[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: The eagle has landed (and the hawk was grounded)

2022-07-19 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
Craig > > 1983 CB650SC Wineberry > Last Ridden in 2000 > Revival in Progress > > > On Monday, July 18, 2022 at 5:14:37 PM UTC-5 Frank Hawkwarts wrote: > >> Craig, there is probably not much to share except for the lead with >> sample ring lugs and the final

[Nighthawk Lovers] The eagle has landed (and the hawk was grounded)

2022-07-07 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
Just want to close this case with the solution as reference although the most important conclusion wasn't new at all. In my last post I bridged the connected! green ground wire over to the battery neg pole which apparently failed using a thin measuring lead with alligator clips. By Ohm's law,

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] The Clymer myth of testing the charging system

2022-07-03 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
Yes, I did and sorry for not mention this earlier. There is no frame screw with ground near the rectifier so I pulled out the green sockets from the RR connector to fit them outside and bridged them over to the minus battery port directly. But it didn‘t help either which did not surprise me

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] The Clymer myth of testing the charging system

2022-07-03 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
? Thanks Frank Frank Hawkwarts schrieb am Dienstag, 21. Juni 2022 um 12:14:49 UTC+2: > Thanks for your inputs which actually both sound reasonable in general. > Plucking the diagram along the harness up to the starter switch and > further to the ignition switch in the meter panel would d

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] The Clymer myth of testing the charging system

2022-07-03 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
now? Thanks Frank Frank Hawkwarts schrieb am Dienstag, 21. Juni 2022 um 12:14:49 UTC+2: > Thanks for your inputs which actually both sound reasonable in general. > Plucking the diagram along the harness up to the starter switch and > further to the ignition switch in the meter pa

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] The Clymer myth of testing the charging system

2022-06-21 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
ve a connection causing a drain of voltage >>> somewhere. While my bike discharges a little each ride, I top it off every >>> few days with the trickle, I've never stalled or lost power. >>> >>> Check all your shinies and connectors aren't corroded

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] The Clymer myth of testing the charging system

2022-06-20 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
on the web which doesn't help. Each yellow pair gives about 8-10V on idle but no more than 13V equally when revving to 4000 which might indicate a tired stator. But I'm somehow running out of ideas and obviously I wasn't the only one over the last 30 years. DOH! Frank Hawkwarts schrieb am Freitag

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Mystery Problem with my Nighthawk 1998

2022-06-17 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
Sorry for high-jacking this older thread but I'd like to add some thoughts not mentioned yet. Beyond all sparks, gas and air issues - there are some more prerequisites to allow or block the starter turning the engine: - neutral gear rectifier - gear switch not reporting back the correct gear

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] The Clymer myth of testing the charging system

2022-06-17 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
disagreements, lots of high level discussions about the > comings and doings of electrons and amps and ohms, but the one thing agreed > on is it doesn't charge at idle. > > -Kyle > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 8:48 AM Frank Hawkwarts > wrote: > >> Dear Hawkies, >

[Nighthawk Lovers] The Clymer myth of testing the charging system

2022-06-17 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
Dear Hawkies, proudly owning an US 83‘ Nighthawk 650 for many years now, I much appreciate Paul's valuable site leading me to this group. Currently I‘m also fighting the famous charging issues and struggle with a misleading information in the Clymer CB550 & 650 Nighthawk 1983-1985 chapters 4

[Nighthawk Lovers] The Clymer way of testing the charging system

2022-06-17 Thread Frank Hawkwarts
Dear Hawkies, proudly owning an US 83‘ Nighthawk 650 for many years now, I much appreciate Paul's valuable site leading me to this group. Currently I‘m also fighting the famous charging issues and struggle with a misleading information in the Clymer CB550 & 650 Nighthawk 1983-1985 chapters 4