It feels good to solve an old mystery.
-Kyle On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 9:05 PM, EGrider <[email protected]> wrote: > Six years ago I rode my Nighthawk 18 miles home in the dark. This led to > my finding this group. > > Fast forward to today. Today I decided to get to the bottom of the > problem. It took all day, but I fixed it. If your headlight goes out on > you, it may be for the same reason. > > Take a look at this little drawing. This is the condition of your starter > button when it is not pushed in. The contacts are above the button, so the > headlight contacts are engaged. When you push the button in, it disengages > the lights and engages the starter mechanically. The headlight circuit of > your bike runs through the headlight contacts. > > In my case, once I got into the right handlebar pod, I could see that one > weld on one wire on the headlight contacts had come loose. It was > originally welded from above. This explains why the problem came and went - > gravity and bobbling. I soldered it back in place the best I could and > blobbed silicone caulk on top of it to keep it in place. It works, but I > don't know for how long. > > At least now if my headlight goes out again, I'll know why. Prior to > today, it was a mystery to me. If yours goes out mysteriously, this could > be the reason. > > > > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
