did the front brake ie drained and replaced the fluid the brake seems a lot more spongy and doesnt work as well as before any one know what it might be or how to fix it ie get tne air out and put more fluid in without letting in more air i presume that is what is wrong?
From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:45 AM To: Digest Recipients Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Digest for [email protected] - 22 Messages in 7 Topics Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers/topics a.. Battery Tender Question [2 Updates] b.. More Springtime prep... [1 Update] c.. manometer [6 Updates] d.. Made a new purchase for my bike today [3 Updates] e.. Spring has arrived! [7 Updates] f.. Spraymax 2K clear... where to buy? [2 Updates] g.. worried about cut out [1 Update] Topic: Battery Tender Question Joey Kelley <[email protected]> Mar 15 10:41AM -0400 ^ I can't speak for all - but my non-name brand floating charger is 1.25 Amp max - and I think my Dad's battery tender is 1.5 Amp rated. (I could be wrong on that last part) I have never had to put my NH on a trickle charger though - I'm lucky to have a good charging system. -Joey On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:20 AM, [email protected] -- -Joey Kelley JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow Hondo 60 <[email protected]> Mar 15 09:19PM -0700 ^ Jay, use the battery tender all you want with the caps on! The battery will vent out of the vent tube. A couple of things to remember though is once the battery tender indicates the battery is charged, remove from the tender, don't leave it hooked up all the time because if the tender fails it can fry the battery and maybe more! or in time the acid may become low still frying the battery. Always keep an eye on the acid level, my 91 750 needs topped off about once a year,evaperation, charging ect. will use up a little, and always top off only with distilled water, and all will be well! Everybody out there enjoy the upcomming season. Hondo. Topic: More Springtime prep... Paul <[email protected]> Mar 15 07:58PM -0600 ^ *Prep continues on the bike.* * * *Topped off the brake fluid today, drained the cooling system and am preparing to replace the coolant just as soon as it stops raining. I need to run the engine while topping off the reservoir, and to do that I have to get the bike OUTSIDE of the garage. If I run it too close to the garage door the fumes get sucked back into our furnace and the whole house smells VERY bad which my family doesn't appreciate.* * * *But I am VERY close to being ready to ride! :)* * * *Paul * -- * Paul LeBoutillier <http://www.facebook.com/paul.lebout> <http://paul-on-life.blogspot.com/> * * * Topic: manometer Chris Lopez <[email protected]> Mar 15 09:38AM -0400 ^ Thanks for adding that link on how to make one. Sorry I can't find the email so who ever posted it thanks a lot. thanks Javier for the video on your bike when it came to the question on white smoke. But before I go to get the things I need to make the manometer does anyone know exactly were on the carb. would I hook it up ? I have a 83 CB750SC and the Haynes book doesn't really show me were. This book is a great book for info once you know what your doing. Chris Timothy Stark <[email protected]> Mar 15 10:38AM -0400 ^ Carb 2 small screw > Thanks for adding that link on how to make one. Sorry I can't find the email > so who ever posted it thanks a lot. thanks Javier for the video on your bike > Chris > -- > 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. Javier Garcia <[email protected]> Mar 15 10:47AM -0400 ^ Hey Chris, please let us know how it goes with building the manometer and all that. Javier. "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> Mar 15 02:50PM ^ On the 90s-2000 NH there is a screw you have to remove on the intake boots engine side of the carbs Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lopez <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:38:17 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] manometer Thanks for adding that link on how to make one. Sorry I can't find the email so who ever posted it thanks a lot. thanks Javier for the video on your bike when it came to the question on white smoke. But before I go to get the things I need to make the manometer does anyone know exactly were on the carb. would I hook it up ? I have a 83 CB750SC and the Haynes book doesn't really show me were. This book is a great book for info once you know what your doing. Chris -- 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. "Gene Henry" <[email protected]> Mar 15 03:39PM -0500 ^ I tried to build one of these using oil as a fluid. My thoughts were it wouldn't damage anything if sucked into the engine, and the thicker viscosity would help dampen the oscillations. (Guess I should have used Seafoam, and got a tune-up/clean if it got sucked in!) I could not get the oscillations to dampen out to a usable level. One of the plans I saw said to use aquarium size tubing and metering valves. That might have worked. The plans I used called for a u-tube manometer that had each end of the tube hooked up to different cylinders. Cylinder 2 would be used as a base measurement, paired first with Cylinder 1, then Cylinder 3, then Cylinder 4. I since got a quad set of dial types with restrictors and valve type metering valves. I have not used it yet, but it certainly looks more usable. ----- Original Message ----- From: Javier Garcia To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] manometer Hey Chris, please let us know how it goes with building the manometer and all that. Javier. