Looking good. I am building the same bike for my brother but went with the Alien tank from TCBROS and the universal hard tail kit from them as well. Had the tank powder coated black along with the rims.
The speedo was super easy to install. What wasn't so easy was pulling all the wires out of the stock speedo/instrument cluster and figuring out what they were, where they went, and if I needed them. As far as the jetkit, I highly recommend you buy it from carbjetkits online. I paid around $50 for the whole kit and it runs perfect. Well, almost perfect. I think I still need to limit some of the air coming into in thru the pods.
Congrats its looking awesome. i myself am rebuilding a 10 year sitting 84 750 nighthawk. And actually yesterday was its first start and i am considering to make it into a bobber or simply a one seat. keep it sport but eliminate the cluster with somthing like you have and replacing the front with a 7" headlight. Update on this to see how you are going.
Thanks! I plan on starting mine for the first time in at least 3 years next week. I still have to do some rewiring, jet and pod the carbs, finish the exhaust, and get new oil and plugs. I may have to do some tuning on the carbs but otherwise it should fire right up, I hope... I got my seat and headlight. They are both perfect but I had to replace the 3" springs with 2"scissor springs which are going to look awesome and get new brackets for the headlight that bolt to the forks because the stock
I lowered the bike with the struts I had made. They are about 10" long which lowered the rear end about 4". The front you can lower some but sliding the fork tubes up the top tree. The engine was painted with high temp engine paint that can be found at any automotive store in various colors.
I just got a 92 nighthawk for free I’m looking to do the exact same thing I have a couple questions to ask if you could help this is the only video I’ve found in 3 weeks that goes into depth this much
The rear fender is plastic. I fabricated it from the existing rear fender that was up under the rear fairing/seat. It's usually hidden but I cut off all the excess length, sanded, and painted it.
Andrew, how did you lower the front? You are my hero man! I have this old bike and am following behind you. I did not see the number 1 posting and did not see how you dropped the front. Let me know. Thanks man. Anthony
this I like all ill have to do is bolt on some metal peices for struts instead of doing a hardtail weld 10inche hmm I think ill only drop mine 2 so I can use the stock kick stand very cool
You mention that you pulled and tossed the air box and associated emissions crap and went the pod filter route. Did you rejet? What size jets? What brand and size pod filters?
Yeah thats kind of what im going for too but right know on the rewiring stage. i just am a little skeptical about tearing into the wires and the separation of them. I plan on just having the cables for the ignition and ecu and lights. only the necessary ones. how are you going to hack into that? if you could give me a hand on that i just cant seem to find a wiring diagrahm anywhere. thanks keep me posted, once im dn ill show my bobber. its actually a gift for my father on his birthday this July.
hey man did you ever find a seat (possibly a springer seat) that fits on this bike? im doing a cb650 project of my own and cant seem to find a seat with mounts that'll fit on the bike
was the speedo easy to put on... i have a 83 550 i am doing pods as well ... did you figure out the jet sizes you needed??? i was having trouble guessing and im thinking about jetting buying a jet kit from ebay
Let me tell you, this is one of the best looking mods I've seen on the Nighthawk. Except for mines of course...hahaha! Check them out at my channel. Keep up the good work, and I'm looking forward to see it finished.
If you google motorcycle wiring diagram you will get plenty of easy examples. I like and will probably use the ones from cycles.evanfell.com. They are pretty simple but I don't think he runs turn signals with his diagram. You can wire them in easily though. It will still be a challenge but if you have a brain and patience you shod be able to accomplish a desired result.
Looking good. I am building the same bike for my brother but went with the Alien tank from TCBROS and the universal hard tail kit from them as well. Had the tank powder coated black along with the rims.
The speedo was super easy to install. What wasn't so easy was pulling all the wires out of the stock speedo/instrument cluster and figuring out what they were, where they went, and if I needed them. As far as the jetkit, I highly recommend you buy it from carbjetkits online. I paid around $50 for the whole kit and it runs perfect. Well, almost perfect. I think I still need to limit some of the air coming into in thru the pods.
