thanks for the help, I figure out how to tackle this project.
On Oct 19, 4:40 am, jgalban <jgal...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I've seen this problem a couple of times. Oddly enough, both times > on '02 model Nighthawks. > > Last year, my buddy bought an '02 and the headlight didn't work at > all. After replacing the bulb, it still didn't work. > He checked all of the wiring at the headlight and was stumped. It > should have been working. That's when I > remembered the cutoff switch at the starter. I had him open up the > starter switch housing and sure enough, > the plastic was crumbling where the headlight cutoff contact was. He > fixed it up with some epoxy and all was well. > > About two months later, another friend contacted me with a similar > problem on an '02. I sent him straight to the > switch housing and it had the same problem. I'm wondering if Honda > had a bad batch of those housings in '02. > > I'd recommend pulling the housing and having a look. It's pretty > intuitive and you should be able to fix it up yourself. > > On Oct 18, 7:45 pm, matchew <matchewb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've gotten a lot of help by reading postings on this group. Thought > > I might ask something myself. My 2002 Nighthawk has a headlight > > problem. You can turn the switch have the headlight on, hit starter > > button motors, headlight should go off for a second when you hit > > starter button, but headlight won't come back on when motor starts. > > This is a hit and miss problem. I have a couple of buddies that ride > > Kawasakis, and they tell me that their headlights don't come on till > > motor starts, meaning it has a relay that kicks light on. My question > > is does anyone know if a Nighthawk has a relay since the light comes > > on with the key switch??? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
