You all got it wrong! Some idiotic drongo forgot to screw the low speed jets in, they were just sitting there, Wait a minute who am I talking about! Now to figure out why it's not charging. Whose got a voltage regulator. I'll trade a 650 Nighthawk VR for a 550 VR, Graham (idiotic drongo)
On Jul 27, 2012, at 11:59 AM, Allen Thomas wrote: > Sorry forgot about that. I've been working with Mikuni carbs recently ;-) > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> > wrote: > the floats are plastic and so they can't be adjusted. It it's the carbs then > it's just going to take more work > > On Jul 27, 2012, at 12:36 AM, surfswab wrote: > > > Sorry, but I'm thinkin' carbs, too. Specially the float valves. Not > > the floats themselves, but the valves (the little rubber-tipped brass > > pieces they control). Sounds like they are not seating properly, so > > not shutting off like they're supposed to when there's enuf fuel in > > the float bowl. > > > > Also, have you drained the crankcase vent tube of bypass gas and > > moisture and made sure there's no residual in the airbox? > > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 10:29 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was afraid someone would send me back to the carbs! Graham > >> > >> On Jul 26, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Allen Thomas wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> Floats stuck open? Did you put them in the right direction? Did you set > >>> the fuel screws to a common value between all carbs. Sometimes people > >>> turn out the screws to compensate for clogged jets. Stuck enrichening > >>> plungers? Try starting it with the throttle opened to dry it out. > >>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Graham Rogers <[email protected]> > >>> Sender: [email protected] > >>> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:14:58 > >>> To: Nighthawk Lovers<[email protected]> > >>> Reply-To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] CB550SC Nighthawk flooding > >> > >>> Here's one that's got me scratching my head. I just started work on a > >>> 550 Nighthawk. I cleaned the carbs before trying to run it although the > >>> PO had it running and I was there with him. Now with the carbs back on > >>> it runs on 1 and 4 but #'s 2 & 3 are just flooding. The gas is going > >>> straight out the mufflers. Seems to have good spark on all 4. The carbs > >>> were relatively clean before I cleaned them. Compression is excellent. > >>> Bike has only done 11k miles. I have the tank off and am running it > >>> through a funnel and hose so it can't be the pet cock. Any suggestions? > >>> Graham > >> > >>> -- > >>> 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 > >>> athttp://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 > >>> athttp://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.
