Yes I did put new oil and filter in it. but I haven't even looked at the air filter yet so when I first started it up I never even connected the air box carb boots only just to see if it would run. Another thing I forgot to mention was the oil was foamy and brown after I ran it but it looks normal after letting the bike sit for a day, maybe just condensation? I would let it run but I cant even get it started since I have no power to ignition now and I have no idea where to start looking for that. On Monday, September 21, 2020 at 9:19:37 AM UTC-7 kiwinPA wrote:
> First of all, where are you located? > Did you put in new oil and filter and make sure air filter is clean or > replaced? > Pinging could be cam chain tensioner or carbs out of synch or something > else. > If you can give it a compression test. If all 4 cylinders are about the > same and above 75 psi ok. I would expect them to be low after sitting 20 > years and if so compression will gradually come with bike running. > I would get it started and run it at about 2500 rpms for 15-20 mins unless > noise gets worse or something else crops up. Smoke should go away in that > time but it may take longer. Graham > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 9:21 AM 'Goblin Horn' via Nighthawk Motorcycle > Lovers! <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So I just bought my first motorcycle and I have a small amount mechanical >> knowledge but the bike has been sitting for 20 years. So the first thing I >> did was take each spark plug out (all of them were oil fouled looking) and >> put some oil down each cylinder. So the next day I replaced all the spark >> plugs and cranked up the engine with new gas but nothing happened as I >> figured so I then pulled the carbs and cleaned them. Now after getting >> everything together It finally fired up making a little noise for the first >> 3-5 seconds or so then started sounding normal with a lot of smoke for >> about 30-60 seconds it ran okay. But it started to make a little like ping >> noises it wasn't very loud though and it was still smoking pretty heavily >> so I shut it off since it was midnight. This morning I started it up again >> and it sounded good for the first 20 seconds but the noise came back. So I >> pulled the choke lowering the RPMs and it went away for a couple seconds >> and I repeated until the choke was completely off and the noise still came >> back so I shut it off. Now I don't even get power to the dash which is a >> different issue but to me it feels like the engine is screwed and the owner >> lied about why he parked it plus it only has 14k miles. Anybody have any >> idea what I should do next? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> 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/866de157-15d1-42b2-b077-8f8f8623a23en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nighthawk_lovers/866de157-15d1-42b2-b077-8f8f8623a23en%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/6cda207f-30bc-4ab9-acd2-56ddf5c5bcacn%40googlegroups.com.
