'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.]' the battery in the bike now is a yausa the oem replacement tried bridging the applicable fuses with tin foil still nothing joey. i think the telling thing here is that supplying power directly to one coil produced no spark at all. it has to have something to do with a part of the system that shorts/gorunds the coils and apparently the ignition switch on these 'newer' bikes does that.
________________________________ From: Joey Kelley <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] trouble with my poor 650 nighthawk Jeff, Pardon my ignorance as to your particular bike's electrical system - but to have everything work fine for a ride into town then have the electrical system magically stop working before the ride home - I have a sneaking suspicion that the fault is something simple that may have been overlooked. Here are a few thoughts: I've seen batteries that had one bad cell, they would show sufficient voltage, but when used would actually fail to work properly Battery cables - particularly ground cables - are often dirty and can use a good cleaning - on both ends. If a ground cable has failed - the entire electrical system will appear dead - since it is in effect, unhooked. Ditto for the 'hot' cable for that matter. I have personally found and replaced fuses that would work properly when checked with a volt meter but had actually failed and would separate under load. I don't know if any of these apply to you, but I would suggest that any of them could. -Joey -- 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.
