Hi everyone, Just since my ride from Montreal to Toronto a week and a half ago, I've had some troubles with acceleration on my 1984 550.
It only happens at speeds above 70 kph, that is, in 5th and 6th. Doesn't seem to be connected to rpms as the bike has full punch through 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th... I'll be riding along and when I get out of town and the speed limit rises, my twisting the throttle won't do anything... I can open the throttle all the way, hold it there, and the bike'll sit there, then sputter slowly and in little bursts, it'll accelerate. At 90k today there was no response and it dropped to 70k... i let off and tried again and got some response, got back to speed. I swear that when I lean down to listen, I hear something happen when I open the throttle, even if the engine isn't responding. In 6th, there's sometimes a bit of a tick that comes on when I open the throttle and receive no response, and the spurts of accel I do get sound a little muffled... ANYWAY. So I ran some seafoam thru the tank, nothing happened and so I flooded the carbs with seafoam, let sit and started, took it round town and nothing improved again. I just changed my plugs (don't think that's it, but we'll see tomorrow morning). I think it's somewhere in the fuel line. I also have a couple of loose spots where air may be getting in just where the air feed connects to the carbs... that could have something to do with it, but the bike's always had those holes, so... meh? I'm hoping to leave in a day or two on a trip south to kentucky then head over to boston to visit my girlfriend, but i don't think i'll be leaving if I don't resolve this! Advice, please?! ps: suggestions of places to go in the states-- kentucky, wva, tennessee, ohio areas? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
