Test the coils? And maeby the fuel petcock.... Ive run into places and come.out.and my.petcock was turned.off On Jan 22, 2013 2:29 PM, "jeff mercier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> hello. > > i seem to be having a problem with my bike. last week i went to the market > and my bike was running fine. when i came out to go home, i put the key in > and nothing. no lights, no power to anything. > immediately i assumed it was the 30A fuse attached to the starter relay > and replaced it. no good. > then i checked the battery by bridging the terminals in the relay, the > bike cranked over fine so the battery is good. [ps i put the bike on a > boost charger when i got home and affirmed the battery is good.] > next i tried to power one of the coils directly from the battery to see if > i could at least get the engine to fire those cylinders, no luck with that. > i am assuming that something is grounding the coils because of this. > i have changed every fuse in the bike that i could find [the ones behind > the headlight even though they all seem to be for lights and guages and the > 30A next to the starter relay. > im left with assuming it is either something with the ignition switch or > the neutral safety switch [mostly because powering the coil from the > battery didnt do anything]. > > i have a long and strong background in bikes for many years and cant for > the life of me figure this out. > has anyone experienced this problem before and can help me figure out what > it is? > i gave up driving cars a decade ago so this is it for transportaion for > me...so any help would be greatly appreciated > > > -- > 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]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US.
