HOLY SMOKES!!!!

My old scooter riding buddy, Glynn rode over from Jacksonville to see some family but we met up Saturday morning for breakfast and to hang out and check out my new Nighthawk.

So we did. He took it for a spin and thought it was nice and was cool enough to let me take his UM 650 sport cruiser around the block. That's a nice bike, very nice.

Then we went to get my next door neighbor to come see the bikes and we all decided to clean my carbs a bit. There was some thought that would increase the performance of the Nighthawk so I took it for a spin to see. It did indeed make the bike ride quite a bit better.

I'm no expert but this seems to be a very nice bike and even though it is 26 years old, it is in pretty good shape.

Anyway, after a quick hospital stay for me (weird day and a half experience), I got home and decided to ride the bike. It's funny how such a small ride around my neighborhood can make me feel.

On the Nighthawk forums, one of the regular posters told me that the Nighthawk has a really nice surge of power at 7k rpms.

In my limited riding, I had barely reached 4k rpms but today, my son was at the end of the driveway on my second lap encouraging me to 'GO!!!'.

So, I did.

I was enjoying the speed, the sound of the bike, the slight roar of the wind, THE HOLY SMOKES I AM SCREAMING DOWN THE ROAD.

Wow, what was that? It seems that on my Nighthawk, 5k rpm is where the funzone starts. It was very very smooth but a very very large surge in power. Very very smoth. Very very large gain in power.

I like my $250 Nighthawk!