> 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? The air filter is stock. The previous owner read a forum posting about adding those washers and tried it out.
> Unless you just want to, don’t worry about the washer mod. I put one in, noticed no difference > so took it off. If you just wanna play, and it IS easy, remove them. OK, that's good to know, thanks for letting me know. I'll eventually clean and tune the carburetors, so I'll get to the washers then. > I'm in the process of fab'ing a rack for the back of my silverwing out of polished stainless. Post your progress please. Always good to see how others attack the same thing. Can't ever compare my stuff with your level of workmanship though! The hand rail looks gorgeous! > When you start the bike from cold you can check all 4 exhaust pipes to see if they heat up evenly. Did that. Sat there on the ground and pointed the laser thermometer at the pipes like a teacher at students to report their answers. The temps compared pretty closely - good! > Check the spark plugs to see if it's running rich or lean. Good luck and ride safe fellow 700S rider!! Arthur, really appreciate your encouragement and support! I'll check the spark plugs. First order of business is fixing a seeping petcock. Repair kit on its way. Slowly getting used to the steering. Holger On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 4:59:53 PM UTC-8, Tommy Hill wrote: > > Unless you just want to, don’t worry about the washer mod. I put one in, > noticed no difference so took it off. If you just wanna play, and it IS > easy, remove them. -- 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.
