An intermittent short could certainly cause a battery to lose it's charge. The insulation on these bikes is starting to get old.
-Kyle On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Boogievan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay so I have confirmed that the stator, rotor, regulator/ rectifier > are all good. the battery has been replaced with the proper one and a > corrroded connection was found and fixed. the choke adjusted, the idle > adjusted, carbs are clean and new plugs. > > when i ride, all lights are dim at lower rpm. ive told mechanics this > and they says its normal. i noticed the brake light on the insturment > panel blinked a couple times (and NOT while using brakes. the brakes > have been checked and are fine). > > does the brake light serve as aanother warning of some kind? do i have > a short somewhere? maybe a bad ground? > > oh and i still cant start the thing without leaving a trickle charger > on it or getting a boost. this is frustrating as hell. > > > > On Sep 4, 7:40 pm, Boogievan <[email protected]> wrote: > > new rider, new bike, new to forum :) hi there > > > > I have had the choke cleaned out and adjusted, Throttle adjusted and > > the carbs taken off and cleaned. Now, the mechanic thnks it may be the > > battery. He says the battery has been crammed in and it may have been > > damaged. it read at 10v (and approx 12v when started/ idling). > > > > obviously i am going to change the battery. any idea what the proper > > size is? finding info on this bike is next to impossible. > > > > when the bike is going its great, just starting issues, mainly on > > cooler mornings. i read in another thread about the rectifier. should > > i look into this? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
