Hi greentx, How many miles do you have on your bike? Is there 12V at the starter when the button is pushed? If yes, you may need to look into repairing or rebuilding the starter. If not, then look elsewhere. The starter button grounds to handlebars, the headlight should go out, but others shouldn't dim. High current draw, maybe?
-Kyle On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 1:45 PM, 'greentxnighthawk' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a 82 450 Nighthawk that's been having problems starting. for > instance one morning I'll start it up no problem going, do some errands no > problem starting at all. I'll park it go to work or be off of it for a few > hours go back out to get on it and it won't start at all, I jiggle the > button nothing no clicking, no sound or anything. the headlight and gauge > lights dim when I push the button,get brighter when I release the button > but no start. Or some times I jiggle the button for a few mins and it will > eventually start... > The battery has a full charge, and is only 2 month old trugel matinance > free, ive cleaned all battery posts, and used some electrical contact > cleaner on the switch and a few of the connectors into the main wireing > harness, still same results as above, its a hit or miss if the bike will > start on me. Any ideas what the problem might be??? Starter? Solenoid? > Starter switch? > Any help is help to me, as this is my only mode of transportation and ive > gotta get the bike back up and running so I can get around and to and from > work > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
