| Author | Message | ||
     Kdogshirow |
On my 07 XB9R , I have no brake light . Changed bulb (it looked fine , but just in case) no fix , checked fuse , no bad fuses . The running tail light comes on , but no brake light from the hand lever or foot control . May be a loose connector some where in the harness ? Anyone run into this ? Tried to do a search , but the search was not working for some reason . (Message edited by kdogshirow on April 04, 2011) | ||
| Terrys1980 |
Did you check the wires and connector behind the housing? | ||
| Kdogshirow |
Yes I did check those , but I have not gone under the seat yet . | ||
| Kdogshirow |
It seems , it would not be the switches at the controls , they wouldn't both go bad at the same time . So I would think it had to be some where past that , in the harness . You think ? | ||
| Froggy |
Check the switches anyway. Its possible one failed a while back and you didn't know, then the other failed recently. | ||
| Terrys1980 |
Use a multimeter to ohm out the wiring and to check to see if the switch is functioning properly. | ||
| Glitch |
Go out and buy a bulb. Had the same thing happen, bulb looked good, but wasn't. | ||
| Terrys1980 |
He said he changed it. Also you can check the bulb with a DMM. | ||
| Kdogshirow |
Yeah , I have tried 3 bulbs , no luck . I took the tail off and traced wires , looked for loose or bad connectors , chafed wires , nothing I could see . It seems there is no juice going to orange w/yellow stripe wire on the tail light connector . I dont know what else to try other than the switches .... Does all the power for the brake light circuit run through the front/back switch ? Are those switches expensive ? This is the first issue I have had with this bike .  | ||
| Kdogshirow |
Dumb question-sorry- Does all the power for the brake light circuit run through the front/back switch ? I mean- could one switch out cause no brake with both switches ?} | ||
| Kdogshirow |
Well American Sport Bike has the front switch for 13.00 , thats not bad .  | ||
| Kdogshirow |
Well I wouldn't have believed it if I had not seen it , Both my front and rear brake switches are bad !! I took the connector off the switches one at a time , bypassing them , then I shorted them across the connector and the brake light came on ! Both switches ! Froggy , you hit the nail on the head , one or the other could have gone out awhile ago and I did not notice , now they are both out , lol . Thanks for the help all . | ||
| Syonyk |
And this is why you do pre-ride inspections... Glad you found it, but you really should have noticed your brake switches were out before both failed. I check mine at least every week, if not more often. Then again, I've got the XBLight with a flasher, so I can easily check any time it's dark out. Do I see myself flashing off the bumper of whatever's behind me? |
