max, this is a great fourm wether you have a nighthawk or not (i sold my NH 99 250 about a year ago). we would love to see some pics!
as far as what to start with, change the oil and any filters, plugs... check your chain and sprocket wear.. change them before you NEED to change them... ive been stuck on the side of the road before... i had a problem of not being able to get to and keep highway speeds, so i changed the rear sprocket to a smaller one to get a higher top end... but if your all back roads right noww then i would recomend keeping it stock untill you feel more comfortable with it. good luck and happy biking... On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Max <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning, > > My name is Max, and I'll confess to being new to my 1995 Nighthawk > 250, as well as motorcycles in general. For the past 2 years I've > lived a mile away from work and I drove a Honda Metropolitan 50cc > scooter - it was great, if not a little small, but with only a mile to > go and getting over 100 mpg, I was content. That said, I just bought > a house about a month ago, and now I'm nearly 14 miles away from > work. I drove the scooter back and forth for a week or so, but I > could quickly tell that I was just sort of going to run the scooter > into the ground; the commute was many back roads, making the trip > about 17 miles long and the roads were just awful. > > Having always wanted to learn to ride, I sold the scooter, did some > research to help me decide what kind of beginner bike I should > purchase. I found a 1995 Nighthawk 250 on Criagslist; this guy had > bought it from one of the schools that does the Motorcycle Safety > Courses. I had it checked out; it had definitely been dropped, has a > few dents in the tank, but the shop said it was just fine, so $1300.00 > later, it's mine. I took the course over the weekend, and then came > home to practice for a bit. Yesterday afternoon I went on my first > real ride, and it was so, so nervous making. I rode again this > morning, 13 miles to work, and while it is nerve wracking, I have to > admit that it feels good to be on two wheels again. > > After looking at this site for a while, I've found out where I can buy > my owner's manual, and so I've just done as much, and I also ordered > some riding gear, too. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions, and if > there's anything that you think I should know, any advice you have for > a brand new rider, definitely bring it on. > > Having no service records for the bike, would it be your suggestion to > just do everything like it's a new bike - change the oil, etc? Since > I don't know what's been done, other than changing the oil, is there > anything you can recommend that I should check - maybe the air filter, > and fluids? > > Very glad this list exists - there's an entire forum for the > Metropolitan scooter, and I used it pretty often. Look forward to > communicating with all of you. > > -Max > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
