Touching the wires together accurately simulates a working button. If pushing the wires together works, but the button doesn't work, then it may have been broken in the fall.
-Kyle On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Tim Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the tips guys. I hooked the bike up to my battery > tender last night and then gave it another go this morning. The bike > started without any real difficulties today so I'm not sure what the > problem is/was. I do think that my clutch switch is busted though > because with everything plugged in I couldn't start in first still. > However, when I just touched the two wires going into the switch > together then I could start in first no problem. > > My only guess is that when the bike got downed my friend (this is just > a guess because I actually wasn't there when he downed it) tried to > start the bike back up full choke too many times and flooded the > engine (how long would an engine stay flooded like that?). Anyways, I > let the bike sit all day not hooked up to the charger and it started > up fine again tonight, so I don't think the battery is shot (It better > not be, that thing is brand new). > > On May 24, 7:35 pm, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > How about the side stand switch? > > > > On 5/23/10, Stumpi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Kyle is right if it's the clutch switch it wouldn't even be trying to > > > crank. Does it actually spin the motor? Or do you just hear the > > > starter solenoid clicking? When you've got a minute set the battery > > > on a trickle charger until you can play with it again, can't hurt. > > > > > -- > > > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Sent from my mobile device > > > > -- > > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- 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.
