New guy from Mi.
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Squid
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: West Michigan
New guy from Mi.
Hello to everyone!! I am new to the superhawk world and am very excited about it. I have wanted one since college when they came out. I recently traded a 2002 honda shadow 600 in pristene shape for a 1998 superhawk that needs a ton of work cosmetically. My SH has 15k miles on it. The previous owners did so many hack jobs and short cuts on the body after a lay down that now i am picking up the pieces. I will post pics on what i have as soon as i get em.
I can't thank everyone enough already for the great info that i have extracted from this site in the past week or so. First off i was told by previous owner that stator was bad and thru using this site i was able to do some tests and found that it was the R/R which i am awaiting arrival to install and yes i upgraded to the mosfet version.
All in all my bike is gonna need new plastic all the way around. I will do that when i get $$. But for now i have stripped all plastic and have cleaned up all the wiring that was just laying in the tail section under the seat. Yes the CDI and all the brians were just bouncing around back there. The tail section plastic was very poorly fiberglassed and never sanded just painted over. The under tail is a 6 pound hunk of fiberglass. I am hoping to find a stockone to go in there.
Enough rambling just thought i'd introduce myself and thank everyone. Sorry if this isn''t the proper place to do this.
I can't thank everyone enough already for the great info that i have extracted from this site in the past week or so. First off i was told by previous owner that stator was bad and thru using this site i was able to do some tests and found that it was the R/R which i am awaiting arrival to install and yes i upgraded to the mosfet version.
All in all my bike is gonna need new plastic all the way around. I will do that when i get $$. But for now i have stripped all plastic and have cleaned up all the wiring that was just laying in the tail section under the seat. Yes the CDI and all the brians were just bouncing around back there. The tail section plastic was very poorly fiberglassed and never sanded just painted over. The under tail is a 6 pound hunk of fiberglass. I am hoping to find a stockone to go in there.
Enough rambling just thought i'd introduce myself and thank everyone. Sorry if this isn''t the proper place to do this.
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Squid
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: West Michigan
I just added the new Mosfet R/R last night. Need to bolt up tail section and she will be rideable.
SportTouring
Superstock
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 274
From: Hawaii
Aloha and Welcome.
Looks like you took care of the R/R. I remember when mine went out. Its good that you have been doing the searches. I too have gotten invaluable info from our forum.
Its a good community and has a wide diversity of members.
Good luck on your rebuild. Ride Well...
Looks like you took care of the R/R. I remember when mine went out. Its good that you have been doing the searches. I too have gotten invaluable info from our forum.
Its a good community and has a wide diversity of members.
Good luck on your rebuild. Ride Well...
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Squid
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: West Michigan
Also I added the R/R seems to be working. However I got stranded at a gas station yesterday. Luckily there was a hill right there so I pushed her and got her going. She runs fine just not sure what to look for next. Maybe battery due to the fact that previous owner would just charge and go I think the battery is shot. I do have a couple of questions though.
One after installing R/R I went thru all my checks that I did prior to install. I get just over 13 volts at idle (500 to 750 rpm). I've read I need 14.5 not sure if thats at a higher rpm or not.
Second. I went through the charging system check list that was supper helpful. Not sure of link or who linked it but thank you. Anyways. The very first check that you do where you check across pos. battery terminal and red wire from R/R. I got .3 volts. Now I got this before R/R change and after. I went thru all pos connections like it suggests and found that they all "looked" good. Should I go thru and actually pull each apart and clean and re attach?
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Squid
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: West Michigan
Also I should say that I have charged battery and let sit for a day or so to see if or how much voltage I would lose thru that time. The battery seemed to hold a charge very well.
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MotoGP
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: altoona, pa
welcome aboard! you may need to check the cold cranking amps.
My horror story started with 1)no start 2) new batt from advance auto 3) next day,no start again 4) rebuilt R/R 5) smoked R/R when I hooked up pos term after neg 6) new Yausa 7) new OEM R/R 8) ......aaahhhhhhhhh I'm in business again
My horror story started with 1)no start 2) new batt from advance auto 3) next day,no start again 4) rebuilt R/R 5) smoked R/R when I hooked up pos term after neg 6) new Yausa 7) new OEM R/R 8) ......aaahhhhhhhhh I'm in business again
Last edited by nath981; Sep 8, 2012 at 06:03 PM.
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