Clean and check your battery cables, but I'd also look at the condition of your ignition switch wiring. A bad connection or wire in the switch feed could produce that exact scenario.
Do you own a multimeter or voltmeter, and a service manual for your bike? Kurt On Mar 18, 2015 9:22 AM, "john connolly" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just bought an 83 550, it's my first bike and I love it! Yesterday morning > I re-installed my freshly charged battery (13.6V), put the choke on and > started her up. Sounded fine, so I ran inside to grab my helmet (wish I had > stayed there with her). When I came back out a minute or so later, > everything was off. The engine was off, no lights in the dash, nothing! The > main fuse is fine, the other four are fine...Any ideas??? > Note: My battery cables look kind of rough and the small gauge ground > wire(separate from the big one) looks like it's ready to break off(a bit > frayed and old looking). > > -- > 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.
