Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 700s Nighthawk: How far should the rear brake pedal be from the engine.

2020-07-24 Thread gary glick
Thanks so much. On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:27 PM David Shevlin wrote: > Same 0.5-inch spacing on mine. > > > *From:* Darin Hatton > *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 3:55 PM > *To:* nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 700s Nighthawk: How far should the rear > brake p

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 700s Nighthawk: How far should the rear brake pedal be from the engine.

2020-07-24 Thread David Shevlin
Same 0.5-inch spacing on mine. From: Darin Hatton Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 3:55 PM To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 700s Nighthawk: How far should the rear brake pedal be from the engine. On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 3:54 PM Darin Hatton wrote: Here is wh

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 700s Nighthawk: How far should the rear brake pedal be from the engine.

2020-07-24 Thread Darin Hatton
Here is where mine sits On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 2:24 PM Graham Rogers wrote: > I’ve never had trouble bending either brake pedal or gear shifter just > using big pliers of sorts. Never had to heat them up. They bend pretty > easy. You can take the brake pedal off the bike and put it in a vice and

[Nighthawk Lovers] 1988 Honda Magna VF750

2020-07-24 Thread Graham Rogers
Following up on the Honda Magna broken choke plunger. I drilled the plunger and screwed in a very small bolt and washer and it works fine, for now. I got the carbs off and apart, cleaned them, replaced the air filter and put everything back together. Getting those four carbs back in the boots i

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 700s Nighthawk: How far should the rear brake pedal be from the engine.

2020-07-24 Thread Graham Rogers
I’ve never had trouble bending either brake pedal or gear shifter just using big pliers of sorts. Never had to heat them up. They bend pretty easy. You can take the brake pedal off the bike and put it in a vice and go to it or do it on the bike. If it doesn’t look bent just pry it out a little usin

[Nighthawk Lovers] 700s Nighthawk: How far should the rear brake pedal be from the engine.

2020-07-24 Thread gary glick
Just got the bike. The pedal seems to need my foot to be uncomfortably close to the engine to operate the pedal. Pedal does not look bent. If it turns out that the pedal is fine and it is me who would like it further away from the engine can I safely bend it? I am told that if I do this with he