I have a syringe somewhere and can go get a vacuum pump but sucking the
petcock-to-carb hose when it's either ON and in RES gets no fuel. So I
think I should be taking apart the petcock and looking for something that
went wrong, although I don't know what unless there was junk in it when it
was run
I sort of get what you saying but I've not actually looked at anything yet
about how the power from the generator is regulated, or the power demands
of the whole electrical system except the kind of voltage regulator I'm
familiar with is a chip on a circuit board where 5W is on the heavy side,
and
Creating electricity isn't free, It requires power so to reduce load on the
tiny engine used they kept charging to a RPM range of expected use. Since
if the bike is moving at all it is charging the trade off is a good one.
Allen Thomas
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It sort of sounded unnatural to me that there would even be a drain on
the battery-- surprised it's not actually actually charging anytime the
engine is just running including at idle like I thought anything
would/should...Mysterious to me.
On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Allen Thomas wrote
Battery draining generally isn't an issue unless you spend a lot of time in
stop and go traffic. I would suggest getting a battery tender and use it
when you park. Most bikes have weak charging at low rpm the Nighthawk isn't
unique there.
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( The gas tank bolt is out and the gas tank can come off, but that's all I
could do today, all staggering from heat exhaustion. I tried for an hour to
unscrew it "sensibly" but it really needed to be sawed off with an oiled
hacksaw. It was not as easy as it might sound. I''ve been avoiding getting
Allen Thomas:/> Oh, Gauge, yeah.
EGrider:/> don't own a car but have some serious batteries (Cyclon) being
all the same I could jump with. This time I was more concerned about the
health of the one on board since it would be a shame if it were damaged
being a new and expensive one.
Q: Is battery
Gauge not Hague. That was a typo.
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Owen O'Neill wrote:
> Check! "Hague sensor"... I've been adding markers to the pdf someone
> nicely made available of the Shop Service Manual to make it searchable by
> typing keywords. Not anytime soon, but maybe I will do enough
Ten-Four.
After so many start attempts though the engine cranking suddenly got weak
and the battery was down to 11.53V! So I've got it out slow-charging
overnight.
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Graham Rogers
wrote:
> Yes, get the tank off, block the vacuum line to the intake boot, run a
> hose
Yes, get the tank off, block the vacuum line to the intake boot, run a hose
from a funnel to the fuel line into the carbs, fill funnel with gas (tie it to
the handle bar somehow) and then you can check whether the problem is something
other than lack of fuel to the carbs
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"burettte" what I meant was "pipette", unless that's the same thing.
(sucked gas into a straw
and carried it to the tube) Sorry for the confusion, really if you
wondered what on earth I meant. I've been typing too much lately
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Owen O'Neill wrote:
> By the way,
By the way, before coming back to see further advice I went back out to the
bike and saw that the valve end of the petcock-to-carb hose had splits in
it, so I sheared off about 1 cm and had to really be worked to reconnect it
where before I could push it on with my fingers, and the spring-clamp is
Check! "Hague sensor"... I've been adding markers to the pdf someone nicely
made available of the Shop Service Manual to make it searchable by typing
keywords. Not anytime soon, but maybe I will do enough of it to be
generally useful to others.
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Graham Rogers
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This sounds good. The bolt did come up a mm or 2 clearance and I was
turning it but likely was "pulling" not prying with my foot on one of the
pegs or something since I remember using some locking grip pliers, maybe
20lb force at most and most of it vertical. I was at it for an hour or so
but I mak
Like Graham said put a side loading on the bolt while you unscrew it. Be
patient and it will come out.
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Remove the tank by unscrewing and prying up on the stripped bolt. Disconnect
the fuel Hague sensor wires first. You should see them close to the tank, left
hand side under the seat.
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> On Sep 5, 2015, at 15:49, Owen O'Neill wrote:
>
> (It's funny how when I was checking out t
Remove the tank, attach the vacuum hose to the fuel petcock on the tank, suck
on it to create vacuum and check that fuel comes out the petcock on reserve or
'on'.
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> On Sep 5, 2015, at 15:49, Owen O'Neill wrote:
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> (It's funny how when I was checking out the carburetors, I
(It's funny how when I was checking out the carburetors, I turned the
throttle and when the slides didn't move I thought I was going insane
before I decided that there might be more than the one type of carburetor I
know, such as a vacuum operated one, and indeed there is when I went back
to my com
Boston, MA
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Graham Rogers
wrote:
> Where are you?
>
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> On Sep 5, 2015, at 14:31, Owen O'Neill wrote:
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> '83 650 I bought 2 months ago. I've never worked on a motorcycle or driven
> one before. Mopeds, yes, mopeds like you would not believe bu
I disconnected the line and it doesn't fit back tightly anymore (Because I
was going to remove the tank. But the tank isn't removable yet as that bolt
is stripped and I've tried but can't get it out yet. It's also not the
original tank, I'm almost positive. )
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Graham
I did feel a vacuum there when I put my thumb over the end of the
disconnected hose... maybe I just need to tighten the tube over where it
fits onto the petcock! Thanks Kyle, I will try that. I can ignore the fuel
gauge saying "reserve" although I wonder why it does that now; but I was
assuming it
Where are you?
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> On Sep 5, 2015, at 14:31, Owen O'Neill wrote:
>
> '83 650 I bought 2 months ago. I've never worked on a motorcycle or driven
> one before. Mopeds, yes, mopeds like you would not believe but I find that
> this completely different, 100 times more complicated
And you may have disconnected that vacuum line if you did remove the tank
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> On Sep 5, 2015, at 14:42, Kyle Munz wrote:
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> The fuelcock is vacuum actuated. When in the ON or RES position you also have
> to apply vacuum to open the diaphragm before any fuel will flow. If that
The fuelcock is vacuum actuated. When in the ON or RES position you also
have to apply vacuum to open the diaphragm before any fuel will flow. If
that vacuum line is no longer attached you won't get fuel to the carbs.
-Kyle
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Owen O'Neill wrote:
> '83 650 I bought
'83 650 I bought 2 months ago. I've never worked on a motorcycle or driven
one before. Mopeds, yes, mopeds like you would not believe but I find that
this completely different, 100 times more complicated and I cannot pick
this machine up off the ground and carry it or spark it up by just nudging
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