Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 1984 CB450SC - Blue smoke from exhaust - loss of power when throttle is pulled quickly - Where can i get new pistons and/or piston rings?

2015-04-23 Thread Allen Thomas
Are you in Europe? Because shipping from over there will kill your wallet. Allen Thomas On Apr 22, 2015 12:12 PM, wrote: > Don't know if this will be helpful or not, but here goes. I subscribe to > Motorcycle Classics magazine, and was reading the resource section for an > article about restorin

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 1984 CB450SC - Blue smoke from exhaust - loss of power when throttle is pulled quickly - Where can i get new pistons and/or piston rings?

2015-04-22 Thread bluedawgie
Don't know if this will be helpful or not, but here goes. I subscribe to Motorcycle Classics magazine, and was reading the resource section for an article about restoring the rare 1983 year only, Honda CB 1100. In that source section was a website called Hondarestoration.com, and in that site w

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 1984 CB450SC - Blue smoke from exhaust - loss of power when throttle is pulled quickly - Where can i get new pistons and/or piston rings?

2015-04-21 Thread Allen Thomas
Too rich. What size jets are in it? Bikes run better when warmed up if they are lean. And the run worse when warmed up if too rich. I'll see if I can find the proper jet size. Any airbox or exhaust mods? Did you try riding it with the airbox lid off? Allen Thomas On Apr 20, 2015 2:28 PM, "ember630

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 1984 CB450SC - Blue smoke from exhaust - loss of power when throttle is pulled quickly - Where can i get new pistons and/or piston rings?

2015-04-20 Thread ember630
Thank you everyone for your help thus far. The bike is still belching blue smoke when it gets warm. It gets worse as it warms up. It is basically clear at first, but then it goes to smoke again. I will describe what I have already done below: -Cleaned carbs -replaced piston rings -replaced