'83 650 I bought 2 months ago. I've never worked on a motorcycle or driven one before. Mopeds, yes, mopeds like you would not believe but I find that this completely different, 100 times more complicated and I cannot pick this machine up off the ground and carry it or spark it up by just nudging it forward. ...Right after I bought this sexy looking machine I took it around a bit, stalling all the time shifting out of N :) -- and it had no problem starting up and it ran very powerfully. I even zoomed up to 45mph in 1st gear for a few seconds and it seemed like it could go much faster than that without redlining.
( I noticed the air filters were caked with pollen and grime, so I took them off and cleaned them. Getting these (K&N things) back on was arduous because the previous owner, as I discovered, had stripped that bolt for taking off the gas tank. It just turns and turns.That's a whole big deal in itself because I have no ideas other than maybe trying to get a crowbar under the bolt's head to pry it out-- Or better a hacksaw there I guess now thinking about that again. ) ==================> The main problem/question I have though is about how it won't start up at all now after I was forced to let it sit for 2 months. Fuel stabilizer in the tank, valve turned off. I put a brand new good battery on it, and It fired up briefly but that was probably from the residual gas in the carbs and starting fluid I sprayed into the carb intakes when the filters were off. And the tank is 90% full, with a cup of Seafoam. Whether it's turned to ON or RES, shouldn't fuel normally just pour out of this valve by gravity? I don't immediately go to blame it on the valve, because the fuel gauge LCD is blinking "RES". would a somehow faulty fuel-level indicator or other electronics be closing off the gas tank? Because, in getting the air valves back on I might have damaged something underneath the tank. My head isn't together enough to start intensely studying the Shop Service Manual that I downloaded, so I thought a Nighthawk hero on here might read this and have a solution or suggestions. Ey? Very very appreciated. Also I'm not ashamed to admit it because there was nothing I could do about it being outside and rained on heavily. That's why I replaced the $20 Walmart battery it came with. All the electrical system seems fine (except something about the fuel gauge, if that's an electrical or a mechanical issue). Also because it was dark out on an unlevel surface, after I got back from the one test ride I did so far I tipped it over while standing over it getting frustrated trying to lock the front fork. I went down with it trying to stop it of course and so it didn't exactly slam down on the ground hard, just the mirror got bent. I picked it up and made sure it started again. But all that might have jostled a float switch that can cut off the fuel?? -- 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.
