why no headlight??

[Guest]

The headlight worked yesterday, I swear it did. All I did was hook up the turn signals & now the headlight won't work. I checked the bulb & then replaced it & checked all the fuses with my multimeter, everything seems fine. Am I overlooking something?

Paul

[chiphead]

Cut your self some slack and list what year and model of bike you have.
You have a better chance of good folks responding who have the exact same model.
keep smiling.

[Guest]

You need to check that rat nest of wiring in your headlight bucket and find the one you pulled apart by accident.

[Guest]

why do you need a headlight on a drag bike?

[Commodus]

why do you need a headlight on a drag bike?

lol, the same reason he needs turn signals - it ain't a drag bike.

[Nightmare]

heheheh, I have/had a simillar problem on my GS850, the headlight decided to stop working on the low beams one day... took apart the ring and discovered where all of the damn connectors are hidden.

I had power at the connector and the bulb was still good, cleaned and reseated the connection and it seems to be OK now.

[Kcwiro]

Might want to test the switch...sometimes stuff likes to seep into things and keeps it from making good contact... only a few screws hold it together so it is simple enough to see if it needs a cleaning.

Good luck

[bigs_gs]

I have the same problem only I don't have any power at the switch or the harness that fits onto the bulb. My bike is in my sig

[deves3000gt]

my 78 750's just started doing something simular. out of the blue my head light was on highbeams and that was it. couldnt turn it off with the switch or change the beams. turned out to be a lose wire in the plug under the tank...just a thought. good luck

[Nightmare]

Its probably that stupid switch for the headlights, turns out the problem on my bike was bad contacts on the switch...

[bigs_gs]

Mine turned out to be on the fuse box. The fuse contact needed to be cleaned.