Official Nighthawk thread

[Goggles Paisano]

Originally Posted by The Kurgan

$

. We pay a major premium north of the border.

Ain't that the truth and not just on bikes.

[goodcat8]

Its funny. I glanced at a harley roadster and inquired price wise in a roadster thread........

Originally Posted by goodcat8

There's an orange 05 883R for sale locally. It's beautiful. 19500 miles. Has After market shocks, black Vance & Hines short shot pipes, and Hi-Flo kit. Dealer price is $6995.
What's the general concesus? I always read the 883 was a dog power wise but that was in regards to the "Iron".

Looks like itd actually handle well, and man, is it good looking....

Originally Posted by Bloodweiser

Can't give any insight into the displacement thing, but that sounds an awful lot.
Bought my '06 1200R at a dealer, SEII shit all around with 3,000 miles for less than $6k.
FWIW.

Originally Posted by Bueller

Way too expensive for my area, but you live in LA which has an economy all its own.

^^^Bueller's in Ohio

[Goggles Paisano]

My 450 just sold now I just have to pick up my 750s

[onewheeltwo]

Originally Posted by The Kurgan

$2300 for a 20 year old NH750 with 63,000 miles?
= 100,800 kilometres
I'd say you did well.

And you don't know half of the story! But seriously, it was well cared for (although not mint), and lived in a garage its entire life when not on the road.

Originally Posted by The Kurgan

I also agree that depending on where you are, prices vary. We pay a major premium north of the border.
I won't tell you what I had to fork out for my mint 2001 NH750! Ironically, a Maryland bike.

Mine sold new to the PO in 1995 for about 4000. I'm guessing you paid a mint, for the mint!

BTW, nice find with the backrest/rack. You must be thrilled!

IIRC, that yellow sticker says it has a weight limit of 6 pounds. You can safely ignore that!

[The Kurgan]

Originally Posted by Goggles Paisano

My 450 just sold now I just have to pick up my 750s

Congrats. What did you end up getting for it?

Looking forward to pics of the 750 when you get it all sorted and cleaned.

[roadfool]

After 12 years and 10 bikes , my first Honda,a 92 750 Nighthawk 35k red $1395 . Road it all day today with the windshield and backrest/luggage rack. I took pictures , how do I post them again?????

[Goggles Paisano]

Originally Posted by The Kurgan

Congrats. What did you end up getting for it?

Looking forward to pics of the 750 when you get it all sorted and cleaned.

I got what I paid for it four years ago, $1,000.

Picked up the 750 last night. Rode it home on the Linc last night, 110 kph in fourth gear, oh my sweet music. getting the safety hopefully on Wednesday, my next day off. Register it the same day and it's off to the races. I figure I'll go to Ultimate cycle and have them throw on some new front brakes for me, they feel a bit soft. Oil change and shaft drive gear oil changed while I'm at it and call it good.

I'll get some pics up, she ain't perfect, but she's got it where it counts. Although my 2 year old daughter did say "Oh Daddy, it's beautiful!".

[The Kurgan]

For you GTA (Canada) riders, there's a meet and greet in Dover tomorrow...

http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforum...AM-to-whenever

[The Kurgan]

I am fairly new to my 2001 Nighthawk 750, so I don't know what is normal. I have noticed slight rings on my lower fork tubes. No dripping or wetness, more like a very slight film. It seems be the same on both sides. Is this normal? Most of my previous motorcycles had fork gators, so I never took notice of whether or not the lower fork tubes had any film on them. BTW, the vertical white lines on the lower photo are the effects of the flash. Both tubes are perfect -- no scratches whatsoever. I am assuming that a very thin film of oil on the forks is normal, because the seals do not remove or 'scrape' off all of the oil from the surface of the fork as the lower tube slides up and down.

[Cat0020]

You worry too much, that's perfectly normal in my experience.

[The Kurgan]

Originally Posted by Cat0020

You worry too much, that's perfectly normal in my experience.

You are probably right :)

On the advice of another forum member, I carefully pryed off the dust covers to see if there's oil residue on top of the seals -- indicative of blown seals. Thankfully, inspection reveals no leakage. The seals are bone dry. All is well!

right seal:


left seal:

[Adventurestahl]

After seeing Deadly's "Wee hawk", I was inspired to someday find one myself. Well, I finally did a couple of weeks ago and now am enjoying it. Not sure how I ever missed a do it all bike like this before...

Found a 2000 750 with 1730 miles on it. Apparently, it was used for one year then sat for eleven. When the dealer I purchased it from got a hold of it it had done:

• Carbs all rebuilt
• Tank drained and flushed
• Lot of cleaning
• New air filter
• Oil change
• Lubed of chain and sprockets
• Replaced tires

I've added:

• Lots of elbow grease
• Another oil change after putting 350 miles on it
• GPS
• Temp gauge (outside)
• Windshield
• Engine guards
• Center Stand
• Bags

I think all to do next is continuing the clean-up and someday add a Corbin saddle.

[The Kurgan]

It doesn't get any nicer than that! Well done and congrats.
I thought I scored with an '01 with 5045 miles! :)

[deezildennis]

You guys are really makin it hard on me to narrow down my next bike.

I could of swore my next pick was between a Magna or a Vmax.....


Now I am looking at Nighthawks again... FFS!!!

[Goggles Paisano]

Nice 750! Very clean, congrats!