How long before you bought it had it been not running? Check the inside of the gas tank for rust. Did you put fresh gas in it? If not, do so. Remove the spark plugs and clean them or replace them. Check the crank case oil. If the bike had been sitting for a while, there may be gas mixed with the oil. Should change the oil and filter any way, Graham
On Tue, 24 May 2011 08:35:30 -0700 (PDT), 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.
