Never said it was easy, yes carbs are a major pain, and I've had to replace my starter twice now.... but it is a labor of love. I was just stating my opinion on The bike. Yes it's heavy, that can be overcome. Yes the carbs are a pain, ride often enough and the carbs don't get gummy. Starter is a pain, how often do they go out? (My first replacement was a rebuild that I screwed up). The charging system, previous owner mounted a 30A GM alt. Off the main crank so I haven't dealt with that.
Yes plenty of power to get up to speed quickly. Yes wind blockage is great. Yes luggage is a great bonus. Yes it was designed from the rubber up to be a long distance super slab touring machine and it does a great job at it. On Nov 16, 2014 11:23 AM, "Javier Garcia" <[email protected]> wrote: > That PC800 is at a really good price. I think it deserves the trip to go > and at least look at it. > > Yeti, not to say that the GL is a bad bike, but I wouldn't say is > maintenance free, in particular the older models. Also, they are not very > easy to work on. Carbs are difficult, if the stator goes bad (not uncommon) > your need to remove the engine. Getting the starter engine out and in my > GL1200 without removing the exhaust was one of the most difficult things > I've ever done. > > Javier. > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 10:09 AM, EGrider <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This PC800 is about an hour away. Maybe I need to see if I can get over >> there -- after the Browns game, of course. ;-) >> >> http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/mcy/4736808138.html >> >> I've never ridden a PC or a GL. All I know about them is what you guys >> say. Old Yeller has 40K miles now and has taken me the equivalent of back >> to San Francisco since May with zero issues. If the NH could keep the wind >> off me better and if it had better storage, I suppose I could just stick >> with it forever. I don't think anybody thinks of the NH as a touring >> motorcycle, though. >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
