Oh don't tell me you do the needless markups? You know, there's a reason my '03 taco is still ticking after 240K miles, because I use genuine toyota parts. But I hate the fact that I can get the parts for 30 to 25% of what i was originally quoted after pitting the two dealerships against eachother. I suspect the same is true for this Honda, and I've had success lowering parts by 60% already. Its possible, but its a hassle. I buy the best parts I can, I feel cheated by the rediculous markups at the parts counter. I know you gotta make a buck, but there's a guy at the toyota dealership that gives me a really decent price each time, I ask for him by name now, he gets all my commissions, more dealerships should get that message.
-Kyle On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you think anybody will notice my horns if I wear a baseball cap ? > > --- On *Sun, 9/28/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Coils? > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 11:51 PM > > > I knew you had feelings for me, but geez! I'm flattered :) > > -Kyle > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> I love you too.. >> >> --- On *Sun, 9/28/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Coils? >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 1:37 AM >> >> >> Don't worry, my contempt for satan, err, the dealership is directed mostly >> towards the 300% markup parts counter guys. The fact that they will come >> down drastically in price so easily when pitted against eachother shows that >> they're ridiculously marked up. Yeah, we had the tester hooked up to both >> leads. They ran fine at first, but after running for a while they started to >> fail. At different intervals ofcourse as one was in worse shape than the >> other. I too am hesistant to replace parts without making sure that's the >> part that is bad, I'm also hesitant to break down on a houston freeway >> during rushhour again. And then there's the ants... >> >> -Kyle >> -Ormiga! >> >> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> yeah, I have one of those testers. Did you check the plug cap >>> resistance? They should be 5~10 meg each. If you examined the schematic for >>> the bike you will see that the output side of the coils is actually a loop. >>> In effect, one plug fires from the center electrode and the other from the >>> ground strap. Both at the same time. One fires on an exhaust stroke while >>> the other is on a compression stroke. With this in mind, if one plug wire is >>> off, both cease to function since the loop is broken. Now when the tester is >>> used by an amateur, it can show a bad component. I don't agree with the jump >>> start theory but anything is possible. I don't recall ever replacing a coil >>> set on one of those. The failure rate is below .3%. I have replaced pulse >>> coils on a fair number of those bikes. Failure is due to heat. Check >>> resistance of those cold and hot. All I'm trying to do is completely confirm >>> failed component. If you are satisfied with the results as it stands now, >>> replace with OEM. One of my guys has a CB650sc with over 38k on it and all >>> original electrics. >>> Now I'll duck while all you dealer haters respond. >>> >>> --- On *Sat, 9/27/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >>> >>> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Coils? >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 1:32 AM >>> >>> >>> One was just out of specs, the other one had infinite resistance. I then >>> took it to the local cycle shop that had a fancy ignition coil tester. Nifty >>> adapter on the end kind of like a dummy sparkplug you could screw in and out >>> to adjust the gap on the fly. One coil could just barely make a spark at >>> less than 1/4 inch, the other could spark almost twice that. Both petered >>> out after a few minutes, after they warmed up. I know the odds of both going >>> bad are twice as unlikely, but one was definitely worse than the other. That >>> explains why it felt like my bike was only running on 2 cyls before it >>> crapped out completely the other day when it was hot. And after a few >>> minutes cooling off it would run, but again like it was on half its cyls. >>> Then after I let it set for 30 mins it cranked up and ran on all cyls, even >>> if it was still missing occasionally. One of the only situations I can think >>> of that would cause both coils to fail around the same time would be jump >>> starting off of a running car. I'm afraid that if the previous owner tried >>> that I may have more than just coil problems. This bike has had ever single >>> electrical system knackered in some form or another. >>> >>> -Kyle >>> -picked up "knackered" from watching TopGear ;) >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> How did you determine that ? Do you know what the odds of both going bad >>>> at the same are ? Fall back and regroup. Fill me in. >>>> >>>> --- On *Fri, 9/26/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Coils? >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 3:06 PM >>>> >>>> I finally got a chance to take a break from himmicane cleanup to look at >>>> my bike today. Turns out the coils are dead, or we don't know how to work a >>>> multimeter. I'm fairly confident in my multimeter skills so I'm going to go >>>> with dead coils. Anyone have any recommendations on aftermarkets or stick >>>> with OEM? >>>> >>>> -Kyle >>>> -83CB650SC >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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