Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 NH 700, annoying plastic rattle from bikini/instrument area, front forks/Trac questions

2020-04-13 Thread Ric Holder
 on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Tommy Hill Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 10:19 AM To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! Reply To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 NH 700, annoying plastic rattle from bikini/instrument area, front forks/Trac questions I

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 NH 700, annoying plastic rattle from bikini/instrument area, front forks/Trac questions

2020-04-13 Thread Tommy Hill
I wouldn’t replace the fork seals unless they are leaking. As for air pressure, it is so low that it is hard to set. Get a tank and fill the tank just above the pressure you need and do it that way. They should equalize to get you what you need. Never even tried to set mine, but I’m pretty

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 NH 700, annoying plastic rattle from bikini/instrument area, front forks/Trac questions

2020-04-13 Thread Drew Gormley
Search here in the group search bar for the service manuals, and combine that with youtube and you'll have all the knowledge you need. Then you just have to go over the learning curve on your own! Good Luck! On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:29 AM William M wrote: > Drew, > thank you for your quick

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 NH 700, annoying plastic rattle from bikini/instrument area, front forks/Trac questions

2020-04-13 Thread William M
Drew, thank you for your quick reply, I appreciate that. i will think about doing that, after i study up on it. take care, William. On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 11:48:23 AM UTC-7, Drew Gormley wrote: > > Hey, you can look into replacing the fork seals, and while you do the > seals, you can change

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] '85 NH 700, annoying plastic rattle from bikini/instrument area, front forks/Trac questions

2020-04-12 Thread Drew Gormley
Hey, you can look into replacing the fork seals, and while you do the seals, you can change out the fork oil and learn if the forks are correctly installed (you can't assume that they are) Good Luck! On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 2:44 PM William M wrote: > Hello from a newbie, > i just bought a '85

[Nighthawk Lovers] '85 NH 700, annoying plastic rattle from bikini/instrument area, front forks/Trac questions

2020-04-12 Thread William M
Hello from a newbie, i just bought a '85 NH 700 with almost 39K mi. on it. the very first 2 things i'd like to address is: 1. plastic rattling sound that i think must be coming from the fairing/inst. cluster area, really annoying! anybody have any experience/recommendations for this? 2. the