... Keeping my mouth shut, keeping my mouth shut, keeping my mouth shut... Kurt On Aug 28, 2012 7:40 PM, "Pr Ron" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I recently talked to a friend who lives near where they combine the > ethanol with the gas. He said, that stuff is very corrosive. Long term it > is going to do damage. He said a guy he knows that works there. They found > the thick rubber hose that moves the ethanol would only last a > month…because it is so corrosive. They had to switch to stainless steel > lined cable. What he also said that *of all* the blends the premium has > the least ethanol to get the correct octane. And now with the corn > shortage there is virtually none in the premium. **** > > ** ** > > My thought, I am not going to ruin my vehicles with that, if I don’t have > to. I can only imagine what that corrosive stuff does to the rubber parts > and o rings in the carburetors. I am sure everyone will have a different > opinion, a cost vs. condition of your bike, but I just wanted to share this > info with you. My buddy Harley friend tried to tell me this 6 months ago, > but I didn’t get it. The question is how long till the serious damage > starts to show up. **** > > Ron**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Allen Thomas > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:12 AM > *To:* Nightwawk Lovers > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: changing brake fluid?**** > > ** ** > > +1 blead the clutch it may be the source of your tranny issues.**** > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T**** > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> **** > > *Sender: *[email protected] **** > > *Date: *Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:52:59 -0400**** > > *To: *<[email protected]>**** > > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] **** > > *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: changing brake fluid?**** > > ** ** > > This is on a 650? You should bleed both calipers, each in turn. **** > > ** ** > > On the 650, there should be a bleed valve on the left side of the bike, on > a cylinder shaped thing just above the engine case. You are correct, there > is a clutch master cylinder and it is on the handlebars, you bleed the > clutch much the same way you bleed the brakes. **** > > ** ** > > -Kurt**** > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Gibs <[email protected]> wrote:* > *** > > So I just changed it... I hope I did it right, it works answer it's a more > responsive I think. I only drained it from one caliper though, is it > supposed to work like that? Also I looked in the clutch master cylinder (or > wtvr the lil box next to the clutch is called) and its all brown and not > clear, how do I change that? > I took it out to test the brakes and make sure it runs normal, and > found the shifting got really weird and all of a sudden it's hard to shift > down. I also started hear a sort of rattling noise as it revs around 3k rpm > or more :-( what's going on??**** > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group.**** > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/0Y1chWAPCCcJ.**** > > 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.
