A Nighthawk regatta is something I could support. Unfortunately since I sank my Hobie my sailing adventures are limited to an R/C boat these days (that's why its taking so long to fix my nighthawk, I can wrench, or sail) or occasionally I'll ketch some friends on their way out and bum a ride.
-Kyle On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:58 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aah, You shoulda been there > > > On 10/13/08, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I forgot about the annual Nitehawk Lovers Yacht race and regatta. Have >> to wait till next year. >> >> --- On *Mon, 10/13/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: can you name my mystery carb part??? >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 10:39 PM >> >> Some of the contestants were away sailing and couldn't get to their >> computer, but the 4 sets of carbs I had all came with hoses about 8" long >> attached to those vents that headed backwards to nowhere. All those tees, >> vents, and fuel joints had nitrile o-rings on them, three different sizes if >> I remember >> On 10/11/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Ahh, that makes more sense. Thanks guys. I'm breaking them apart to >>> replace the fuel T this wknd anyhow, so I might as well replace the missing >>> mystery T. >>> >>> -Kyle >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> Alright, no takers ? In order for the diaphragms to work properly >>>> they need a pressure >>>> differential. Your mystery part is an atmospheric vent. The short hose >>>> faces backwards to mininize dirt injestion. There is no vacuum present at >>>> this point. The normal 14.7 is below the diaphragm and intake vacuum (more >>>> properly a point of low pressure) is above. The slide is sucked up and >>>> provides a load sensitive response. Open the throttle quickly and because >>>> of >>>> low engine speed there is only a small low pressure. As RPM increases, so >>>> does pressure and slides are raised. You would think that closing >>>> the throttle at high RPM would cause them to open, but not so since the >>>> take-off point for the low pressure is behind the butterflys. Better now ? >>>> Somebody must have had the carbs off the runner and seperated for the "T: >>>> to >>>> be missing. Incidently, the feeble springs in the slides are there to >>>> return >>>> the slide to the bottem of travel and dampen the movement. >>>> Happy motoring. >>>> >>>> --- On *Sat, 10/11/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: can you name my mystery carb part??? >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 1:16 AM >>>> >>>> >>>> Should I be concerned that the inner workings of the carbs are open to >>>> the elements? What gets me is the manual and the fiche show both T's and >>>> hoses, yet neither mention where it goes. >>>> >>>> -Kyle >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Amusement is so hard to get these days. I was going to wait for all >>>>> the guesses. You're a techy, you're not expected to know. Just don't >>>>> connect >>>>> the hose to anything. OK ? Oh, yeah >>>>> don't sweat the missing "T" either. Now, where are the contestants ? >>>>> tick,tick,tick >>>>> By the way, what it does is much more interesting than what it's >>>>> called. >>>>> >>>>> --- On *Fri, 10/10/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> >>>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: can you name my mystery carb part??? >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 12:24 AM >>>>> >>>>> I'm not trying to play "Stump the Panel", I just wanna know what its >>>>> called ;) >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Lets see how many people get this right ? I don't expect many. >>>>>> Good question, Kyle >>>>>> >>>>>> --- On *Thu, 10/9/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] can you name my mystery carb part??? >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 11:40 PM >>>>>> >>>>>> I took the carbs back off to replace the fuel line and T-Fitting, >>>>>> and I found *another *T-Fitting with no hose attached that I hadn't >>>>>> noticed before. Its on the engine side of the carbs, and just above the >>>>>> butterfly valve. There wasn't one between the center carbs or the other >>>>>> pair, but I can see where one would go. When I turned the carbs upside >>>>>> down >>>>>> fuel came out of the T-Fitting, thats how I noticed it. I looked it up >>>>>> in >>>>>> the parts fiche, and it's number 6 with a very descriptive name "joint >>>>>> set". >>>>>> I also looked up the hose, #31 with an even more descriptive name of >>>>>> "bulk >>>>>> hose, vinyl". I've uploaded pics of this mystery part on my blog here >>>>>> http://munz.kicks-ass.net/nighthawk/?p=242 . >>>>>> >>>>>> So, what is this part, and were I to hook a hose up to it, where would >>>>>> I hook up the other end? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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