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Chris Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks for adding that link on how to make one. Sorry I can't find the email so who ever posted it thanks a lot. thanks Javier for the video on your bike when it came to the question on white smoke. But before I go to get the things I need to make the manometer does anyone know exactly were on the carb. would I hook it up ? I have a 83 CB750SC and the Haynes book doesn't really show me were. This book is a great book for info once you know what your doing. Chris -- 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. -- 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. James O'Gorman <[email protected]> Mar 15 08:45PM -0500 ^ Chris - Here's pics of the 'carb tune' that I built. Get larger diameter than the 1/4" or whatever size I used*. You should be able to see from the pics where I attached mine on the 83 650 carbs. Not sure how different your 750 will be. You need to remove set screws out of three intake tubes and replace them with the 'booster' connectors. Carb #2 already has a vac. port for opening the fuel petcock. *To size mine tubes, I picked up the vac. ports (they called it a 'Booster" when I bought the extra three to balance all the carbs). I brought the "booster" into the hardware store and got the tubing that fit snug, and some larger tubing that fit snugly over the small tubing. I should have stepped it up one or two more sizes, to like 1/2 inch or something. I would also suggest heavier oil like 90W gear oil. I couldn't get the bike to run for more than about 7 seconds before one of the tubes would fill up all the way and start trying to pull down into the intake. One a 650, one cylinder pulls approx. 162.5cc's of air, and my tiny tubes can't handle it. They would foam up from churning up and down, and one tube would drain down into the other three tubes (for the cylinder with the least amount of vac). You guys can go ahead and feel jealous of my mad skills with zip ties. :) You can see the join where I stepped up the tube size in this pic. I need to rebuild this with even larger tubes for bigger capacity. In this pic you can see the vac. guage that I used to hold the fuel petcock open, and you can see how I joined the tubes at the bottom: Hope that helps!! - JO On Mar 15, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Gene Henry wrote: Topic: Made a new purchase for my bike today Paul <[email protected]> Mar 15 03:39PM -0600 ^ *Ordered something for my bike that I've wanted for a long time...passenger floorboards.* * * *I really dislike driver floorboards, but the ones for the passenger are very cool and I think more comfortable for them. Here's a picture:* * * *[image: floor_boards.PNG]* *I'll send a picture once I get them installed.* * * *Paul * -- * Paul LeBoutillier <http://www.facebook.com/paul.lebout> <http://paul-on-life.blogspot.com/> * * * James O'Gorman <[email protected]> Mar 15 07:22PM -0500 ^ I'd like to see the new pics - maybe I can be sold on them... They look like Harley footboards... :) - JO On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Paul wrote: Paul <[email protected]> Mar 15 07:37PM -0600 ^ *Actually those kinds of footboards have been put on Wings for years! * -- * Paul LeBoutillier <http://www.facebook.com/paul.lebout> <http://paul-on-life.blogspot.com/> * * * Topic: Spring has arrived! Joey Kelley <[email protected]> Mar 15 10:44AM -0400 ^ Gene, I agree! How do I know? There were two bikes on the road on Sunday - up here in Maine! -Joey -- -Joey Kelley JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow Stefano Ascari <[email protected]> Mar 15 02:39PM -0500 ^ Minnesota here: haven't seen anyone out yet... :( Timothy Stark <[email protected]> Mar 15 04:16PM -0400 ^ Does Minnesota even have a spring? I always assumed they were like Wyoming, two seasons, winter and road under construction. > Minnesota here: haven't seen anyone out yet... :( > -- > 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. Stefano Ascari <[email protected]> Mar 15 04:00PM -0500 ^ Timothy: that's a fairly accurate assessment. I'm pretending this drizzle rainfall today is our spring. Paul <[email protected]> Mar 15 03:32PM -0600 ^ *Hey Stafano, I was born and raised in Minnesota so I feel your pain. Most of my family is still there and they tell tales of large drifts still haunting them. Brrrrr.* * * *Paul * -- * Paul LeBoutillier <http://www.facebook.com/paul.lebout> <http://paul-on-life.blogspot.com/> * * * "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> Mar 16 12:07AM ^ And I thought maryland sucks! I've already put 1000 miles in this past month. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Stefano Ascari <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:39:38 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Spring has arrived! Minnesota here: haven't seen anyone out yet... :( -- 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. James O'Gorman <[email protected]> Mar 15 07:21PM -0500 ^ Yeah, lots of email from the list! I didn't get a chance to go through my email yesterday and I had over 100 when I got home from work today! I saw about half a dozen on the way home. A guy at work has a BMW 1100 and he got his bike out this weekend and rode in on Monday when it was 30 degrees out - Brrr!!! he's got heated everything though... lucky... On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Allen Thomas wrote: Topic: Spraymax 2K clear... where to buy? Matt Rowe <[email protected]> Mar 15 08:50AM -0700 ^ Will do. I've got the primer painted on the plastics and I'm just waiting for it to warm up a bit to shoot the color. My wife will probably kill me if I use the garage as a paint booth so I have a temporary one set up in the carport. Planned on priming the tank last weekend but I got sidetracked doing a liner on it. But, it's sanded and ready to go so hopefully this week… Now if it would just stop raining here in Oregon! Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> Mar 15 02:04PM -0400 ^ Stop raining in Oregon? Isn't that like asking water to randomly flow uphill? :p On Mar 15, 2011 11:50 AM, "Matt Rowe" <[email protected]> wrote: Will do. I've got the primer painted on the plastics and I'm just waiting for it to warm up a bit to shoot the color. My wife will probably kill me if I use the garage as a paint booth so I have a temporary one set up in the carport. Planned on priming the tank last weekend but I got sidetracked doing a liner on it. But, it's sanded and ready to go so hopefully this week… Now if it would just stop raining here in Oregon! Topic: worried about cut out "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Mar 15 05:34AM -0700 ^ i ran my 250 wot all the time.... -----Original Message----- Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:16:49 am To: [email protected] From: "Timothy Stark" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: worried about cut out I ran my 650 to the max all the time. Had to be careful of tire lift though. > hurt and in serious pain (!) > -- > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk -- 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. -- 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]. 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