Your problem is very common on this site. Before plunging into the carbs, see whether Sea Foam might do the cleaning before you do it by hand....
"Shindengen" : it means "you're screwed" in Japanese.
Unless you can easily shrug off cracked or scratched plastic, ride for one full season on a smaller bike, a 500 or 600. most riders have...
Easy, really, once the bottom 6mm bolt is loose and IF you can get the snap ring out of its groove without damage,,,,,,and that's easy too, IF you...
sorry that squirrel photo was posted accidentally.......but since you did ask:
IF this weather pattern continues.... ....it might be a wetish Sunday... which may dampen but not deter us....... chance to compare...
WE shun NO riders, only non-riders !! ALL** WELCOME ..... until they misbehave......badly. ** PLEASE, NO...
has it been sitting for awhile?? run some Sea Foam through it and report back.........
A clean mid-mileage '94-'97 is a bargan at anything under $3500, and if you need convincing, take a long fast ride........
my '86 700 never does that or alot of other things 800 owners have to deal with...... thanks to fewer electronics......
Most likely the R/R, the notorious and common "shindengen failure". Also could be a loose connection.
sounds like an air or fuel clog in some small passage. to do a carb clean sucessfully sometimes a big (125 psi) air compressor is necessary,...
The slider pins that allow the caliper to float may need cleaning and some grease......
HONDA book is the best. " Is the right thing to unbolt the stand, install springs, reinstall?" YES, probably.
That little Nighthawk is a great Parking Lot ride, but with it's weak brakes and TOTAL lack of power, it 's not a decent road bike, and is so...
if you can find the starter just follow the large black wire back about 20" and there she be! very near battery...... owning the Official...
It's gonna cost you 25 cents, Bunkie, but your bike will start if your battery is good. take a quarter and use it to bridge across the 2...
those coils are the same as Honda Magna and 1 or 2 others. use your ohmmeter to locate which coil is bad. sometimes the coils test fine when...
you can do this job for about 25 cents : just force pennies in between a few spring coils........ any UK bros willing to sell me a stand for an...
WAIT for a cold day to install those springs because that job might raise sweat directly proportional to the tension and distance they need to...
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