New needles are available. When you start the bike from cold you can check all 4 exhaust pipes to see if they heat up evenly. That should give you some idea how or if the cylinders are firing
On Mon, Jan 28, 2019, 10:28 AM Arthur R (Bob) Sheller <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess you could try bending the bulb fins, maybe that would work better. > > On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 9:25:47 AM UTC-6, Arthur R (Bob) Sheller > wrote: >> >> That sounds like a pretty good deal! Happy to help any way possible. >> Maybe you could trim the fins if it wouldn't cause the bulb to overheat? >> Being noticed in traffic is a must. People usually put washers under the >> needle if they use a K&N air filter or pod filters. Do you know if that's >> the case or is it stock? Check the spark plugs to see if it's running rich >> or lean. Good luck and ride safe fellow 700S rider!! >> >> On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 9:08:53 AM UTC-6, Holger Selover-Stephan >> wrote: >>> >>> Wow, thanks for all the responses and advice! The bike was dropped by >>> one of the 3 previous owners, and the guy before me repainted it with those >>> blue flames. I have so little experience, I'm not even qualified to say how >>> it runs. The engine runs fine, idles nicely and I'm happy that it doesn't >>> have the timing chain rattle of the 650. The steering I don't love yet, but >>> that's probably me, rather than the bike. I like the seating position (I'm >>> 6'3") better than on the 650. And I love that you can remote the seat. I >>> will be building a luggage rack for it, so I don't have to carry my stuff >>> in a backpack. Something I can click my Ortlieb bicycle bags into. :) >>> >>> A brief look under the cowling confirms what you guys are saying. Yet, I >>> really would like that 3000 lumen. I installed an LED headlight in the 650, >>> and man, it's super bright and people do take notice. I'm adding a light >>> bar to both bikes as well. After years of riding a bicycle in traffic, >>> anything to get noticed. >>> >>> The history of the bike...I bought it from the third owner. He bought a >>> new 700S in 85, sold it later, but loved it so much, he bought this one >>> many years later. He has not replaced it with a super loud, massive bike >>> (forgot the name), which had flames on it from the factory. lol The bike >>> was advertised on offerup.com for $1350, and he hasn't sold it for >>> several months. The photo wasn't very good on that ad. As usual, he got the >>> standard low ball offers. I eventually got it for $1100. Almost three times >>> of what I paid for the 650, but it runs and I can ride it to work right >>> away. >>> >>> The previous owner has put some washers under the needles. I'm going to >>> reverse that. I want it stock for best possible fuel efficiency. >>> >>> Holger >>> >>> On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 6:56:21 AM UTC-8, Arthur R (Bob) Sheller >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> How does it run? >>>> >>> -- > 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. > -- 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.
