But the problem I'm having doesn't seem to be coil or CDI related. When cold push the button and vroom! away she goes. When hot, press the button and it doesn't even want to turn over. Wait a second and press it again and it makes about half a turn and fires up. Sounds more like battery and/or starter.
-Kyle On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:02 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I already proposed a reason to such a behaviour. The electolytic capacitors > in the cdi loose their capacity when getting old. When hot, they loose a > little more. The bike thus doesn't start any more, until the cdi cools. And > when cold, it's nearly impossible to adjust perfectly the idle engine > operation, because out of the two ignition chains on the cdi, naturally one > looses it's functionnality before the other due to dispersion in capacitors > characteristics. > > I bet that within 4 years, all 1982-1984 CBX bikes will have the same > behaviour. I'm presently trying to find a small electronics company around > here to change all the electrolytic capacitors and, in the same operation, > change the transistors by new ones less subject to failure than original > ones. > > Of course, buying a newly made cdi at a Honda dealer - not a cdi stored 20 > years in a warehouse - would solve the problem. > > Along with the alternator / regulator flaw, this makes these bikes a great > pleasure for electrical engineers. > > > At 16:23 14/07/2009 -0500, you wrote: > >My 700 recently started exhibiting the same behavior so I'm following this > >thread waiting for the answer. I was wondering if it was just the case of > >an old battery getting hot? Or maybe a starter motor that needs > >rebuilding? The lights and everything seem fine, just when you hit the > >start button after it's been running long enough to warm up it drags like > >a dead battery. > > > >-Kyle > > > > > >On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:12 PM, New England Dad > ><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>Hello to all. I'm a long time reader, new writer. I've benefited > >>greatly from this site. I have an 82 CB650SC NH, 21,000 miles. I've > >>owned it 3 years and have loved every mile of it. > >> > >>Today's question is starting when hot. The bike starts well when > >>cold, however it barely starts when shut down for 2-3 minutes when > >>hot. For example I recently drove about 30 miles Scituate to Plymouth > >>MA. I stopped for about 2 minutes to get directions and the bike > >>sounded like it would not start from a dead battery. It did, just. I > >>rode another 5 miles and stopped for about 5 minutes. The bike would > >>not turn over. I waited about 15 minutes and it started. > >> > >>This morning I got off the highway to buy gas, (2.2 gallons, got to > >>love that). After filling the tank, same thing, it sounded like the > >>battery was almost dead. However I know I can go out right now, > >>(after sitting 4 hours) and it will start immediately. > >> > >>If it was the battery or charging system it wouldn't get better if it > >>sat would it? Any ideas? > >> > >>Second question: The battery is not quickly accessed, makes the above > >>problem harder to access. Are there leads available I can wire to the > >>battery so I don't have to pull the seat to put it on a trickle > >>charge? Right now I'm riding a couple times a week so it isn't an > >>issue but in the cold weather months, it can be. I want something I > >>can get to but not have to worry about. What does everybody else do? > >> > >>Thanks in advance for the advice. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
