Ok so I rode it this morning 50 degree weather. I found that by putting in some choke was like a turbo boost so its definitely lean, I'm suspecting its poor gas mileage is due to clogged main jets. Ideas?? Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:51:04 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Nighthawk Lovers] I got to ride Javier's GL1200 tonight- Ride report They have to all slide out toghether onthe trey. In order to get the trey off you need to pull the front plastics, seat, linkages and as always the boots are a pain. We pulled them in the evening cleaned overnight and reinstalled the next am. Could be done in 1 day --- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time Mobile --- ---Original Message--- From: [email protected] Sent: 10/6/2011 10:30 pm To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] I got to ride Javier's GL1200 tonight- Ride report They are staring you in the face, what makes it so hard to pull them, the linkages? Advice would be greatly appreciated. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:21 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes getting to the carbs is a major PITA but verry well worth it. Mine took > us overnight. > > --- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time Mobile --- > > ---Original Message--- > From: [email protected] > Sent: 10/6/2011 9:58 pm > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] I got to ride Javier's GL1200 tonight- Ride > report > > Well Javiers bike is slow to rev down like it is lean on the pilot jets, > but > it smells like it is dumping fuel, and his gas mileage is only in the high > 20 range. Riding home I took a road in a valley by a stream and the air > temp > dropped off sharply, the bike started running stronger so that tells me it > is rich in the mid range, also the power actually drops off if you give it > 3/4+ throttle so I'd really like to see what jets it has in it, and the > condition of the needles. I keep trying to talk him into tearing the carbs > off and give them a good cleaning and inspection, (Nudge, Nudge) but he has > been told that getting the carbs off an on are a total PITA. > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:47 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Its suposed to be a glide down the road bike. I also have carb isues > right > > now, and my power feels like half of what it should and i have to keep it > > throtled to keep it running. But thats all carb stuff > > --- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time Mobile --- > > > > > > ---Original Message--- > > From: [email protected] > > Sent: 10/6/2011 9:41 pm > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] I got to ride Javier's GL1200 tonight- > Ride > > report > > > > Yea we have some carb issues to sort on it, but it is good to know that > it > > should be smoother running. Neither Javier or I know any one in the area > > with one to use as a measure of how they should run. My NH750 with its 75 > > HP > > would eat this thing for lunch in a drag race, so if it is supposed to > have > > 98 HP it should be pulling a lot harder. We just figured that it was > meant > > to be a "chug on down the road" type of bike. > > > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:35 PM, [email protected] < > > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > Much like my gl1200. But mines not thumpy and rated at 98 hp > > > --- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time Mobile --- > > > > > > > > > ---Original Message--- > > > From: [email protected] > > > Sent: 10/6/2011 9:31 pm > > > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] I got to ride Javier's GL1200 tonight- Ride > > > report > > > > > > While I hate the handle bars, and the fact that the engine gets in the > > way > > > of putting your feet down when you go to stop. I have to say over all I > > > liked it! The engine is kind of wierd feeling especially at idle, it is > > > thumpy like a V-twin but not quite. Actually the engine reminds me of > my > > > old > > > Karmann Ghia, which shouldn't be much of a surprise. It doesn't have > much > > > horsepower, but the torque is good and it is happy as a clam to just > put > > > around at 2k-3k RPM, and if you keep it in a good power band it can > roll > > > out > > > fairly well. But the thing that struck me by surprise is how nimble it > is > > > to > > > ride. At a stop it feels heavy and cumbersome, but once your rolling > down > > > the road it is as smooth as butter, and I took some pretty twisty > roads, > > > and > > > never hit the brakes, it just swooshes right on through them. The > > > ergonomics > > > are nice though the handlebar placement made my shoulder hurt a bit > > within > > > a > > > half an hour ride, also the handlebar placement made it impossible for > me > > > with my long legs to use the highway pegs. With a different set of bars > > > that > > > make you sit more upright I think I could really dig having one of > them. > > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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