No problem.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:48 AM, todd ascher <[email protected]> wrote: > That makes sense. I'll look into cleaning the carbs. Will probably have to > have the sync done by someone with the equipment. Thanks for your quick > response. > > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The gas turned into varnish over the winter. The carbs were still clean >> when you started it a month ago, but you pulled in a bunch of gummy gas >> when you ran it, and then it clogged things up while sitting for a month. >> Trust me the carbs are clogged. What I do over winter is make sure that I >> run the bike enough to cycle a tank of gas once a month. If I can't do >> that, then I pump out the gas and burn it in my car, then refill the bike >> from a can. I keep seafoam in the gas, and run the bike at least every 2 >> weeks until it gets up to operating temperature. I have maintained numerous >> bikes over a couple of years and have never had to clean carbs from storage. >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Todd <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Allen, you could be right, but it seems strange that it would go from >>> fine to unrunnable without any intervening symptoms. Can you tell me if it >>> behave like this if only one of the carbs is gunked up? (By the way, I >>> didn't mention the bike has 13K actually miles on it, and the carbs were >>> cleaned less than 3000 miles ago. I could have gotten bad gas or maybe >>> didn't get enough sea foam in it over the winter.) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/uJYAJO2QDPg/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
