I figured in amongst his cleaning and air leak checking he'd have noticed a pinched fuel line, but now that I think about it I suppose that's not really the case. You can miss a lot of things while focusing on a different task while working on a vehicle.
-Kurt On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Allen Thomas <althomas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pinched fuel line, clogged vent in gas cap, gunked up petcock filter. 3 > turns out on the fuel screws. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Double G <gary_galle...@yahoo.com> > Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:50:05 > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] 450 Carb adjustment > > Hello, Newbie here, 450 Nighthawk CA. Model loses power in each gear > till in top gear on flat road w/ steady throttle rpm decrease > steadily. > I've checked for air leaks, tested coils, new caps, carb clean, will > re-check valves, new air cleaner, cleaned slide disk and cover, new > plugs. > Any ideas? > What is the factory setting on air screws? and what proceedure do you > like for setting these carbs up? any tricks? > Thanks in advance > Double G > > -- > 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_lovers@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_lovers@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_lovers@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.