New to me 85 Nighthawk 650 :D

[Knight]

Well I got myself a early birthday present a 1985 Honda Nighthawk 650 it's in pretty good shape especially since it's 32 years old and has 30,000 miles(it was a american bike) I was not planning on getting another bike this soon but the price was great and I could not resist.
Now can I make it a bit louder by removing some of the baffling if that's possible without have to jet the carbs. I've already messed with the carbs enough on the vtr

 

[TK4]

Its 32 years old - ride it and enjoy it for what it is. Why mess it up ?

 

[Knight]

i'd like the exhaust to be abit louder it's too quite

 

[Matt Rain]

Old bikes are the best. Enjoy and **** with it as you please.

 

[Iceman]

Very nice. Be careful with the exhaust, if it winds up running lean it's gonna run that old air/oil cooled motor pretty hot.

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[Knight]

I like the older bikes better I like to tinker and not deal with fuel injection and I can't afford a new bike. besides it's 70+ hp and I'm happy with that cause my vtr was like 32

 

[TwistedKestrel]

I wouldn't screw around with the original exhaust, unless you never want to sell it. You could always try and find a used/new V&H or Mac 4-in-1 for it. It's your bike though

 

[boyoboy]

i'd like the exhaust to be abit louder it's too quite

exhaust change = jetting changes.
air cooled I-4s from the 80's are lean from the factory, going up 1 size on the pilots works well even for stock piped bikes.

quiet has its advantages too

 

[nakkers]

The stock exhaust is best left alone. Remove it and replace with something else.

Nice clean bike btw!


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[Roadghost]

Nighthawks were among the top selling bikes for that year if I recall correctly. The Jap inline 4 is a legendary engine in any year IMO. I think Nighthawks came several variations. I always thought it was a sharp looking bike.