Yikes, Arthur, did you slaughter a pig or what? I don't think my tank is rusted, but it's possible. The petcock sump is clear, and all 4 cylinders are firing. And I think I can rule out the 5 gal container as source of contamination after realizing I had used it for the 650 as well, and that one has no carb issues.
Mine is a bit of a cantankerous old lady it seems: today she's idling alright even after pulling the choke. Took her for a spin, and she's running fine. Yesterday she died three times during my commute to work, sputtered and coughed during acceleration and died immediately when easing up on the choke. Today I grudgingly took the car into work, and she decides to better snap into shape, lest she be left at home again tomorrow. The carbs do need balancing, I'll do that next. But I have no idea what's really going on with Mademoiselle. Holger On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 7:47:34 AM UTC-8, Arthur R (Bob) Sheller wrote: > > That's true, is the tank rusted? If so you need to run a filter. I found > that out the hard way. My petcock bowl was packed with rust. This is how > much came out of the bowl! -- 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.
