Glenn: Thanks. I'll give that a try, but it appears that I'm able to travel farther than four carb bowl fulls of gas will permit. I'm able to drive for a solid 10 minutes or so at 60 MPH before the bike dies. The previous owner replaced the petcock before letting the bike sit for about 2 years.
Leland -- Leland Hardy Co-Founder and Director The Dyslexia Awareness Foundation www.DyslexiaAwarenessFoundation.org <http://www.dyslexiaawarenessfoundation.org/> (917) 912-0603 (323) 816-3790 On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 6:27 AM EGrider <[email protected]> wrote: > Leland, I had the same problem you describe. The petcock filter in the gas > tank was plugged. It would slowly let enough gas into the bowls to allow me > to go down the road a bit before running out of gas. Then after giving it > some time, enough gas would make it to the carbs for another go. Cleaning > the petcock filter fixed the problem. > > Glenn > > On Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 10:27:38 PM UTC-4 Leland Hardy 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/479b82db-40d7-4fda-8ef2-8cbaa3c2bd72n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nighthawk_lovers/479b82db-40d7-4fda-8ef2-8cbaa3c2bd72n%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/CABEdWmWCUeg0tHLU0%3DPVfj9apuD_F5G2Ab2dO9%3D13rpSyoEu-Q%40mail.gmail.com.
