We've discussed a Nighthawk rally on the board a while ago but it
never really went anywhere. We had some pretty positive responses but
nothing came of it. I don't think we could decide on where and when.
I closest we came, I think, was somewhere in the Centeral US in early
fall. Perhaps we
Looks just like mine, kinda sorta...well, actually, mine will look
like this someday:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-Honda-Nighthawk-750-Cruiser-Night-Hawk-CB750-CB_W0QQitemZ330364700873QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_motorcycles?hash=item4ceb4548c9
i have always meant to ask you guys: how much do you use your
transmission and downshifting for braking as opposed to the brakes and
what are the pros and cons?
thanx
dan
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I do the majority of my slowing down/braking by downshifting. When I
do apply the brakes, I usually use both front and rear at the same
time. Especially if Im riding two up
On Oct 8, 12:07 pm, dapperdan7 dapperd...@gmail.com wrote:
i have always meant to ask you guys: how much do you use
This one is not in SoCal, but a local salvage yard here in town just
took in (literally less than a week ago) an '85 Nighthawk that looked
all original. Its called Steele's Cycles. I talked to the staff and
they were planning to throw it on ebay but told me if I call down
there they will hold
Thanks, I think I will probably go for it.
On Oct 7, 10:50 am, Allen Thomas althomas...@gmail.com wrote:
I can't speak from experience, but I Googled them and got a lot of hits in
forums listing them as a resource, and didn't see any complaints so I would
buy from there, but I'm not you.
On the bike I prefer to use the brakes. Those are easier to change out than
driveline parts. I use both front and rear evenly for the most part.
In cars I may downshift but that's because the brakes are extremely biased
to the front and I use downshifting and the clutch to balance out the
braking
Here thought I was special (not in a good way) because I own a 82 650
and a 97 750 Wish I had the space for more.
I rode the 82 from Portland Or through BC Canada and back last
summer. It was so comfortable I was truly amazed. My butt gets sore
riding for an hour on the 97 750 so I just
Personally I'm not qualified to give someone riding advice on how to ride.
But keep in mind that when you down shift you are only braking with the rear
tire. At least 70% of your stopping power comes from the front brakes. Also
locking up the rear tire can make you go down just as easilly as
I am about 1/4 mile from 17-92 and about 1.5 miles from I-4 off exit 111. That
is almost exactly half way between Orlando and Daytona. We sometimes get
together and do the loop. Take backroads to Ormond and then take A1A through to
New Smyrna and then backroads home from there. It ends up being
really if your brakeing right you apply the frnt and rear brake at the same
time always shifting downs ok when your raceing but shifting down to hard
and shifting up to hard with to many r's cause's you to bend and warp shift
forks in the transmission
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:07 AM, dapperdan7
I'll be replacing damaged front forks and a triple tree assembly on my
95 NH soon. I'm thinking this would be a good time to do new fork
seals on the ebay replacements I'll be using (as a preventive
maintenance measure -- they're not leaking) and to upgrade to
progressive springs.
Along the
So I've gotten the carbs off my bike once already, but that took a lot
of yanking/pulling. I was worried about damage to the air boot in
particular.
I got the Clymer service manual and now I need to get back into my
carbs, preferably with much less forceful action. Unfortunately the
Clymer
I am looking for a Black seat for my step-fathers 82 Nighthawk 450. Anyone have
an extra laying around or know where I can get one? I guess they have never
heard of re-covering theirs. The one he has now is blue and gray. Any help
would be gr8 Thanks
Jeff Rumer
(Magilla)
I'll think of the place in a day or two. Good product, great service on my '85
CB650SC.
Dick MacInnes
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It helps if you can warm them up a bit. You can use a hair dryer. I pry up
an edge of the boot with a large screwdriver and spray some lube in there.
Move to another spot on the boot and do it again. Move the carbs up and down
while pulling back and they should come off rather easily. They are
I've been restoring an abused
650 Nighthawk and can't figure out where the air line coming off the
top of the carb bank connects to. There isn't anything in the books I
have that mentions if it connects somewhere to the airbox or if it is
just left going nowhere! I can't believe with it drawing
Jeff, If you want to Recover it try Saddlemen.com
Steve...
On Oct 8, 10:21 pm, Dick MacInnes swift...@att.net wrote:
I'll think of the place in a day or two. Good product, great service on my
'85 CB650SC.
Dick MacInnes
It's a very good question. The best answer to which would be to direct you to a
training facility. I prefer to give the answer that there is no hard, fast
rule. There is no substitute for experience. The surface must figure into any
scenario. Wet, dry, gravel, leaves
Straight line or
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