Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: New member intro

[Dan Cook]

I'm in New Salem, right by the Quabbin Reservoir and close to UMass
Amherst. I'd love to meet up but definitely need some more time to learn
how to ride better first. I am comfortable going 55 now!

On Jul 30, 2016 11:57 PM, "Javier Garcia"  wrote:

> Hi Dan, I am in Belmont, MA. Where in MA are you? If you are not too far
> we can try to get together for a ride. There are other members of the group
> in the area, we could all try to meet.
>
> Javier.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Dan Cook  wrote:
>
>> Working on it! Thanks for the responses. I'm in western Massachusetts, by
>> the way.
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2016 2:03 PM, "Dave duChêne"  wrote:
>>
>>> Stephen's advise is right on, also relax and be one with the bike.
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29 July 2016 at 14:14, Stephen Hill  wrote:
>>>
 Hey congrats on the riding course--great start most people won't take
 the time to learn the right way. Don't know much about the 250 but my 650
 is absolutely horrible off the pavement. I've been riding since i was about
 10-12 years old and my advice is 1. Dont be scared of the bike 2. Don't
 think you ever know it all and get cocky 3. Use your turn signals and
 always assume a car or truck does not see you-even when they are looking
 directly at you. 4. Use the appropriate safety gear when riding in case you
 do take a spill 5. Keep your bike up to snuff especially the
 tires--especially the tires and brakes!! Of course you've heard all that
 stuff in the class but people who care enough about you to be instructors
 have you best interest at heart. When things get tense remember your
 training and you should be fine. Congrats again on passing your classes.
 Hope to see you soon out on the road.


 On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:27:36 AM UTC-4, Dan Cook wrote:
>
> Hi, Dan here. Nice to "meet" you all.
>
> I am 44 and have always wanted to ride and am finally doing it! Took
> the MSF course 3 weeks ago and just bought a 2008 Nighthawk 250 this week.
>
> Yesterday evening was my first time riding outside of a parking lot. I
> had to be careful on the dirt roads because, of course, it's pretty easy 
> to
> skid out. I did not want to go down on my first day! (Or ever.) That 
> worked
> out. I had to go slow and turn carefully.
>
> I had to ride on a 45-50mph road for a half mile or so, and, I've
> gotta say, it was scary. Very scary knowing that a twitch of an arm or a
> rock in the road could put me on the pavement. I'm curious if this is
> normal for a beginner? That 45-50mph road is the main one in town and I'll
> need to drive it to get anywhere.
>
> I'm looking for some reassurance! I'll get comfortable with this,
> right?
>
> I'll be looking into how to change the oil next...
>
> Dan
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Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: New member intro

[Javier Garcia]

Hi Dan, I am in Belmont, MA. Where in MA are you? If you are not too far we
can try to get together for a ride. There are other members of the group in
the area, we could all try to meet.

Javier.


On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Dan Cook  wrote:

> Working on it! Thanks for the responses. I'm in western Massachusetts, by
> the way.
>
> On Jul 29, 2016 2:03 PM, "Dave duChêne"  wrote:
>
>> Stephen's advise is right on, also relax and be one with the bike.
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 29 July 2016 at 14:14, Stephen Hill  wrote:
>>
>>> Hey congrats on the riding course--great start most people won't take
>>> the time to learn the right way. Don't know much about the 250 but my 650
>>> is absolutely horrible off the pavement. I've been riding since i was about
>>> 10-12 years old and my advice is 1. Dont be scared of the bike 2. Don't
>>> think you ever know it all and get cocky 3. Use your turn signals and
>>> always assume a car or truck does not see you-even when they are looking
>>> directly at you. 4. Use the appropriate safety gear when riding in case you
>>> do take a spill 5. Keep your bike up to snuff especially the
>>> tires--especially the tires and brakes!! Of course you've heard all that
>>> stuff in the class but people who care enough about you to be instructors
>>> have you best interest at heart. When things get tense remember your
>>> training and you should be fine. Congrats again on passing your classes.
>>> Hope to see you soon out on the road.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:27:36 AM UTC-4, Dan Cook wrote:

 Hi, Dan here. Nice to "meet" you all.

 I am 44 and have always wanted to ride and am finally doing it! Took
 the MSF course 3 weeks ago and just bought a 2008 Nighthawk 250 this week.

 Yesterday evening was my first time riding outside of a parking lot. I
 had to be careful on the dirt roads because, of course, it's pretty easy to
 skid out. I did not want to go down on my first day! (Or ever.) That worked
 out. I had to go slow and turn carefully.

 I had to ride on a 45-50mph road for a half mile or so, and, I've gotta
 say, it was scary. Very scary knowing that a twitch of an arm or a rock in
 the road could put me on the pavement. I'm curious if this is normal for a
 beginner? That 45-50mph road is the main one in town and I'll need to drive
 it to get anywhere.

 I'm looking for some reassurance! I'll get comfortable with this,
 right?

 I'll be looking into how to change the oil next...

