Hi everyone I bought my Nighthawk several weeks ago, and although it ran, I was not happy about the slow to warm up condition, I've since heard that is normal (perhaps because of the oil cooler?) (geez, I wish it had a kckstarter)
Shortly after buying it, I found two concerns. One, was the hose from the petcock to the fuel rail. It was old, hard and dripping, so I decided to replace it. I never realized what a job that is. After realizing it had no fuel filter, (Besides the screen in the petcock), I went to Autozone to pick up a filter. Wrong thing to do! I was for automobiles with a fuel pump, and gravity wouldn't run through the paper element. I will look for one specifically designed for motorcycle carbs. Two, the anti-dive system. Mine doesn't work, even after replacing the oil in the forks with the correct amount. It appears the bike was left out in the weather for a time, I will check the pivot bolt. I'm going to replace the factory paper filter soon, and I've only found one place, (overseas) that carries it for the princely sum of $66 USD. BTW, no, I will not replace it with pods, K&N's, or foam. Honda calibrated the constant velocity carbs for the restriction created by the stock box and filter and I plan to stay with that. Anyone have any similar expereinces? -- 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/f2a0b9a5-a585-491f-831d-f59965ebf8b8n%40googlegroups.com.
