Power issue from HELL.
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Squid
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Granite Falls WA
Power issue from HELL.
Ok, first off Good afternoon gentlemen and Ladies. I appreciate all the input the community has to offer along with the vast knowledge of our senior hawk forum members.. Enough with the pleasantry's.. I have an issue that has crawln under my skin. I have a 2000 Vtr with the basics. "k&n, pair removed and 2 bros. exhaust. other than that its stock. Over the weekend I was on a ride and watched all my gauges zero out. like there was no power. once I shut the bike off, look under the hood?? tried to restart the thing and nothing.. OK no worries, I whipped over the the Walmart and picked up a new Battery, the one that was on the bike was 4 years old.. installed the Battery, and threw it on my tender for a day or so, she fired right up and had ample life in her. today I was on my way home from work and the same damn thing occurred.. I am clueless as to what could be draining the power OR if there is something technical that I am missing here that would cause this to happen under normal operation.. any thoughts would be welcomed.. Thanks
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MotoGP
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Phoenix, AZ
On of the two items that regularly fails on these bikes:
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...why-how-25117/
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...why-how-25117/
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Squid
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 8
From: Mountain View, CA
Mine just started doing this 
The R/R was replaced by the previous owner, I had assumed it was a MOSFET unit...
Bike seems to be holding a charge (guess I'll find out today, it just started this on the ride home yesterday), and it seems pretty intermittent, anything else that'd cause this?
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Went out side and while warming it up, the (speedometer/tach) gauges would bounce and lights would dim. Guess it's time to replace the replacement R/R. I live across the street from a dealership, going to see if they have a MOSFET in stock, would be nice to have this fixed today.
The R/R was replaced by the previous owner, I had assumed it was a MOSFET unit... Bike seems to be holding a charge (guess I'll find out today, it just started this on the ride home yesterday), and it seems pretty intermittent, anything else that'd cause this?
Post Edit:
Went out side and while warming it up, the (speedometer/tach) gauges would bounce and lights would dim. Guess it's time to replace the replacement R/R. I live across the street from a dealership, going to see if they have a MOSFET in stock, would be nice to have this fixed today.
Last edited by Sketchy Etch; Apr 5, 2012 at 12:19 PM.
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,066
From: NYC
Yeah we need to have some kind of hand-out we give to neophites so they can garner a baseline knowledge of the universe.
Like, these are the wheels, gas goes here, and the RR & CCT things. I wish I knew when I was green around here. Woulda saved me 3 miles of pushing the beast in 99 farenheit degrees. (uphill, against the wind and with my wife riding on it)
Like, these are the wheels, gas goes here, and the RR & CCT things. I wish I knew when I was green around here. Woulda saved me 3 miles of pushing the beast in 99 farenheit degrees. (uphill, against the wind and with my wife riding on it)
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