Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Strange electrical problem

2017-09-11 Thread Kyle Munz
I agree, keep the battery on a tender to keep it charged and try to keep the RPMs above 2500 while riding. Anything lower and the electrical system drains the battery. -Kyle On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 9:21 PM, Matt Awesome wrote: > Ahh, pretty sure I know what's going on. > > Your bike is behavin

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Strange electrical problem

2017-09-11 Thread Mr. Transcend
Makes sense. I had to get it to a shop for the lsat few things that needed to be fixed on it, and the guy took a long to handle it. Battery may have discharged during that time. I can pull it out and hook it up to the trickle charger for a day and see if that helps. On Monday, September 11, 201

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Strange electrical problem

2017-09-11 Thread Matt Awesome
Ahh, pretty sure I know what's going on. Your bike is behaving normally. The problem is your battery discharging. The manual flat out states that idling is not high enough rpm to be net-positive charge to the battery. This perfectly matches your description that after 10 minutes of being stopped

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Strange electrical problem

2017-09-11 Thread Mr. Transcend
84' CB700SC On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 4:09:04 PM UTC-4, Kyle Munz wrote: > > Which bike do you have? > > > -Kyle > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Mr. Transcend > wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> Now that I'm riding again, now I'm dealing with a whole new set of >> issues, lol. >> >> Bike

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starting procedures for a newbie? Also, check out my rebuilt '83.

2017-09-11 Thread rcjoneslt
Thanks! I picked it up for a song. Ran okay, needed carb work and had rattle can paint. Everything got stripped down to the metal and reworked. Frame got powder coated. I'm moving in May so I may end up selling if I don't decide to keep it... would probably part with it for about 3500. It probab

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starting procedures for a newbie? Also, check out my rebuilt '83.

2017-09-11 Thread mark weisenfeld
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[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starting procedures for a newbie? Also, check out my rebuilt '83.

2017-09-11 Thread mark weisenfeld
That '83 looks disgustingly nicer than mine, (which I have to sell soon). You went with an '82 round headlight. I love my square one, how it performs anyway. I have to replace the reservoir glasses and should really replace the front springs with progressives. I have had to do something with th

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Strange electrical problem

2017-09-11 Thread Kyle Munz
Which bike do you have? -Kyle On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Mr. Transcend wrote: > Hey guys, > > Now that I'm riding again, now I'm dealing with a whole new set of issues, > lol. > > Bike starts fine and rides good, it's just after about 10 mins of the > engine running, the bike like to sp

[Nighthawk Lovers] Strange electrical problem

2017-09-11 Thread Mr. Transcend
Hey guys, Now that I'm riding again, now I'm dealing with a whole new set of issues, lol. Bike starts fine and rides good, it's just after about 10 mins of the engine running, the bike like to spontaneously cut of at low rpms when stopped and going really slow. instrument panel usualy goes out

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Getting bike on center stand easily

2017-09-11 Thread Kyle Munz
That's not a bad idea. -Kyle On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Lar wrote: > A bit of background. I don't weigh enough to get the 83 hawk on its > center stand by pressing on the pedal part anymore, plus I now have a back > injury which means no lifting weight or straining, So I've found a very

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Battery drain while sitting?

2017-09-11 Thread Lar
+1 on the float battery tender use. When the battery is fully charged it switches to monitor the charge until it drops again. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving e

[Nighthawk Lovers] Getting bike on center stand easily

2017-09-11 Thread Lar
A bit of background. I don't weigh enough to get the 83 hawk on its center stand by pressing on the pedal part anymore, plus I now have a back injury which means no lifting weight or straining, So I've found a very easy way to get the bike up. I cut a long sloping wedge at one end of wood 14 in