I don't recall ever running out of gas, ever before. Wanted to get that out of the way.
This particular Hawk is a new to me bike that I am almost finished restoring. Probably my 5th or 6th NT over the last 20 years. It was in sad shape when I got it. But she is running well now.
So I was cruising back from a North Georgia ride with petcock in the "On" position. The bike started to stumble and I reached down and switched to "Reserve". First time doing that on that particular bike. To my sincere surprise, the power wasn't restored, and the bike rolled to a stop just with a Circle K gas station in sight. I pushed the wounded bird into the Autozone parking lot, as my buddy followed me on his FTR1200. Petckock being now in "Reserve" was confirmed, but bike wont start back up.
Circle K was an uphill battle, and simply purchasing a small can of ethanol-free lawnmower gas from the parts store, which seemed like an easier solution than pushing the non-running Hawk uphill. Poured .5 liter in the tank, petcock left in "Reserve", and the bike won't start. Running out of ideas, I put the petcock back in "On" and it fired almost right up.
Rode to the gas station, filled up the tank and put the petcock on "Reserve" setting before continuing my ride home. Again, the bike wont start in "Reserve" with .5 liter in the tank before. I suspect that somehow it is working backwards - "Reserve" is actually the "On" position. But how is that even possible? Honda OEM petcock, not an eBay cheapo.
This particular Hawk is a new to me bike that I am almost finished restoring. Probably my 5th or 6th NT over the last 20 years. It was in sad shape when I got it. But she is running well now.
So I was cruising back from a North Georgia ride with petcock in the "On" position. The bike started to stumble and I reached down and switched to "Reserve". First time doing that on that particular bike. To my sincere surprise, the power wasn't restored, and the bike rolled to a stop just with a Circle K gas station in sight. I pushed the wounded bird into the Autozone parking lot, as my buddy followed me on his FTR1200. Petckock being now in "Reserve" was confirmed, but bike wont start back up.
Circle K was an uphill battle, and simply purchasing a small can of ethanol-free lawnmower gas from the parts store, which seemed like an easier solution than pushing the non-running Hawk uphill. Poured .5 liter in the tank, petcock left in "Reserve", and the bike won't start. Running out of ideas, I put the petcock back in "On" and it fired almost right up.
Rode to the gas station, filled up the tank and put the petcock on "Reserve" setting before continuing my ride home. Again, the bike wont start in "Reserve" with .5 liter in the tank before. I suspect that somehow it is working backwards - "Reserve" is actually the "On" position. But how is that even possible? Honda OEM petcock, not an eBay cheapo.
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