I just recently got my first bike, 1988 Honda Hawk NT 650. Due to weather I wasnt able to ride it until Sunday for about 2 hrs, ~60 miles. I rode it to my apartment yesterday morning in a very light drizzle about 1.5 miles. It looked like it would stop raining, so when I was running errands at lunch I went back and picked it up. It got me to lunch fine. These rides are all less than a mile. After lunch it started a light rain again, but I wanted to get to work. On the way I stalled it at a stop sign and my foot slipped on the pavement and it tipped over on to the throttle handle, but no damage was done that I could see other than the rubber grip got a little scuffed. I made it about two more blocks before it started cutting out and stalled. It sounded and acted like it ran out of gas. After work I checked it out. It starts fine but cuts out if I rev it past 2000 rpm, in nuetral, or with the clutch in. The nuetral light and head light lessen in intensity. Between full and half choke it will go past 2000. I did top off the tank with medium grade gas after my ride on Sunday, I found out after the previous owner used premium, but I was told that shouldnt matter. Oil level is fine. Could it be just due to the dampness, something electrical, I dont think it could be a fuse, but I couldnt check because I didnt have the right tools with me. A fuel blockage? I plan on emptying the float bowl, and checking the fuel lines. Any suggestions or thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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Last year I was on my way from Denmark to Holland and every time I hit 80mph it cut out. After a stand still on the road side it ran again. It was all because of a gasolin filter that was full of dirt. Just one possibility. -
Check your fuel lines and the fuel filter, see if its gunked.
Next thing i would do is pour out that tank of gas you got in there,clean the tank out a little bit and try a fresh tank of premium gas from a petro station that appears to be very busy..
I had very very similar symptoms with bad gas once..rev it up at all and it is stammering and stuttering and wanting to die..Just my two cents to check before goin thru the carbs and all that..Comment
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