That really stinks! I hope that's a long time fix! Welcome, I'm a newbie also with a 1984 700 S I'm restoring. Ride safe.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 3:52 PM, Final Twist<[email protected]> wrote: Hi there! New to group, I have a 1993 Nighthawk 750 and live in Grand Cayman. From what I understand i'm the only one with this bike on the island (small island).One of the connectors was loose recently and the solenoid plug ended up melting, so I changed the solenoid and the plug - bought the $10 solenoid from ebay and all worked well for a few weeks. Then suddenly when starting the bike the starter motor wouldn't stop - tried to kill the engine with the switch or turn ignition off but the darn thing kept turning and turning. Took me some time to get to the battery and unplug the terminal there... so it was too late. My starter motor was completely melted and shot. I checked all wiring and the only culprit is that darn solenoid which must have stuck on the on position, sending current to the starter. Luckily, a (US) seller on ebay sells bolt-on starter motors, but it cost me $250 to get the thing. Life lesson learnt: don't buy cheap (non US) Ebay stuff, no matter how small the part. Ah, the joys of owning an older bike! -- 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. -- 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.
