thanks all for the help.. I think I’ll get it squared away... I’m going to take a deeper look a the fuse holder/fuses and get that all tightened up..hate to have my headlight go out at nigh when I hit a bump .
I’ll probably end up replacing that flasher relay as well since I seem to have just lost my flash again... the joys of old wiring. cheers From: Kurt Nolte Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 1:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 550 nighthawk turn signals None of the Nighthawks had rear running lights, as far as I know. Kurt On Mar 29, 2013 3:46 PM, "jeff&jane" <[email protected]> wrote: thanks Allen; I found the flasher relay per Kurt’s advise ....pulled it apart , put it back together again...no change.. Except then I had no taillight or licence plate light either and my front turn signal running lights weren’t coming on at all.. I have discovered something new though.. My fuses are loose in the fuse holder and when I wiggle them I get “things happening”. At times no headlight , no horn, then headlights , horn no running lights..etc etc.. The latest is all lights and flashers are now working except my rear turn signals are not on as running lights.. But I can’t remember whether they are supposed to be or not on this bike ? I’ve definitely got something going on with the fuse holder that is causing issues, and maybe that was combined with a bad relay connection at the same time to provide some confusing diagnosis..?? Does anyone know if the 550 rear signals are normally on as running lights or not ? Right now the answer to that would be helpful... thanks for any input Jeff From: Allen Thomas Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 12:21 PM To: Nightwawk Lovers Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 550 nighthawk turn signals What you have is expected behavior of a broken or missing flasher relay. Try pulling it out and re-plug it in. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "jeff&jane" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:26:55 -0700 To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 550 nighthawk turn signals Kurt; Its all stock.. nothing flashes.... period. the fronts come on as running lights but the side I switch on goes out when I do. the rears do nothing..no running lights ..no flashing I do have the shop manual and wiring diagram but wiring schematics always make my brain hurt. I will study it and see if anything occurs to me.. thanks for your input.. Jeff From: Kurt Nolte Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 550 nighthawk turn signals Stock fronts? The fronts often have a running light function, which if shut off when you actuate that side's turn signal. Thus, go to R and the right front light goes out. If neither front nor rear flash, check to make sure your flasher relay is properly connected and functioning first, before you start replacing parts willy nilly. Do you have a manual or wiring diagram for your bike? Kurt On Mar 29, 2013 1:03 PM, "jsteve88" <[email protected]> wrote: any electrical wizards out there? All my lights worked fine. I recently replaced the turn signal stay stem on my right rear.. very simple task..I gently pulled two little wires out of their connectors and then put them back in when done..green into green and blue into blue...even photographed it beforehand to be sure I didn't mess up. I didn't put any stress on any other wiring in the harness. I was very careful. Now both rear signals do not work and do not even light up. The front turn signals light up, but when I push the thumb switch to the R the R front signal light goes out, and when I push it L the left front signal goes out.. Everything else is fine, the fuses seem all good ..I even swapped them all around to see if it was fuse related... no change What the heck could I possibly have done? Or what an unlucky coincidence that something in the signals went at exactly the same time as I did a simple unplug/replug? Any pro-tips out there? thanks Jeff -- 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 mailto:nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/-6GyHzIaXGI/unsubscribe?hl=en-US. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to mailto:nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 mailto:nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/-6GyHzIaXGI/unsubscribe?hl=en-US. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to mailto:nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 mailto:nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/-6GyHzIaXGI/unsubscribe?hl=en-US. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
