[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starter motor fun.

2009-09-25 Thread Graham Rogers
Which reminds me of back in the '60's when I had an old BSA 500 single cyl. I had the alternator out on the concrete floor next to the bike one day while a friend was over sitting on the concrete, with his hand leaning back on the wet concrete. I casually gave the alternator a spin while

[Nighthawk Lovers] Nighthawk for sale

2009-09-25 Thread procrastinate
I just sold a 97 nighthawk 750 for $2000 on craigslist in north carolina and i still have my 650 for sale just dont have time to ride hate to see it just sit in my garage.Bike is in great shape and runs well.Thanks for looking at my bike ray.procrastin...@triad.rr.com

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: '84 cb 700 repair manual

2009-09-25 Thread jdremodels
It is blue and I had originally thought of changing to the red as I grew up with red Honda dirt bikes, but have since reconsidered. The blue has really grown on me. When I get to painting the bike, the blue is actually a decal, correct? Black paint with blue stickers on top? I have the entire

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starter motor problems

2009-09-25 Thread stanley/ Randolph
Reminds me of when I was living in Seattle and had a '53 Cadillac.  When I got it back from a transmission shop they had stolen my new battery and put their old weak one in it.  I also parked my old Caddy on an incline and would push it to begin the coast and it would start at about 5 mph.   I

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 1983-85 CB650SC Front Forks

2009-09-25 Thread stanley/ Randolph
Sorry - Iknew it was water column pressure, but wasn't thinking, when I wrote.  Thank you for that reminder.  I would have had a short in my brain and used PSI and felt really dumb when all that pressure would have made it impossible to light... Actually, the regularor is pre-set and most

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starter motor problems

2009-09-25 Thread Creative Residential Designs
Was it 6 volt or 12? - Original Message - From: stanley/ Randolph To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:17 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starter motor problems Reminds me of when I was living in Seattle and had a '53 Cadillac. When

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Hodge Mod vs. Vance Hines/MACS

2009-09-25 Thread Greg Holuban
I have a MAC exhaust. No glasspack at all. The inside piece (which can be removed with 1 screw) is basically two pipes welded together staggered. I have a jet kit and KN air filter. Mine revs smoothly. No flat spots or hesitations. The sound? It won't sound like a crotch rochet. For that

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: '84 cb 700 repair manual

2009-09-25 Thread Dennis Hammerl
Is your starter missing ? Too easy to rebuild one, way too hard to find one. The CA model has some emission controls on it that are a PITA. Does that state check for emissions on bikes ? PA does not. Some members have contacts to obtain decals. A few have been painted in other colors and one