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If there is a short on the bike it will be taking some of the battery charge so there might not be enough to operate the starter. You should examine the ignition switch and check the wires around the headstock. You might consider buying the Haynes manual on motorcycle electrics, there is a section covering fault finding. A lot cheaper than having the bike go up in flames! I'm thinking of getting one myself, there's loads of stuff I...

Oh yeah, good call Smitty but the plugs haven't been in there that long and it ran great until it didn't.

The fender is different, but I think this proves that it can be workable. My fender is rubber or plastic, not chrome. I think the plastic is thicker, just enough, to make trouble. If the chrome fender will fit, I would give it a try. Post Edited (neilio) : 11/24/2009 10:23:44 PM GMT Image Attachment : 1982 Nighthawk 750 #3.JPG   553KB (image/pjpeg) This image has been viewed 3 time(s).

I gave you a title & dumped the other thread. As for the bike, you fixed vacuum leaks & now it refuses to start. Perhaps it needs more air because the carb idle air was turned down to try & compensate for the vacuum leaks (which usually make a bike idle too high.) But as for testing the coils, if you suspect a bad coil on a two coil bike the test is to swap the primary wires between the coils & see if the plug...

Being as the front fender is plastic, if the contact isn't extreme, why not have the contact area of the fender filed down to clear the tire. There can't be a whole lot of contact if your replacement tire is the same size as stock. If the fender is plastic, without a steel fender/fork brace under it, the fender is only there to minimize road spray. So filing back the contact area should not affect anything but mounting the fender.

but see i've looked everywhere and can't find any other wires that are touching anything. also i put the battery in my other bike and it started just fine

MOTOJOE said... What position should the rod be at, when you put the cylender back after you do atop end job,on a2005 KDX 220cc.What Imean is should the port flap be open or close after installation? MOTOJOE Hi, welcome to the forum. For future reference, mechanical questions go in the, "Ask Motoman" forum. Perhaps a mod will move it.

This guy seemed to get his Spitfire on. ad pic is from 03  unfortunately or U could ask U might try these guys - http://www.nighthawk750.com/  

There are more ways to short circuit a bike than having wires touching the frame. There is a logical sequence to finding this problem. If you have a meter you should connect it to the battery circuit and measure the current. If the bike is switched off there should be none (unless you have a clock or alarm). My guess is that you will see some current flow. Assuming that you do then it is a case of disconnecting plugs until the current flow...

Thanks for the help. I got it off. The chain that goes around the alternator was put on the sprkets wrong. The chain was therefore loose and wore a groove in the bottom of the crankcase cover. The chain was hung up in this groove and would not allow the cover to come off. I put the chain on the right way and everything is fine. Somebody obviously didn't know what they were doing.