If I were you Joe I would pull the carbs and pull out the slow speed needles, and blast some carb cleaner and compressed air through them. Be sure to count the turns when you take them out. I'd do a bench sync too. Then replace the gas with good hightest and a can of seafoam then go for a long ride. You might want to richen the slow needles a half turn too.
On 8/27/10, paul annen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- 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.
