Silly questions.. does it have a kill switch that is in the off position? Do you have the choke out? Mine won't start without the choke pulled out. She is cold blooded.... On May 24, 2011 8:36 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. >
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