These bikes don't charge at idle. You have to keep the RPMs up over 2000-2500 before it begins to charge. A good ride will charge it, or pick up a battery tender.
-Kyle On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Bassam Khalil <[email protected]>wrote: > I was not riding it. I was just letting it run. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *stanley/ Randolph > *Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2011 12:27 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 85 Nighthawk > > > > He didn't say if he *rode* it for 20 - 30 minutes, so we can't really make > a determination on the assumption that he rode it. But we can assume that > there may be a weak battery involved, given the nature of the Nighthawk's > charging system and the requirement for an above standard battery. > Possibly. > > My 450 quit for the same reason. I need a new battery... > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, March 14, 2011 10:49:51 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 85 Nighthawk > > Marginal battery charge finally running out? Sounds like you weren't > charging while riding about. > > -Kurt > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Bassam Khalil <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I was warming up my 85 Honda Nighthawk since the weather was warmer in St. > Louis and after about 20-30 minutes of running it turned Off and the Battery > was Dead. Does anybody have > > Any idea on why it did this and if so how to fix. > > > > > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
