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- Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:56 pm
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Problems starting a 1983 nighthawk 650
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Problems starting a 1983 nighthawk 650
So for the past few days the bike will start and run fine but when I start it up after 30 min to an hr after it's ran, the rpms go up but it's not turning. After taking the side ferring off, I saw the ground wire was connected to nothing, so I connected it neck to the black wiring to the battery. St...
- Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:06 pm
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Crazy idling and bad 1st gear
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Re: Crazy idling and bad 1st gear
So I don't know too much about these bikes so far as I just got my first, but I will say that it doesn't seem right to idle around 4k rpm unless the choke is all the way up, which even then seems high IMO, my choke all the way reaches 2.5k-3k. I would wait for a response on the first question but I ...
- Sun Jul 05, 2015 8:57 pm
- Forum: Show it off
- Topic: My first bike!
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My first bike!
Hey everyone, My name is Dylan and I think this would be a good place to start looking for help when I have questions and read different forum posts about other's customization, upgrades, and general ideas of upkeep. I am new to biking altogether as I have only one family member I haven't seen since...