Coil Relay Mod on 83 650
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:02 am
Have an 83 Nighthawk 650 and my electrical system is being a pain with starts. Cleaned the carbs about 4 times after sitting for a couple months determined this was the issue but they are now spotless. Found if I jump the terminals on my solenoid it starts great but with a couple different relays I had it has trouble from the starter button, so it makes me think its not the relay itself. Been looking into the coil relay mod where you use a 30a horn relay and use that to get more power direct to coils.
Has anyone done this on this era? As far as I can see the four wires I have at the solenoid are:
Red: power from ignition switch
Red/white: goes to rectifier
Yellow/red: comes from starter button
Green/red: comes from the clutch diode
The mod suggests taking the wire from the kill switch, black/white, but this is nowhere near the solenoid from what I can see. Is this still the route to go? Wanna make sure this works on the DOHC bikes' electrical system before I jump in. Any insight would be great, thanks!
Has anyone done this on this era? As far as I can see the four wires I have at the solenoid are:
Red: power from ignition switch
Red/white: goes to rectifier
Yellow/red: comes from starter button
Green/red: comes from the clutch diode
The mod suggests taking the wire from the kill switch, black/white, but this is nowhere near the solenoid from what I can see. Is this still the route to go? Wanna make sure this works on the DOHC bikes' electrical system before I jump in. Any insight would be great, thanks!