Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Maxim XJ700 over revving

2016-05-19 Thread 'Ross M. Jamison' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!
Starbucks & a chocolate croissant- for you. Ignore the bike for now. That's how I'm fixing my '92. Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2016, at 7:27 AM, Graham Rogers wrote: > > No air leaks and we were able to control the throttle action and the choke > manually. It's a mystery > > Sent from

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Maxim XJ700 over revving

2016-05-19 Thread Graham Rogers
No air leaks and we were able to control the throttle action and the choke manually. It's a mystery Sent from my iPad > On May 19, 2016, at 08:14, Kurt Nolte wrote: > > Along with that check, make certain there is no snag or hangup in the > throttle cables. Last time I had an over-rev problem

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Maxim XJ700 over revving

2016-05-19 Thread Kurt Nolte
Along with that check, make certain there is no snag or hangup in the throttle cables. Last time I had an over-rev problem it was the cables too tight by just a hair. On May 19, 2016 7:37 AM, "Tommy Hill" wrote: > My guess if there is little or no vacuum, then too much air is getting > in. Look

[Nighthawk Lovers] Maxim XJ700 over revving

2016-05-19 Thread Tommy Hill
My guess if there is little or no vacuum, then too much air is getting in. Look for leaks in the intake. -- 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

[Nighthawk Lovers] Maxim XJ700 over revving

2016-05-18 Thread Graham Rogers
Trying to help a friend with a Yamaha XJ 700. When He brought it to me it would not start and when it previously had run for him it would rev up to about 5k rpms. He would have to shut off the engine. We took the carbs apart, cleaned them and bench synched them. Back on the bike we got it to sta