A thought: When reinstalling the petcock after cleaning the tank/tube filter, it's critical to keep the mesh filter as straight as possible as you fit it into the tank. This means holding the petcock body securely with one hand and oriented to its final position as you tighten the retaining nut with the other.
Otherwise, the flexible mesh can get twisted and tangled, reducing its ability to flow an adequate amount of fuel. Especially critical as fuel is burned from the tank, so there's progressively less gravity forcing fuel thru the tube. Dunno about the earlier bikes, but the later models have a second mesh filter in the petcock bowl which must be cleaned also. On Sunday, May 12, 2019 at 8:53:41 PM UTC-4, Tommy Hill wrote: > > Lower fuel tank level reduces the gravity head of pressure by Gavin bless > weight. There is no cavitation on these bikes. A pump cavitates. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nighthawk_lovers/744f0ff0-19f5-403c-90ee-832bf4786b15%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
