Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-23 Thread Allen Thomas
Mine is still too pretty to go rat, I would love to have something out of Mad Max. Maybe with a road kill covered seat, and a set of antlers. I would have to imagine cagers would give you a wide berth. On 6/23/10, Joey Kelley wrote: > Somewhere I have a picture of me next to my 450 - holding a si

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-23 Thread Joey Kelley
I was going to sugest getting led book lights and set them to > light your clusters > > -Original Message- > Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:02:39 am > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > From: "Joey Kelley" > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Tempora

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-23 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
;Joey Kelley" Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair You know - the thought did cross my mind. However - I'm reserving the Helmet Zip tying for my light saber. Easier to defend myself against the Sith if I can ride and use my head for defense. -Obi-Wan Joey On Tu

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-23 Thread Joey Kelley
Somewhere I have a picture of me next to my 450 - holding a sign and a trophy - #1 RAT Bike at a local United Bikers of Maine show. Competition wasn't stiff and I had a tiger tail hanging off the end of the luggage rack. :-) -Joey On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Allen Thomas

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-23 Thread Allen Thomas
Just as an fyi, on my 92 you just remove two screws and the gague will come out of the cup. From there just pull the bulb and wires from their socket in the back of the gague. Reverse to replace. Maybe a 10 minute process if you also spill your beer. While the flashlights have the added benefit of

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-23 Thread Joey Kelley
You know - the thought did cross my mind. However - I'm reserving the Helmet Zip tying for my light saber. Easier to defend myself against the Sith if I can ride and use my head for defense. -Obi-Wan Joey On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Kyle Munz wrote: > You could try ziptie-ing it

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-22 Thread Allen Thomas
Too funny! On 6/22/10, Kyle Munz wrote: > You could try ziptie-ing it to your helmet. > > On 6/22/10, Joey Kelley wrote: >> Hello All, >> Well mustering the best in engineering (you might question >> that after what I'm about to describe) I mustered up a temporary >> solution to my lack

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-22 Thread Graham Rogers
I like it Joey! Graham On Jun 22, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Joey Kelley wrote: Hello All, Well mustering the best in engineering (you might question that after what I'm about to describe) I mustered up a temporary solution to my lack of gauge lights. Went to the hardware store - pic

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-22 Thread Kyle Munz
You could try ziptie-ing it to your helmet. On 6/22/10, Joey Kelley wrote: > Hello All, > Well mustering the best in engineering (you might question > that after what I'm about to describe) I mustered up a temporary > solution to my lack of gauge lights. > Went to the hardware s

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-22 Thread Joey Kelley
Hello All, Well mustering the best in engineering (you might question that after what I'm about to describe) I mustered up a temporary solution to my lack of gauge lights. Went to the hardware store - picked up a pair of LED flashlights ($2.50 /each) and used plastic wire ties (ak

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-18 Thread Joey Kelley
Everything else is ok - your comment about the two lights makes me even more curious, the bike appears to have been re-wired since it left the factory - however - I have never bothered to dig any deeper than the obvious re-routing of wires to see why or what was done. The fuses were checked at one

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Temporary Lighting repair

2010-06-18 Thread Gene Henry
The schematic at http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmotorcycles/1982-honda-motorcycle-cb450sc/o/m14678 shows two bulbs in each of the two instrument clusters so I think it unlikely they have all burned out. More likely a wiring/fuse problem. I have a 84 CB650SC with an entirely different single