Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Greetings from California! 1985 CB650SC

2018-01-18 Thread 64alpha2
unforeseen problem. New motor is 800$ including shipping, but with less miles. Considering it... On Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 9:46:18 AM UTC-8, Javier Garcia wrote: > > The 650 is probably one of the best Nighthawks... where in CA are you? I'm > close to Pasadena. > Javier. >

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Greetings from California! 1985 CB650SC

2018-01-18 Thread 64alpha2
I'm up in Santa Cruz, south of San Francisco Bay. I come from the San Fernando Valley so not that far from you. The problem is almost certainly rod knock, and was totally unforeseen. Too bad since the bike just had new starter/tires/brakes put on and was riding/running beautifully. I'm still u

[Nighthawk Lovers] 1985 CB650SC, WOT problems

2018-04-07 Thread 64alpha2
Hi all, I ended up having a motor swapped into my 1985 cb650sc after the old one got rod knock. However, there seems to be a problem I'm having at high revs and WOT (same 'problem' with last motor too, and same RPM's/throttle position), so it could be an issue with tuning of carbs, or maybe an

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 1985 CB650SC, WOT problems

2018-04-09 Thread 64alpha2
ined WOT operation, as you may have > guessed from having had to replace the previous one. > > > > > On Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 9:30:16 PM UTC-4, 64alpha2 wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I ended up having a motor swapped into my 1985 cb650sc after the old one