Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question

2012-10-18 Thread Ross M. Jamison
thawk Motorcycle Lovers! > Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question > > I almost didn't make it home from work. The left coil died just > before I got to work (about 3/10 of a mile.) limped home after needing > a jump to get s

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question

2012-10-18 Thread Allen Thomas
wk_lovers@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:36:23 To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question I almost didn't make it home from work. The left coil died just before I got to work (about 3/10 of a mile

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question

2012-10-18 Thread Ross M. Jamison
Good idea Thank you, Ross M. Jamison Sent from my iPhone On Oct 18, 2012, at 6:38 AM, paul annen wrote: > When a coil died in the goldwing i replaced.both and kept the old good.one as > a spare > > On Oct 18, 2012 6:58 AM, "Ross M. Jamison" > wrote: > My recommendation would be to replace

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question

2012-10-18 Thread Kyle Munz
How do we know the coil died? Could be a bad ground or even bad plug wires. Have you tested it independently? -Kyle On Oct 18, 2012 2:36 AM, "brian lindsley" wrote: > I almost didn't make it home from work. The left coil died just > before I got to work (about 3/10 of a mile.) limped home afte

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question

2012-10-18 Thread paul annen
When a coil died in the goldwing i replaced.both and kept the old good.one as a spare On Oct 18, 2012 6:58 AM, "Ross M. Jamison" wrote: > My recommendation would be to replace both. If one failed, the other may > be next in line. You have to do the same tear down for both as you do for > one. Als

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question

2012-10-18 Thread Ross M. Jamison
My recommendation would be to replace both. If one failed, the other may be next in line. You have to do the same tear down for both as you do for one. Also check resistance on the plug wires. They may need to be replaced also. Thank you, Ross M. Jamison Sent from my iPhone On Oct 18, 2012, a

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question

2012-10-18 Thread Dave duChene
I'd inspect the second one very carefully, if there's any doubt as to it's condition then do both. Dave On 18 October 2012 04:36, brian lindsley wrote: > I almost didn't make it home from work. The left coil died just > before I got to work (about 3/10 of a mile.) limped home after needing > a

[Nighthawk Lovers] Electical Question

2012-10-18 Thread brian lindsley
I almost didn't make it home from work. The left coil died just before I got to work (about 3/10 of a mile.) limped home after needing a jump to get started because it was too cold to start on two plugs (about 48 F.) My question is should I replace both coils or just the one that went bad? Brian