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The Nighthawk Lives! How I Conquered the Killer Vacuum Lines From Outer Space

Following the super friendly advice from the cloud mind at the Nighthawk Forums, I decided to do the cheapest replacements first. The vacuum line was the most likely culprit so I started there. After replacing the vacuum line, I didn’t really have time to drive up and down the expressway as much as possible until…

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7 May, 2014
Fuel System Repairs 6 comments Charlie
fuel-and-vacuum-lines on a honda nighthawk 750 trying to fix the air leak

High Speed Engine Death Part 2: Fuel or Vacuum Lines?

After pondering and hemming and hawing about this expressway stalling issue, I started a new thread on the Nighthawk Forums, where other people are helping me figure this issue out. The consensus has generally been the same, minus a few outliers – there’s most likely an issue with the vacuum on the petcock. The vacuum…

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27 April, 2014
Fuel System Repairs 4 comments Charlie

Hi, I'm Charlie

Hi, I'm Charlie
My bike is broken. I keep trying to fix it, but more things break. Laugh with me about it.

I'm doing everything I can to keep riding as much as possible. Beyond that, I play upright bass in a band called The River Valley Rangers.

For work I help manage a team of web content publishers at Launch Digital Marketing so I'm on the internet a lot. :)

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