RE: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 650 cs-f Nighthawk

Jim Frazer Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:45:03 -0700

Welcome aboard! Just clean your original air filter if you cant find an OEM one. Vacuum it from the inside and blow air from the outside… Visit your local motorcycle repair shop for a fuel filter. They have a ton of them behind the counter, usually the filter material looks like a rock …

You don’t have any Cam Chain rattle noise yet? How many miles on your Nighthawk? Jim in New Hampshire

Sent from Mail for Windows

From: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2022 9:14 PM
To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!
Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 650 cs-f Nighthawk

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.

RE: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 650 cs-f Nighthawk

Reply via email to