not one id trust to poke around in my wiring. :)
________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] trouble with my poor 650 nighthawk Do you have access to smaller hands? That's how I learned to work on things, my dad's hands were too big so I was always having to reach into places for him. Got a kid handy? -Kyle On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:54 AM, jeff mercier <[email protected]> wrote: i already did that to get to the fuses graham and i still needed to use forceps to put them in and take them out. >as ive already stated i have large hands and fingers and cannot get in there. >also to get the ignition out. you need to remove a small bolt and cant get at >that even with a small breaker bar and socket without the possibility of >stripping it. >trying to replace a stripped nut or drill it out is not my idea of fun. > > > > > From: Graham Rogers <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:43 AM > >Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] trouble with my poor 650 nighthawk > > > >Jeff, to get at your ignition switch is not that hard - You just need to get >the headlight out of the way. Just unscrew the 12 mm bolts holding the >headlight bucket (better remove the headlight first). Then just move it down >a little out of the way, no need to remove wiring. Then loosen the turn >signal ears and swing them outwards a little to give you access to the two >bolts holding your ignition in place. Graham > > >On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:29 AM, jeff mercier wrote: > >'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. >> >> >> > -- >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 >mailto:nighthawk_lovers%[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 >mailto:nighthawk_lovers%[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. -- 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.
