There is another solution, albeit possibly costly: Change to LEDs instead, which would require a modification. High end European cars are doing it... Stanley
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 6:52:42 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starting problems Of course, it works, with no alternator at all, if you use your bike for a maximum of three to four hours (with no headlamp) before recharging the battery. Nice for a commuter bike : go to work and come back. With no headlamp ! In France, get a ticket if you find a cop who doesn't understand the problem. Impossible for a full day trip. The last times I did it with friends, I had to find a bar or restaurant for lunch and ask to connect my bike and charger on an electric outlet. What a laugh for all the other riders : Hey Jean-Pierre, you have got a new hybrid bike ? It works, with any battery, if you don't ride with the headlamp on and preferably not in traffic jams by hot days. Just precise if - yes or no - the law in your country enforces you to ride your bike with your headlamp on, all times day or night. It makes a big difference. What I can read, on this forum or just doing a search on google with keywords like +"Honda Nighthawk" +"charging problem" makes me feel that a huge number of owners of this bike have the problem and, one day or another, burn their stator (excitation winding partly or completely shorted). I'm aware that, finally, the NH could be an acceptable bike if I lived in a state where you don't have to ride with the headlamp on. But as far as I'm concerned with my own safety and really wishes to get this headlamp on - and avoid tickets - I had rather fix the problem, or spend my time and energy to something else and change for another bike. At 13:23 08/01/2009 -0700, you wrote: >How about just using the right battery? Seems to work on my Hawk even >considering the "poor" charging system. May be you guys should just engineer >a better bike altogether....I would be interested in that! Use the Hawk as >the basic standard with the inline 4 and go from there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
