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Post by michaeljackson on Jan 9, 2014 18:34:59 GMT -5
I am stuck inside tonight because my headlight gets really dim when I am traveling at High RPM and strangely when I pull the break lever it gets bright again. This happens when the breaklight comes on. What's going on?. How do I fix. Thanks.
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Post by michaeljackson on Jan 9, 2014 20:09:24 GMT -5
Stupid scooter. So many problems. Going to just wires a switch.
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Post by alleyoop on Jan 9, 2014 21:03:20 GMT -5
You have a bad GROUND someplace, check the ground wires going to the headlights.
Alleyoop
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Post by carasdad on Jan 9, 2014 21:17:43 GMT -5
Stupid scooter. So many problems. Going to just wires a switch. That may or may not fix the problem..cause it sounds SLIGHTLY like a bad ground..but VERY much like a short in a hot wire. Ya see the faster you go..the more current is bled from the system when you have a short.. Where is the short? Anybodies guess but I find them mostly in the handlebar switches...or a pinched wire coming from the voltage regulator. If you just cut wires and put in an extra switch...you are still gonna have a short. So check those first.  |
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Post by carasdad on Jan 9, 2014 21:20:12 GMT -5
Did not see Allyoops post..must posted while i was writing. So see ya got 2 folks agreeing ground..and one saying check for a short.  |
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Post by michaeljackson on Jan 12, 2014 6:44:58 GMT -5
I just cut the wire for the light undernith my Rpm spedometer and connected directly to my Light. (Left gas gauge and spedometer light alone. Now the light comes on when I turn the key when the engines not running. Suprisingly it's about 5 times brighter than it was connected the old way and the problem is gone. I did however loose control over the lights brightness But i always drive on the highest brightness anyway.
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 12, 2014 21:51:15 GMT -5
howdy, I would expect the fuse on that circuit to blow or the wires to overheat?
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by JerryScript on Jan 12, 2014 23:37:46 GMT -5
So now you know the problem is not the light or it's socket, check. Next test the dimmer switch, then keep working your way on down. You can sit and try to troubleshoot based on logic, and waste days, or take out a voltmeter and start testing the circuit and it's components.
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..BAD TO THE BONE..
