sold it > to me a few months later. Bike sat for another few months until I had > it shipped up here to me in Cleveland. > > When I fired it up, it barely started (backfired, and ran like crap, > and one cylinder was not firing (cold head pipe when running). I > cleaned plug on dead cylinder, and re-fired, and all 4 were then > running. > > Bike will only run with choke all the way on, and will not take any > gas/throttle (stalls instantly if throttle is touched, or choke is > reduced from full choke) > > I figured carbs had already gummed up (or got dirt in them), but > decided to try SEAFOAM, since everyone here has good things to say > about it. I put an entire can of Seafoam into tank, and have ran bike > several times in the past 2 weeks, to get the Seafoam into the carbs, > and hopefully do some good. > > Bike still barely runs, and Seafoam doesn't seem to have made any > difference. I have never used Seafoam, and am wondering if it works > quickly, or needs to be in there for many weeks/months before results > can be seen?? > > Anyone got any other ideas, other than pulling the carbs off, and > going thru them again?? > Thanks! Joe > > -- > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > 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. 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.
