Change the rear end fluid as well On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Matt Yoder <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hey guys and gals, > I just purchased my first Nighthawk and second bike. I had an 06 > Shadow Aero that I ended up selling a year ago to get out of debt. Now > that I'm out of debt I just bought this 1983 CB650SC Nighthawk off of > Craigslist for $650. Wanting to try to know everything about it, I > wandered on to Paul's website which led me here. Your website Paul is > very helpful and thanks for that! I also found it totally awesome that > you are a pastor at a church!! > My bike needs a little tlc as far as cosmetics go. There was some > corrosion on the aluminum accents which I cleaned up kinda. If anyone > has any suggestions for metal polish, they would be greatly > appreciated. I put a new front tire on it as the other one was dry > rotted. Rode it a week when I first got it with that tire, probably > not the smartest thing to do. I'm probably going to get the back tire > replaced because it's a street/dirt tire, or half-knobby, whatever you > wanna call it. It runs great. Though I'm finding a lot of things I'd > like to fix or replace on it. A restoration project in progress. I > plan to make the bike look brand new by the time I'm done with it. > I am wondering, the original title said something around 21,600 > miles and now the odometer reads 4600 since the engine was rebuilt. > Should I have either of the hydraulic systems flushed (brake and > clutch)? The main thing is the sight glass for both master cylinders > are stained and you can barely see the level of them. The clutch also > does not seem to be as touchy as the first week I was riding it. I've > put about 400 miles on it since I got it 3 weeks ago. I want to put > new master cylinders on both the clutch and brakes. The fork seals > seem to be fine since I cleaned them. Anything else I should check on > the bike? I'm new to the whole do my own maintenance on a motorcycle. > I look forward to chatting with you all in the coming days. ~Matt > > -- > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > 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 [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.
