New Hawk 250 DLX drain plug so tight it cracked the casing

[BakedOregonian]

I already bought an upgraded battery, makes no difference, it's dead after one ride.

[freezerboy]

Originally Posted by BakedOregonian

I already bought an upgraded battery, makes no difference, it's dead after one ride.

Try putting a volt meter on the battery when its running.
Your charging system should keep it at 13+ volts

[tknj99]

Originally Posted by Bruces

Don’t do anything until you talk to your dealer ,they won’t help you if you messed with it already .Who is the dealer ? lots of Hawk dealers are known to scurry in the other direction when you need any after sale help .

Sad but true.. one of the main reasons i went with the Brozz and Peace..
And is it me or are we seeing alot of DLX issues lately from new owners?

[BakedOregonian]

Originally Posted by freezerboy

Try putting a volt meter on the battery when its running.
Your charging system should keep it at 13+ volts

Thank you for advice! I have a voltmeter coming today, I admit I've never used one before. Is what you are describing as easy as it sounds? Anything important about the process I should know?

[idle_purr]

start the bike and set your meter to 20v

while the bike is running touch the red prong to the positive on the battery, and the black prong to the negative on the battery, then the meter will display the output.

in the unlikely chance that you cross short anything and it completely kills the bike DON'T PANIC, it's just a 10Amp fuse blown which you can find down near the battery, there should be a spare fuse already available but I picked up a set of 5 from Ace Hardware for $3

Which battery did you buy? Hopefully you did not replace the stock battery with just another crappy one, some issues like that can have you going in circles, completely confused.

Not sure what a difference it would make but when I got my Brozz I unplugged everything and checked the integrity of the wires and connections on the molex plugs. Then before plugging anything back in I gave the connections a generous dab of dielectric grease.

[Megadan]

In regards to the no charge issue. Assuming all connectors are good, then I would suspect the regulator/rectifier. This isn't the first case of a new Hawk owner having this exact issue, and I would suspect there may have been a bad batch of them.

[BakedOregonian]

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[BakedOregonian]

I'm searching for the rectifier on my Hawk but I have NO idea what it is unfortunately.

[China Rider 27]

Under the gas tank above the valve cover clutch side. 2" X 2" with cooling fins.

Here is link to the issue find pix.

http://www.chinariders.net/showthrea...023#post358023

[BakedOregonian]

Okay guys, I put my voltmeter to my battery and it drops rapidly until my battery is dead(without riding her, she's just idling) in less than a minute. What the hell is going on?! I've had her a month and she has 30 miles? Please help if you can.

[BakedOregonian]

Who has 2 thumbs and should have checked if the guys at the factory actually connected the stator... this guy!

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by BakedOregonian

Who has 2 thumbs and should have checked if the guys at the factory actually connected the stator... this guy!

[freezerboy]

Did you test to see if it's charging now?

[BakedOregonian]

Yes I did, just an immediate impact on the problem. The battery was reading 12.3 and once I started it she stayed around 15 and I sat there for a half hour.