Did you drain the carb bowels several times to get fresh fuel in them? I'd put lots of Seafoam in the fuel, then drain the carbs at least twice out the bottom. I use a little plastic hose on one carb bottom at a time and unscrew the drain screw. You can refill the carbs bowels without cranking the engine by putting another little hose on the shut off valve where it attaches to the carbs and by sucking to create a vacuum the fuel will flow. It's worth a try before you start pulling the carbs off. Good luck
On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 11:29:10 AM UTC-4, Jared Clifton wrote: > > Hey all, > Looking for some suggestions. I have an '83 Nighthawk 650 that > unfortunately sat for a long time with gas in the tank. Now I can't get it > to start. I siphoned out all the old bad gas and put in some new, charged > the battery, but it just turns over until it drains the battery. I haven't > ridden much in the last year and a half, so it sat for a long time. Last > time I rode was in October, but it had been sitting for quite a while > before that (with the same, old gas in the tank). It ran a bit rough at > lower RPMs, but I figured that was just the old gas in it. > > Any suggestions on getting this thing to start short of dismantling the > carbs and trying to clean everything out? I'm moderately mechanically > inclined, but I'd rather not have to do that if I don't have to. Just > hoping there's some quick easy things I could try. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
