What are the rpms in those two gears? That would tell us more what is normal and what is not. You have very little power in any gear under 3k rpms, probably not till you get around 4-4.5 rpms.
On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 9:36 AM Jenya Spektor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello friends, > My bike is finally all done! Carbs cleaned. Nothing leaks. All gages > work.Starts from the first try, idles at 1100, sounds and smells good. > > One issue (or maybe not, depending on YOUR input) - after a good 5 minute > warm up, there is very little power in 1st and 2nd gear for the first 5 > minutes of me RIDING it. After 5-7 min thought, it almost feels that the > bike wakes up and start reacting to the throttle. > > Anything I am missing here, is this common for an older bike like this? > Can my custom additions have played any role in this? > I did put on a 4-in-1 mac exhaust and the pod air filters, re-jetted the > carbs to work with both (muffler/pods). > Let me know, > Jenya > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nighthawk_lovers/cb057307-25cd-40b3-afd7-b9196a3c82ac%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nighthawk_lovers/cb057307-25cd-40b3-afd7-b9196a3c82ac%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nighthawk_lovers/CAGg-qp25sZK-UdbHkdQwRyWam8V7garV1DsTUXwE9BC4Fcordw%40mail.gmail.com.
