As Richard says, try jumping the starter solenoid. The starter motor should jump. I had a bike that only turned off the headlight when I hit the starter button. I have taken apart starter switches and found turning off the headlight to be a purely mechanical function, indicative of nothing other than the fact that the headlight lead goes through the starter switch, which breaks the circuit when pushed.
A new starter solenoid fixed the problem with that bike. Starter solenoids are cheap, like $10-12 if you go Chinese on Ebay. Plug out the old, plug in the new, hit the switch, you're good. I'm assuming you've also cleaned the contacts on your fuse box, as some bikes if not all have a fuse for the starter. This is in addition to the one on the starter solenoid. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
