Ok, I'm going to take a stab at describing what my bike was like stock as it may help. Mine stock when cold would require riding with the choke on for roughtly 5 minutes, or at idle for minimum 15 minutes. Otherwise it would stumble on accelleration, if it was really cold outside <50 degrees F I might not take it off the choke at all. If it was cold I could not twist the throttle quickly or it would shut off. Could it just be that the engine is not warm enough? Also I had an inline fuel filter for a while that was pinching the fuel line. I didn't pinch it enough to cause any issues until I attempted extended highway riding, it would just run out of gas and shut down. When I pulled over the float bowls would fill up and away I'd go until it shut down again. so check you're fuel line for sharp bends, the stock one is molded and a PO could have replaced it with a straight line that restricts flow. Lastly if your bike is really rich it could shut off when you come to a stop, or hesitate when you start off from a stop. A rich running engine just feels like it looses power as the engine warms up, or on a hot day. A lean engine will stumble on acceleration. Hope that helps somewhat, the only thing else I could add would be some sort of an electrical issue like on the key switch, the kill switch, bad ground on the engine, something that is affected by vibration which fixes its self when you come to a stop.
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:38 PM, dapperdan7 <[email protected]> wrote: > it shuts off randomly when i am riding it. i noticed when i flip the > petcock to reserve it starts right up. i checked the plugs they are > fine.it hesitates on accelerates at times also. > > On Aug 10, 9:12 pm, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > It shuts off on you? Please give better details, as well as the > > circumstance that will produce the problem. > > > > On 8/10/10, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Maybe a leaky vacuum line from the carbs to the fuelcock? > > > > > -Kyle > > > > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >> Dan, > > >> Sounds carb related or perhaps spark plugs. > > >> Spark plugs are cheap - and I'd throw a can of SeaFoam in it > and > > >> let it clean out from the inside out. > > >> Thoughts? > > >> -Joey > > > > >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:02 PM, dapperdan7 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >>> is this most likely a carberator issue? i have had bike two years but > > >>> it sat before i bought it.any help? > > > > >>> thanx > > >>> dan > > > > >>> -- > > >>> 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]> > <nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > > > > >>> . > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > >> -- > > >> -Joey Kelley > > >> Need Computer Technical support? > > >>http://www.crossloop.com/JoeyKelleyComputerServices > > >> At your service - via remote control! > > > > >> -- > > >> 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]> > <nighthawk_lovers%[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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Sent from my mobile device > > -- > 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.
