I agree, these bikes are small and the diagram fits on 2 pages, but its still daunting. Dennis letting me know off the bat that these things switch the ground rather than the hot side saved me some time. Just don't let the fact that things on other circuits are lighting up when they shouldn't be distract you. Take small steps and stay in the circuit you're in until you've tested it thoroughly then move on. Then it goes from being something daunting and scary just being something thats a pain in the backside.
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Creative Residential Designs < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank goodness Kyle. The thought of wiring sends me a-shiverin'. It took > me most of the summer to work out the dead tail light on my bike. After > bypassing the turn signal relay it became apparent that the short was in my > turn signal wiring harness. I went to my favorite junk yard and got the > whole harness, signals and all, off of an '84 and replaced that. (Minus the > built-in choke since I have the separate one on my '83....I just removed the > cable and put a screw in the hole). > IT WORKED! I am finally able to stay out after dark. > The wiring on these things can be a bugger. HotrodMamma > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:07 PM > *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Clutch operated switch.... > > Well, once I started wiring up the starter button correctly everything > started working right. Funny how that works. Electronically I don't have any > issues anymore. Apart from the flaky sending unit in the fuel tank, but that > I'm not too worried about. > > -Kyle > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> >> Hey Kyle, why not try the handlebar grounding since I think it is >> providing another path. The clutch lever switch allows starting with the >> bike in gear. Remember Honda switches on the cold side. >> >> --- On *Tue, 9/23/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Clutch operated switch.... >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 5:48 PM >> >> >> That's pretty much the same symptoms I had, but not because of my clutch >> switch, my problem was the other side. The previous owner had cut the wires >> off the starter button so close that I couldn't see how it was originally >> wired up. I referred to my lying clymer manual and it told me to hook up the >> wrong wires. While it was hooked up wrong, it wouldn't start the bike, but >> it did what you're describing. My problem was obviously a circuit being >> shorted into another wrong circuit. You're most likely isn't the same since >> your's actually starts, but it sounds like you have a short somewhere along >> the line. >> >> -Kyle >> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Jay in So. Oregon < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> In previous posts I have explained how my 1985 650 has some wierd >>> quirks. For example when I stop the bike (at a light ot stop sign or >>> whatever) it just dies. After thinking about it for a while I think >>> the clutch switch might have a lot to do with it. When I turn the key >>> on the neutral, tail light, and oil light all come on, if I pull the >>> clutch in (and hear that little click) those lights go off and the >>> headlight and taillight now come on. >>> My question is: >>> #1 Is this normal, does your bike do this too? >>> #2 Has anyone had a bad clutch switch before and what were your >>> symptoms? >>> >>> As always, thanks, Jay. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
