[Nighthawk Lovers] My mechanic is retiring so it's time to retire my Nighthawk - NT700V thoughts?

[Hawaii Sean]

In the past 18 months two of the three "older" motorcycle mechanics in 
Honolulu have passed away and the one left is retiring next month.  He's 
the only person who's worked on my Nighthawk sense I've had it and will 
actually call me when he somehow knows my bike needs something.  He has 
been the proud owner of 4 Nighthawks over the past 30 years of owning his 
shop.  I can't see anyone else working on my bike.  Plus I'm at 103,000+ 
plus miles, 90,000 of them I put on the bike so maybe it's time to upgrade 
to something more modern.

Through friends I can get a 2010 NT700v for at most $3,000.  Only 5,000 
miles on the bike and in amazing shape.  The owner only road weekends, 
garage kept and never seen the rain.  I remember when these came out and 
thought they were interesting and think they would be a great daily 
rider, especially for Honolulu.  Basically a small "sport touring" bike 
with lots of storage for all my stuff.

Has anyone road one of these?  Any thought or feedback from other Nighthawk 
riders would be great.  I love my 750 and will hate to see the bike go but 
it's time.  A friends wife is looking for a starter bike - I'm going to 
give her my Nighthawk.  I just don't have a mechanic to take care of it the 
way it has been for the last 10 years and really don't want to see someone 
else take care of the bike.

Sean

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[Nighthawk Lovers] 82 650 float valve

[Sean Waite]

I bought an 82 650sc last year and drove it for a while before I noticed 
the leak (small at first) became very large. Took it to the shop and they 
said the automatic valve had gone and he ran the fuel straight from the 
tank to the carbs. It still leaked after that and didnt really solve any of 
the problems (poor power above 80Km/H) so this winter I took it apart and 
put in new needles and rings. I also bought another fuel valve and petcock 
(old petcock was toast and the mechanic not only ran the hose straight, he 
took the original valve), however the new (to me) valve doesnt work well 
either (poor spring I think) and the carbs still leak. Correction, there is 
a fuel leak but its possible it is happening because the float bowls are 
filling and overflowing. I see things that say change the o ring in the 
float needle, but I dont have any. I guess after all that, my question is 
does the 82 have o rings or gaskets that seal the needle/fuel once the 
floats are raised? The needles that came with the kit look exactly the same 
as the old ones so now Im confused as to why they just keep filling with 
fuel. 

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[Nighthawk Lovers] Rear engine mount bolt slightly bent...

[pdxkevy]

Upon removing my rear mounting bolt, I noticed it was a tad bent. Is this 
something I should attempt to straighten, replace, or just not worry about 
it.
Thoughts?


 

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Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Carburetor Nighthawk 650 '88 California edition?

[ddt]

Now i've got the bike here at my place. I had a fast look on it but 
couldn't see anything unusual. Does anyone know where that "canister" 
should be mounted? Anyway, i found out, that a picture of my bike is on 
german Wikipedia, the pre-previous owner put a picture there. The previous 
owner just added a windshield,everything else still looks (nearly ) like on 
the picture...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Honda_SC650_Nighthawk.jpg/1280px-Honda_SC650_Nighthawk.jpg

Am Freitag, 16. März 2018 17:03:08 UTC+1 schrieb ddt:
>
> The frame number says ... FM200780, so it should be a '85 model, built in 
> Hamamatsu, Japan. I think the frame numbers started with 21, so it must 
> be a bike that was waiting for a buyer until '88, for i can't imagine they 
> built only 800 bikes in 3 years...
>
> Am Freitag, 16. März 2018 16:44:09 UTC+1 schrieb Kyle Munz:
>>
>> That sounds interesting, definitely send pics once you finally get it.
>>
>>
>> -Kyle 
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 10:37 AM, ddt  wrote:
>>
>>> Actually the bike is still at the FOs place, when i have it here ( 
>>> hopefully on Monday...) i will have a look if anything else of that 
>>> emission reducing staff is build in and if there's a date on the VIN plate. 
>>> Actually a german 50hp engine and carb is built in, i have the  original 
>>> 75hp engine and that VE 75 carb here as spare parts. The FO told me, the 
>>> original engine with that VE75  ran pretty bad and he found out there is 
>>> low compression on cyl 3. So he built in the 50hp engine and carb. Anyway, 
>>> if they had that " low emission" carb working without the rest of low 
>>> emission staff and maybe with some open vacuum connections, i can imagine 
>>> that the engine didn't run too good...
>>>
>>> -Detlef
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Freitag, 16. März 2018 14:37:09 UTC+1 schrieb Kyle Munz:

 I don't know the model numbers off the top of my head but your 
 suspicions are probably correct that it's for the CA model. They only made 
 the 650 from 83-85 though it's possible yours wasn't sold until '88. What 
 date does the VIN plate on the neck have?


 -Kyle 

 On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 5:11 AM, ddt  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> i'm from Germany and i just bought a Nighthawk 650, first registration 
> in 1988 , imported from US to Germany in 1996. Along with the bike i got 
> a 
> complete carburetor set, signed VE 75 AB. It looks pretty similar to the 
> one that's mounted on the bike.
> Only difference i see ( except the carb number, the one on the bike 
> is  VE 55 B ) is that the VE75 AB has got additional vacuum connector 
> tubes 
> at the front side of the carbs. Can anyone confirm that  the VE75AB type 
> is 
> for Calfornia ?
> According to cmsnl.com there is a special carb for the californian 
> edition and it has got an extra "canister" ( for emission lowering i 
> think...) with lots of vacuum tubes. I've got a printed workshop manual 
> and 
> parts list, but both don't contain any  US or Californian editions,
> only Europe, Canada and Australia...
> Thanks for your help
> Detlef
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[Nighthawk Lovers] Spark..

[logan vandam]

Running wonderful last season. Parked in shop been working on body and just 
random stuff nothing really with the motor. Started it a couple months ago to 
keep myself motivated. Started right up.. Go to do it again to see what I'm 
working for. And nothing just won't go. Do all the test realize I'm not getting 
spark in the two middle ones. Wait for new caps to come in.. Replace em, still 
nothing and cable keeps getting shorter because of trimming for maybe better 
connection. So decide to get new cable. 7mm copper core cable from and old 
timer motorcycle mechanic in town. Replace that and I still can't get spark. 
Tried different caps and the spark plug works. So the plugs not bad. Hook up a 
multimeter and it's getting voltage about the same as the ones that work. Just 
the plug won't spark.. Is there a chance that it's the wrong cable. Don't think 
the cylinders are out.. Any help would help my sanity.
Thanks logan

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