You're off to fine start. You have a bike that runs. While you're learning to ride a two wheeler don't be concerned about high speed performance. It's too bad it isn't a 450 Rebel, they had a lower seat height. It can be lowered a bit but probably not as much as you'd like. I don't like to diss a dealer but your's sounds somewhat incompetent or indifferent... Most of the members have encountered dealers that won't even look at a bike that old. The performance problem can be worked out... in time. With more details about it, you'll get help. We'll need a riding evaluation from a more experienced rider to gather more information and diagnose it. A bike that starts and idles smoothly below about a thousand RPM is in pretty good health. The rest is in the details.
________________________________ From: Judith Icasiano <jicasi...@yahoo.com> To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 11:38:41 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Honda Nighthawk 450 1986 Hi all, I have been reading the posts and wanted to ask a question. We have this bike at the Honda shop right now. When we bought it, it wasn't running. They cleaned the carborator, put in a new battery tweaked the sticking throttle and some other minor stuff. The bike had been sitting about two years. Gas still clean and no rust in tank. The bike had been dumped and gear shift was bent and a dent in the tank. Nothing really major. The shop took it out for a spin and said it started off fine but when it got to top speed it cut out and lost power. They recleaned the carborator and did another run. Still the same thing. Now they are saying something about the compression and timing. My question is what do you think would cause the engine to lose power when brought to top speed. I will also have to lower the bike because I am only 5'2". What kind of cost am I looking for this to be done. Sorry to seem so ignorant but have motorcycle license but don't think a two-day course prepares me for the highway and around town. This is my first two-wheel bike, as we have a trike. Way different animal. My idea of tinkering with bike is to take to a mechanic. I do realize I need to learn how to tinker with my own bike to keep in shape but this is my bike to learn how to ride on and I really don't know what questions I should be asking Honda dealership about the length of time taking to fix bike and what really is going on. I do do the checkout on the trike. Thanks for your help. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