 Dan

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[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: My First '83 Nighthawk

[EGrider]

I once bought a $200 craigslist bike and the wiring was really wacky on it. 
I didn't know where to start. I talked to a guy at a shop and he said "you 
can pay me $90/hr to sort it out or you could just buy a new wiring harness 
off eBay and be done with it." I bought a wiring harness off eBay for $30 
and slopped it on. Voila, problems were solved. That price included the 
starter solenoid, too. I guess I didn't get all the experiential learning 
that I would have gotten with a multimeter in hand, but I didn't add any 
gray hairs, either.

That said, I shorted out a starter solenoid and made a bike go black this 
summer myself. Although it took me a while to realize that's what I had 
done, a $7 starter solenoid from eBay brought it back to life. YMMV



On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 10:45:27 PM UTC-4, hunter...@tamu.edu wrote:
>
> I just picked up this beautiful '83 Nighthawk! It does not run at the 
> moment, hopefully I can change that soon. The guy I bought it from says It 
> ran last summer but "he shorted the electrical system when he was trying to 
> carve down an aftermarket starter relay". The guy said he's replaced a 
> bunch of wiring, but hasn't quite got to the finish line.
>
>
> Any tips on where I should start with this bike to get it running again? 
> Should I just replace the starter relay and go from there?  I am very handy 
> and plan on doing all of the work myself. Any help would be greatly 
> appreciated! 
>
> It has 47,000 miles on it and I have no idea about how it was maintained.
>
> I plan on replaced all of the spark plugs, flushing and replacing the 
> engine oil and rear finish oil and air filter. Anything else in regards to 
> "MUST REPLACE" that I should do?
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>

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Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Plugs for a 82 CB650 SC Nighthawk

['Ross M. Jamison' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!]

The us/Canada dollar exchange rate

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> On Jul 30, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Daniel Yoder  wrote:
> 
> Please help me understand why the Honda Service manual and the owners manual 
> call out NGK D8EA plugs.
> It says for the Canadian bikes to use DR8ES-L they are resistor plugs why 
> don't they use resistor plugs for the USA 82 CB650 SC? Did they use 
> non-resistor plug wires for that year/
> Thanks 
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Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: New member intro

[Dan Cook]

Working on it! Thanks for the responses. I'm in western Massachusetts, by
the way.

On Jul 29, 2016 2:03 PM, "Dave duChêne"  wrote:

> Stephen's advise is right on, also relax and be one with the bike.
> Dave
>
>
> On 29 July 2016 at 14:14, Stephen Hill  wrote:
>
>> Hey congrats on the riding course--great start most people won't take the
>> time to learn the right way. Don't know much about the 250 but my 650 is
>> absolutely horrible off the pavement. I've been riding since i was about
>> 10-12 years old and my advice is 1. Dont be scared of the bike 2. Don't
>> think you ever know it all and get cocky 3. Use your turn signals and
>> always assume a car or truck does not see you-even when they are looking
>> directly at you. 4. Use the appropriate safety gear when riding in case you
>> do take a spill 5. Keep your bike up to snuff especially the
>> tires--especially the tires and brakes!! Of course you've heard all that
>> stuff in the class but people who care enough about you to be instructors
>> have you best interest at heart. When things get tense remember your
>> training and you should be fine. Congrats again on passing your classes.
>> Hope to see you soon out on the road.
>>
>>
>> On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:27:36 AM UTC-4, Dan Cook wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, Dan here. Nice to "meet" you all.
>>>
>>> I am 44 and have always wanted to ride and am finally doing it! Took the
>>> MSF course 3 weeks ago and just bought a 2008 Nighthawk 250 this week.
>>>
>>> Yesterday evening was my first time riding outside of a parking lot. I
>>> had to be careful on the dirt roads because, of course, it's pretty easy to
>>> skid out. I did not want to go down on my first day! (Or ever.) That worked
>>> out. I had to go slow and turn carefully.
>>>
>>> I had to ride on a 45-50mph road for a half mile or so, and, I've gotta
>>> say, it was scary. Very scary knowing that a twitch of an arm or a rock in
>>> the road could put me on the pavement. I'm curious if this is normal for a
>>> beginner? That 45-50mph road is the main one in town and I'll need to drive
>>> it to get anywhere.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for some reassurance! I'll get comfortable with this, right?
>>>
>>> I'll be looking into how to change the oil next...
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
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Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Plugs for a 82 CB650 SC Nighthawk

[Jeremy]

https://www.ngksparkplugs.com/about-ngk/faqs/spark-plug-faqs/when-should-i-use-a-resistor-spark-plug


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> On Jul 30, 2016, at 8:59 AM, Daniel Yoder  wrote:
> 
> Please help me understand why the Honda Service manual and the owners manual 
> call out NGK D8EA plugs.
> It says for the Canadian bikes to use DR8ES-L they are resistor plugs why 
> don't they use resistor plugs for the USA 82 CB650 SC? Did they use 
> non-resistor plug wires for that year/
> Thanks 
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[Nighthawk Lovers] Plugs for a 82 CB650 SC Nighthawk

[Daniel Yoder]

Please help me understand why the Honda Service manual and the owners 
manual call out NGK D8EA plugs.
It says for the Canadian bikes to use DR8ES-L they are resistor plugs why 
don't they use resistor plugs for the USA 82 CB650 SC? Did they use 
non-resistor plug wires for that year/
Thanks 

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