He isn't kidding you it was shocking how much power the bike had picked up. I thought they were just a docile bike as I had never ridden one prior, afterwards it had stump pulling torque, like it had twice the power. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Javier Garcia <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:26:08 To: nighthawk_lovers<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Can a bike run on Sea Foam? Here, I found it http://www.goldwingworld.com/pages/Carb-cleaning-GL1000.htm The link above is the original source we followed while working on the GL1200. I believe we did exactly as directed. This was a bike that sat for at least 2 years. We only did it once. After this procedure, I test ride the bike and it actually ran worse! I was disappointed but next day I rode to work nevertheless. At some point on my commute, something happened (probably some dirt finally was removed) and the bike opened like if it had 2 extra cylinders. It ran great after that. javier. On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > I could find it I'm sure I think it was 2 parts Gas 1 part cleaner. I > think we posted the procedure to the group. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > ------------------------------ > *From: * Javier Garcia <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:03:40 -0400 > *To: *nighthawk_lovers<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Can a bike run on Sea Foam? > > Thanks for providing the details Allen. I just want to remark that we did > not use this product alone, but a mixture of this with gasoline. > Unfortunately I can't remember the ratio. Perhaps Allen does. > > Javier. > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ** >> It's yamaha part# ACC-CARBC-LE-NR it has no MEK in it. It is designed to >> be mixed with water and used as a dip like berrymans. Though we read in a >> GL site that if you fill the carb bowls with it and laet it sit it will >> clean them while on the bike. We tried it and it worked. >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * EGrider <[email protected]> >> *Sender: * [email protected] >> *Date: *Mon, 14 Oct 2013 05:18:26 -0700 (PDT) >> *To: *<[email protected]> >> *ReplyTo: * [email protected] >> *Subject: *[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Can a bike run on Sea Foam? >> >> I've been using Yamalube as a carb dip because it does not damage the >> rubber parts of the carb, but it sounds like Javier is talking about a >> different product. This stuff is more like detergent than MEK. >> >> To summarize, it sounds like you're all saying that Yamaha makes another >> product that actually prescribes the gasoline/carb cleaner ratio and the >> time to leave it in the carbs, but this product is nothing more than MEK, >> which is available commercially in hardware stores. Is that it? I'm >> familiar with MEK because I used to use it to clean paint brushes when I >> was a kid. >> >> Or is it that Javier is talking about a Yamaha carb cleaning product that >> can be used in that way but it is not the prescribed use? If it's the >> latter, can you recommend a gas/cleaner ratio and sitting time in the >> carbs? Thanks. >> >> On Saturday, October 12, 2013 8:51:47 PM UTC-4, EGrider wrote: >>> >>> I read somewhere, maybe on this forum, of a technique of running a bike >>> on a hand-held bottle of gas and pouring in Sea Foam until the engine >>> stalls. Then you let it sit for a while, finally emptying the carb bowls >>> and then reattaching the main gas tank. Sounded worth a try, so I decided >>> to do the little experiment this afternoon. >>> >>> I actually used a turkey baster from the dollar store with the bulb >>> removed on about an 18-inch length of gas line, so it didn't have a lot of >>> gasoline to work with. I watched the gas going down and started pouring in >>> the Sea Foam. I was ready for the thing to choke and die, but it never did. >>> It started belching smoke out the exhaust pipes, but it just kept running. >>> I dropped the hose to the floor and nothing came out, meaning that it was >>> running off Sea Foam in the bowls, but it kept running. I shut the bike >>> off, picked up the turkey baster, filled it back up with gasoline, and ran >>> the bike again until the smoking stopped. Hmm, not what I expected. >>> >>> I've read Sea Foam is supposed to be light oil, naphtha, and isopropyl >>> alcohol. Will a bike really run on that, or did I never get close enough to >>> straight Sea Foam to choke the bike? Thoughts? I really don't have time to >>> pull the carbs if I don't have to. 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