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Aptbldr
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 07:07 am: | 
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Check out vjmc.org.
IMO it's a solid motorcycle. Change oil religiously, bleed brakes; it'll go & go. |
Xbeau12s
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 09:57 am: |
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Cool! Thanks Aptbldr. I also joined a yahoo group and a guy is going to help me with syncing the carbs and understanding that. I can't hook a laptop up to this one. So used to fuel injection. This bike reminds me of my old 80's ninjas I used to have. |
Fast1075
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 01:18 pm: |
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If it idles smoothly and idles down after you rev it up....the carbs are in sync...no worries, ride it. |
Aeholton
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 04:46 pm: |
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There is a decent little forum for the Nighthawk 700S models at http://nighthawk-forums.com/index.php |
Koz5150
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 05:12 pm: |
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Yeah, it is weird when you are not used to winding a bike up. I ride my M2 around usually between 3,500 and 5,500 RPM. I rode a Yamaha R1 and felt like I had no clue what I was doing. I was shifting all over the place for the first few minutes before I felt comfortable. |
Xbeau12s
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 06:14 pm: |
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I know what you mean. I went about a 1/2 mile and I was in 6 speed (OD) Shifting like I was in an 18 wheeler. I look down and I'm shifting at 4-5K. Wonder where I got that habit from? |
Xbeau12s
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 11:28 pm: |
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Well - You'll never guess what happened. I had the money for the two 85 nighthawks. ($1500) The day I am going to pick them up I spot this 98 Suzuki Bandit GSF1200S. It's got 17K on it and it's been professionally re-painted, Full micron exhaust and a corbin touring seat with backrest. It also has a new chain and it's a Hyabusa chain. so stronger than the stock one. Always been garaged. Only bad thing. It's sat for 2 years. Has smelly gas and I'll have to replace the battery.
I picked it up for $1800. I'll have to post a new topic about it I suppose! |
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