Congrats its looking awesome. i myself am rebuilding a 10 year sitting 84 750 nighthawk. And actually yesterday was its first start and i am considering to make it into a bobber or simply a one seat. keep it sport but eliminate the cluster with somthing like you have and replacing the front with a 7" headlight. Update on this to see how you are going.
Thanks! I plan on starting mine for the first time in at least 3 years next week. I still have to do some rewiring, jet and pod the carbs, finish the exhaust, and get new oil and plugs. I may have to do some tuning on the carbs but otherwise it should fire right up, I hope... I got my seat and headlight. They are both perfect but I had to replace the 3" springs with 2"scissor springs which are going to look awesome and get new brackets for the headlight that bolt to the forks because the stock
I had a friend make them out of stainless steel. I drew up a schematic of what I wanted and he made it happen.
I lowered the bike with the struts I had made. They are about 10" long which lowered the rear end about 4". The front you can lower some but sliding the fork tubes up the top tree. The engine was painted with high temp engine paint that can be found at any automotive store in various colors.
Interesting push bike wheel
I just got a 92 nighthawk for free I’m looking to do the exact same thing I have a couple questions to ask if you could help this is the only video I’ve found in 3 weeks that goes into depth this much
TheEbuch-I have other videos where I talk about the jet kit more. You can find them in the suggested of just subscribe
The rear fender is plastic. I fabricated it from the existing rear fender that was up under the rear fairing/seat. It's usually hidden but I cut off all the excess length, sanded, and painted it.
How did you mount that rear fender?
Andrew, how did you lower the front? You are my hero man! I have this old bike and am following behind you. I did not see the number 1 posting and did not see how you dropped the front. Let me know. Thanks man. Anthony
this I like all ill have to do is bolt on some metal peices for struts instead of doing a hardtail weld 10inche hmm I think ill only drop mine 2 so I can use the stock kick stand very cool
Brackets are too high. I'll post an update soon.
I like to talk .... in FAST .... short BURSTS .... I CAN'T help it .... so I ALWAYS do it ....
You mention that you pulled and tossed the air box and associated emissions crap and went the pod filter route. Did you rejet? What size jets? What brand and size pod filters?
Yeah thats kind of what im going for too but right know on the rewiring stage. i just am a little skeptical about tearing into the wires and the separation of them. I plan on just having the cables for the ignition and ecu and lights. only the necessary ones. how are you going to hack into that? if you could give me a hand on that i just cant seem to find a wiring diagrahm anywhere. thanks keep me posted, once im dn ill show my bobber. its actually a gift for my father on his birthday this July.
hey man did you ever find a seat (possibly a springer seat) that fits on this bike? im doing a cb650 project of my own and cant seem to find a seat with mounts that'll fit on the bike
was the speedo easy to put on... i have a 83 550 i am doing pods as well ... did you figure out the jet sizes you needed??? i was having trouble guessing and im thinking about jetting buying a jet kit from ebay
I have a 86 nighthawk 450 I'm about to bob, where did you find the rear struts? That's really the only issue I have at the moment.
Let me tell you, this is one of the best looking mods I've seen on the Nighthawk. Except for mines of course...hahaha! Check them out at my channel. Keep up the good work, and I'm looking forward to see it finished.
They were cut out of stainless steel.
Were did you get your struts made and what are the dimensions of them ?
what kind of steel did you use to create the strut?
When you took the breather box what did u use for a the over flow resevoir?
Im working on my bike... we have very similar style.
What did you end up for jetting with the Pods?
can you message me?
how did you remove the chrome from the rear fender to paint it?
Can you tell me the tires you got form motorcycle superstore?
does any one know where i can find a new motor for a 1984 honda nighthawk 700s as close to ohio as posible its for my bobbeer project
I'm not sure what that means, pokies100
If you google motorcycle wiring diagram you will get plenty of easy examples. I like and will probably use the ones from cycles.evanfell.com. They are pretty simple but I don't think he runs turn signals with his diagram. You can wire them in easily though. It will still be a challenge but if you have a brain and patience you shod be able to accomplish a desired result.