83 Honda Nighthawk 550 Won T Start

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83 honda nighthawk 550 won t start.

Here are the charging system tests as presented by the official honda 83 85 550 650 manual. The bike has around 16 000 miles on it. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In 2009 the entire bike was taken apart except the engine frame was powder coated and put back together again replacing anything broken or malfunctioning with original 1983 honda nighthawk parts.

In 2009 the entire bike was taken apart except the engine frame was powder coated and put back together again replacing anything broken or malfunctioning with original 1983 honda nighthawk parts. Using the clymer manual as a reference. 1983 honda cb650 nighthawk ignition problem 1 unread post by vwarnick sun jun 29 2014 8 01 pm worked on it all winter and got it running. Because even when i got it all back together it still won t start.

Trying to work my way though the issues but figured i d ask for some help here. It may lose it s cranking ability after just a few seconds when you hit the start button due to the age inefficiencies of other components. Then i shut it off and it wouldn t start again. 1 unread post by waylander sun apr 19 2009 10 02 pm hope someone out there can help me out with cause i just can t figure this one out.

The tests for the gen 3 750 are similar refer to your factory shop manual. To each his her own. It starts right up runs great shifts great and everything works. 1983 honda nighthawk cb 550 sc.

1983 honda cb650 nighthawk. Help starting 83 honda nighthawk 550. Honda sl cl and cj are welcome too. Charging issues on an 83 cb550.

But it eliminates a variable if it won t start new plugs can t hurt. Close posted by 1 hour ago. When it was delivered back to me it started and i took it for a couple drives just fine it ran like a top. When new the bike slotted in between its bigger brother the nighthawk 650 which eventually spawned the bikini faired 700s sport bike and the entry level twin cylinder nighthawk 450.

It starts right up runs great shifts great and everything works. The bike has around 16 000 miles on it. 4 a rusty. The tests and values for the gen 2 700 750 are identical.

Take a jump from a car and. I have a 1983 honda nighthawk 650 that wont fire. From wikibooks open books. Jump to latest follow.

Honda had made 550 cc machines before but the 83 was the first with dual rather than single overhead cams. While i had the carbs off i also lined up all the butterfly valves to be level before the first was low second high last two level. All of the sudden it won t start. User account menu my 83 nighthawk 650 will start if i crank the throttle but it won t idle anyone have any suggestions as to what might be the problem.