Sounds like leaking vacuum line from carb boot to petcock or leaking diaphragm in the petcock. Might also be restriction in petcock filter in the tank.
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 10:27 PM Leland Hardy < [email protected]> wrote: > Every time I put the 1985 Honda Nighthawk 650 with shaft drive on the > highway, after about 10 minutes in OD the bike dies as if it's run out of > gas. I pull over to the shoulder, wait 2-3 minute and it starts and runs > perfectly for another 10 - 15 minutes before dying again. Has anyone > experienced this? > > Any ideas? The symptom is 100% identical to running out of your main gas > tank and having to flip your petcock to reserve. This is deadly dangerous. > I had to stop on a highway with no shoulder and with big rigs runnin’ hard > right next to me. > > Leland > > > -- > -- > > Leland Hardy > Co-Founder and Director > The Dyslexia Awareness Foundation > www.DyslexiaAwarenessFoundation.org > <http://www.dyslexiaawarenessfoundation.org/> > (917) 912-0603 > (323) 816-3790 > > -- > 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/CABEdWmVSRAkXdjGU9n4frA4Hon-oUQ-KodyC_rc8GoqCRJ5e%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nighthawk_lovers/CABEdWmVSRAkXdjGU9n4frA4Hon-oUQ-KodyC_rc8GoqCRJ5e%2Bg%40mail.gmail.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-qp2VWybyTF-ymt28jzVA%3DE2kdboc0WbMLoG%2BsMHxmPwFRg%40mail.gmail.com.
