check out the old thread about 'my poor little 650' one of the guys here posted pics of how bad it can get on an otherwise clean looking bike
________________________________ From: jeff&jane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 550 nighthawk turn signals thanks for that Jeff. The bike is pretty immaculate so hopefully that’s not the case here. I just bent the tabs on the fuses “ever so slightly” to get them to sit in the fuse holder tighter.. Went for a ride and my flashers even came back for me.. Who knows. at the moment all is good... From: jeff mercier Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 5:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] 550 nighthawk turn signals be careful back there. these Hondas are apparently famous for the fuse boxes rotting out. ________________________________ From: Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 4:02 PM 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 the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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