First, welcome to the group! And, where are the pics? So, was the bike sitting long before you bought it? If so I'd certainly suspect the carbs. Good next place to look anyways. Most here be suggest you run a half a can or so of seafoam through the system if you can get it running. Otherwise you'll pulling the carbs and making sure all the jets and passages are clean.
-Kyle On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Damion <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All! I just got my first bike about a week ago! a 83 Honda > Nighthawk 550, I bought a new battery for it and the bike was having > some problems starting until the other night when it started up fine > out of the blue, I rode it around for maybe an hour then parked it for > the night. The next day I went to start it up and it cranks and it > sounds like it wants to start, but cuts off. > > Any thoughts? I'm very excited to start riding! > > I've checked that the petcock is cleaned out, the carbs are getting > gas (as well as running clean from the carb drains) I'm getting spark > as well.... > > Could this be a dirty carb thing? > > -- > 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.
