I would also add, and I keep forgetting this, to check the vacuum line between the # 2 carb boot and the petcock. If it is sucking air, there may not be enough gas getting into the carbs and if the petcock is leaking it may be draining away even more fuel before it gets to the carbs.
On Aug 13, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Arlen Burroughs wrote: > Hello All, > > My name is Arlen, and I just started riding June 21! I took the MSF BRC, got > my license, and purchased an '83 650 (see attachment). I got it a month and a > half ago for $700 bucks. I figured it would make a great starter bike and so > far I'm pretty satisfied as the bike does run well overall. I just might keep > her for more than I thought! > > ISSUE 1a: I noticed right off the bat that in the mornings (65 - 70 degrees) > it was a more difficult to start, almost draining battery entirely (which > took only a couple minutes). I would use full choke, and when it finally > started to fire it was always very low rpm (read close to 500). I just > installed a new Yuasa battery this morning, so that takes care of the > cranking power issue (I also bought a battery tender). It still took a bit to > get going after sitting a week. I wish to clean the carbs eventually, but I'm > a bit intimidated by the fact that there are 4. One is the most I've done > before (for an old sled). > > ISSUE 1b: When I turn on the choke, the first half of it doesn't even raise > the small lifters on the carbs, only the lifting bracket. Once the lifting > bracket makes contact with the choke lifters and the choke is all the way on, > the lifters have only raised maybe 5mm (I noticed that they are capable of > going quite a bit higher). Should I adjust the choke cable so when applying > choke it starts raising the lifters immediately? > > ISSUE 2: In addition, it leaks a small amount of gas which seems to be > dripping out of the petcock. Should I get a rebuild kit, or simply a new > petcock? > > ISSUE 3: The title says the bike is an '83, but when shopping for a battery I > noticed that the '83 positive post is on the right (when looking at battery), > whereas the '82 positive post is on the left. I got the '82 model battery and > it works with the bikes setup. How can I tell for sure what year my bike is? > I've tried looking online but didn't have any luck. > > I really like this group a lot and have done a fair amount of browsing old > topics! > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > -Arlen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <P062914_1635(0001).jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
