sounds right to me.. On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]>wrote:
> Allen, I spent a couple of hours on the bike this afternoon with no > resolution. There is no power to the brake lights, horn or the turn > signals. The running lights work as they should. I replaced the left > handle bar controls, the fuse block, tried to trace the green and white > wire but my electrical skills are less than fundamental. I would think you > are right - that the white and green is grounded somewhere. I should be > able to trace that by using an ohm meter shouldn't I? Any ground from the > white and green should show no resistance when I connect to ground from the > w/g, Graham > > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Allen Thomas wrote: > > No problem, I hope it is of some help. >> >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Graham Rogers >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> thanks Allen, I'll check all this out tomorrow, Graham >>> >>> >>> On Jan 24, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Allen Thomas wrote: >>> >>> Graham, I think I found the right wiring diagram here: >>>> >>>> http://www.cmsnl.com/classic-**honda-fansite/honda_wiring_** >>>> diagrams/CB650C.jpg<http://www.cmsnl.com/classic-honda-fansite/honda_wiring_diagrams/CB650C.jpg> >>>> >>>> So breaking this down into two different issues to make it easier >>>> since it doesn't appear that both circuits are connected (almost). >>>> >>>> Brakes: >>>> The green is ground, brown is tail light power, and Green Yellow is >>>> brake light. This should be pretty straight forward as both brake >>>> switches get power straight from the fuse block off of the Green White >>>> wire. The horn is also powered off of that same Green white wire and >>>> the horn switch is a ground switch so does the horn work? Lastly the >>>> power feed for the turn signal relay is guess what the same Green >>>> white wire. I'm thinking that you have a short on the Green white >>>> wire. I'd test it after the fuse, then at the horn, then the turn >>>> signal relay, then at the front brake switch, then lastly at the rear >>>> brake switch. if you have power from all of those points then I'm >>>> stumped. >>>> >>>> Flashers: >>>> Well if you have power to the flasher relay on the Green White wire >>>> then you should be getting power over the Green wire to the turn >>>> signal switch in the left hand control. from there depending on if you >>>> have it set to left or right you should be getting power to either the >>>> blue (right) or the orange (left) wire. It does appear that the power >>>> to the rear turn signals has to first go through a bulkhead plug on >>>> each front turn signal so you might want to check how the front >>>> signals are wired someone might have did a hack job when mounting >>>> aftermarket signals. I tend to think that this is the issue because >>>> when you activate the turn signal it should supply power to the >>>> opposite running light and shut off power to the the side that is >>>> supposed to flash. I think someone wired it backwards. so switch in >>>> left position you should have power at the Front left signal on the >>>> orange wire and not the orange white, and on the front right signal >>>> you should have power on the blue white. with the switch in the right >>>> position you should have power on the front right signal over the blue >>>> wire and none on the blue white and on the left side you should have >>>> power over the orange white. >>>> >>>> Of course if I have the wrong wiring diagram all of this is a load of >>>> bunk... >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Graham Rogers >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Moving from the Kawasaki 454LTD problem (hard to start) which maybe the >>>>> starter motor, to a 1984 Honda Nighthawk CB650. I have an electrical >>>>> problem that has me as confused as a stunned mullet. Both front running >>>>> lights work, the tail light works. However the rear turn signals do >>>>> not >>>>> work at all, neither does the brake light, when activated by either the >>>>> brake lever or the brake pedal. Not only that but when I do activate >>>>> the >>>>> turn signals the opposite side running lights shut off. There is no >>>>> power >>>>> to the turn signal wires (orange and blue) at either the rear turn >>>>> signals >>>>> or at the connections in the headlight bucket. The ground is OK. The >>>>> fuses >>>>> are good and the roast in the oven smells real good, Graham >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.** >>>>> com <[email protected]>. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en<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 nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.** >>>> com <[email protected]>. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en<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 >>> nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en<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 >> nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en<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 > nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en<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. 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