You probably need to remove the carbs and clean them. Sorry no short cuts on this one
On Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 11:29 AM Jared Clifton <jared.clif...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all, > Looking for some suggestions. I have an '83 Nighthawk 650 that > unfortunately sat for a long time with gas in the tank. Now I can't get it > to start. I siphoned out all the old bad gas and put in some new, charged > the battery, but it just turns over until it drains the battery. I haven't > ridden much in the last year and a half, so it sat for a long time. Last > time I rode was in October, but it had been sitting for quite a while > before that (with the same, old gas in the tank). It ran a bit rough at > lower RPMs, but I figured that was just the old gas in it. > > Any suggestions on getting this thing to start short of dismantling the > carbs and trying to clean everything out? I'm moderately mechanically > inclined, but I'd rather not have to do that if I don't have to. Just > hoping there's some quick easy things I could try. > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
