Hey guys! Not much activity on the Yahoo group - have you guys put away your Nighthawks for the winter already? C'mon, Nighthawk riders are tougher than that!...
Hey Paul, I am a cool rider, so I'll be out there with you. Only WAY down here in Cleveland I will not stop all year :-) Oh, I will not ride on the ice, but...
Colorado winter rider here. Bike's at mechanic's finishing up some engine swap details and replacing rear tire, but he's got a long list, so the timing is...
Hi Group Its been awhile since i posted here That just goes to show how good my 86 NHS has been running! lol However a pickup truck decided to back into my...
Has anyone in here rebuilt there own starter? (replace the brushes) If so, what did you use to attach the new brushes. The negative brush connects to the...
Does the spring make a strong enough connection to the brush to use? The spring isn't the same composite and might hold a solder better? Or, can you buy a...
are you using a good flux and is the clean like F#!%ing steril, using some sand paper to roughen the surface. David Austin-Groen <davidgroen@...> wrote:...
I own an 84 Nighthawk 750 and have taken off the exhaust system to clean up the rust building up under the belly of the bike. I cleaned and spray painted the...
The brushes have the wire attached to them. The negative wire attaches to the plate that holds the brushes and springs. Soldering to the plate is my issue. But...
Hi guys! Some of you know me, some don't; Steve from Long Beach, Ca. I've rebuilt these starters several times, and the kits I have used (about $44) have...
Another thing I've done to increase the hold on just such a problem is to drill a small hole through the plate and tie the wire through the hole and then...
Hy there guys, I'm living in Belgium and I own a '84 nighthawk (canadian version) since'89 .I'm having trouble getting over 85 miles an hour, because there's a...
Don't need just A salvage yard but a site where you put in what you are looking for (Kawasaki ZZR1200 Alternator) and they mail it to all the yards they do...
... Hello Johan, Since half a year I own a '85 nighthawk which gave me similar problems. In my case the fuel consumption was very high (even 1 liter to 11,5 km...
I'm trying to find this GIVI wingrack mount to install on my 84 NH. I'm looking at the N140 or E140 (with marker lights) model with the ability to mount 2...
Thanks, Jan, and since we are neighbours, we should meet up somewhere to go and see a race, tot binnenkort ... Hello Johan, Since half a year I own a '85...
Hello Kip, I found photo's from you on the yahoo-group. Did you know the guys from coollist have lost you? We tried mailing you directly but got no response. ...
Hey, the guys on the coollist group have heard this, but you haven't suffered yet. At the tail of a engine teardown, so my creds are I know the guts of the S...
Dan, How is everything going replacing the transmission's guts? How much have you spent on parts so far, and how many hours have you put into it? Inquiring...
Hi Tony! I did this to a couple of Nighthawk S engines this summer, and it isn't too hard. You can buy the Hydraulic Tappet Bleeder from a Honda dealer for $30...
Hey everybody, I'm considering buying an '85 Nighthawk 700S that I found on the web. I haven't seen it yet, but upright riding position, relatively low ...
Hi! Are you saying the article compared the size of the bike closer to a 550 cc Nighthawk? I can't give you any comparison to that, but I can give you my ...
Hello, I own my '85 S for about half a year now. I have no real experience yet with replacing parts (hope to keep it that way...) but I know Honda can deliver...
I had both a 1985 Nighthawk 650 and a 1985 Nighthawk 700S a few months ago, and slod the 650. The 700S is a lot bigger. The seat height is higher, not as...
well I'm 6'3" and 290 and it still goes good and works as a great daily commuter. Long distance though it kinda fails. the bigger you get. I can however throw...
6'6" / 230 - lots of power, and fit nicely on the bike. Have not had any trouble finding parts, and there is always someone on e-bay parting out a 700s. ... ...
O ya, forgot one thing! I have engine gards, a must with this bike. I got some front aftermarket pegs that I attached to the gards, It's kinda getto but I got...
I have an 1985 700S with a stock seat. I have thought about getting a Corbin replacement. Any input on the Corbin seat or any other options out there???...
Obviously, Corbin makes a stylish/quality seat. I had the lady/gunfighter on my S. The only real complaint was that the seat area was a mesh type fabric...
