graham.... you would know if he dident show up wouldent you??? have you 2 been playing hookie toghether???
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joe, I'd bet you have to clean the carbs again unless a mouse built a > nest in the air box and you've got no air going through. > What are you doing with another 700-S. You never got treatment did you and > you failed to show up at the Henry Ford Clinic. Joe, Joe, Joe .... > Graham > > > On Aug 27, 2010, at 3:37 PM, MOPARJOE 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]<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.
