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    1982 GS1100E dash Brake light on

    I have a 1982 GS1100E. I just purchased and got it running. The brake warning light on the dash is on. The brake light was staying on all the time. I removed the front brake switch and cleaned it. The got the brake light working correctly but the dash warning light still stays on. What could be the possibilities for this. The brake fluids are topped up. Pads are good and brakes work great.
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    This thread may lend a clue. Use the search. You may find more.

    "Headlamp" and "Stoplamp" check lights on instrument panel intermittent - The GSResources Forums
    https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/forum/technical-forums/electrical-ignition/1705957-headlamp-and-stoplamp-check-lights-on-instrument-panel-intermittent
    1982 gs1100ez On the instrument panel, I have 2 check lights on most of the time, but they also occasionally go off. (intermittent). They should both be off all the time. ​They are the "Headlamp" check light (supposed to illuminate when the actual headlight burns out) and the "Stoplamp" check light.
    Rich
    1982 GS 750TZ
    2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
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      #3
      I blame the original Suzuki designers, who apparently were working under the assumption that more is better. 10 idiot lights?!?

      The older bikes had it right with 4 - Turn, Neutral, High Beam and Oil. I guess the more visual distractions, the better. ?!?

      I just disconnected the battery and other extraneous lights on my '82 11E. Don't know how to work your kickstand? You got no business on a public street.
      1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

      2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.
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        Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
        I blame the original Suzuki designers, who apparently were working under the assumption that more is better. 10 idiot lights?!?

        The older bikes had it right with 4 - Turn, Neutral, High Beam and Oil. I guess the more visual distractions, the better. ?!?

        I just disconnected the battery and other extraneous lights on my '82 11E. Don't know how to work your kickstand? You got no business on a public street.
        I felt the same about the gear indicator lamps. When they crapped out, they stayed broken.
        ---- Dave
        79 GS850N - Might be a trike soon.
        80 GS850T Single HIF38 S.U. SH775, Tow bar, Pantera II. Gnarly workhorse & daily driver.
        79 XS650SE - Pragmatic Ratter - goes better than a manky old twin should.
        92 XJ900F - Fairly Stock, for now.

        Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window
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          #5
          Originally posted by Grimly View Post

          I felt the same about the gear indicator lamps. When they crapped out, they stayed broken.
          Mine works, but isn't lighted at night. I don't even know if it's supposed to be. But I know that every time I took my eyes off the road to try and read the gear indicator, I thought, "that's a stupid thing to do!"

          I've got at least three OEM replacements, and no plans to install them. If they did light up, it would just be another stupid idiot light to distract me. I've got enough problems with night vision. (Night blindness, actually.)

          But, does anybody know if the gear indicator is supposed to be lit up at night?
          1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

          2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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            #6
            “Night” has nothing to do with it. The lights are on when the ignition key is turned on.
            Last edited by Rich82GS750TZ; 08-23-2023, 06:31 AM.
            Rich
            1982 GS 750TZ
            2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
            BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
            Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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              #7
              Rob, your gear position indicator is just that silver screen with the black LED display showing the number, it doesn't light up. There are 2 little lights on both sides of the indicator that illuminates the whole little square screen, so it should appear just as it does in the daylight. First position indicators on "77" models, I love them, put one on my 2005 Bandit. Not that they are actually needed, I just like having them.
              1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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