ima98chickenhawk

I was riding the hawk on the interstate a few months ago and it died while exiting the off ramp. i pulled over and looked at the fuses replace one (not sure at this point which one it was) then the bike kicked right over, i hop back on to get it home and as soon as i gas it, it cuts out again. so i push it home and figure its the old battery 2 yrs is a long life for a battery here in FL, replace with a brand new fully charged battery, nothing, so i turn to the searches here, duh r/r. swap out a new one. still turn the key and get nothing. so did i fry a resistor or another fuse, bc the fuses in the little black fuse box are all intact. sorry for the novel thanks for the help in advance.

nick

7moore7

There is a main fuse that is separate from the other fuses that often blows if you fry your R/R. It's under the left side of the tail...same side as your other fuses... check that one.

saige

+1 the main fuse can go out,that hasnt happened to me,the problem i had was it would just not get connection.i had to take it off and clean it.i used electrical grease inside all the contacts.never had a problem since.

ima98chickenhawk

thank you gentlemen. stay safe.

ima98chickenhawk

ok i followed the posy side of the battery and found the 30a fuse on the clutch side. it is intact and just for ***** and giggles i replaced it with no changes, where is the ignition relay? could that be fried? it looks like there is a relay on the throttle side next to the r/r. is that it?

ima98chickenhawk

anybody?

7moore7

Maybe kickstand or clutch switch (I even drained the battery cause I forgot to turn the killswitch off once haha)? Try it in neutral with the kickstand up... Is it making noise or clicking or just nothing happening at all? Not positive but I think that relay is the turn signal relay that you're talking about so that's probably not it...

7moore7

Oh wait, turn the key and get nothing... I didn't read that carefully. You can bump-start it, still?

8541Hawk

They relay in the tail section is for the starter.

ima98chickenhawk

no, no bump start thank you for the work out tho...