Author Topic: Where's the common point of failure for the guage, tail, and running lights?  (Read 1321 times)

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Turn signals, brake, and headlight still work.

Offline fastbroshi

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  Sounds like a bad connection in the headlight shell.  Is that fairing lit or have any extra lights?  If so, the chances go up of a prior owner having modded things shoddily.
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  Sounds like a bad connection in the headlight shell.  Is that fairing lit or have any extra lights?  If so, the chances go up of a prior owner having modded things shoddily.

It doesn't have a fairing; just a windshield.

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Look for the multi-junction connector in the headlight that comes from the headlight switch. Also look for the green multi-connection grounds, as some models had a little "extender" pigtail that plugged into one of the green multi-connectors so it could add 3 more grounds.

One lost wire in either of these can cause that, as can a broken wire.
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Thanks, I'll check that, Hondaman.

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I do believe that you'll want to be scrutinizing the Brown/White wires.


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I do believe that you'll want to be scrutinizing the Brown/White wires.


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Turns out there was some corrosion on the fuse terminals. Just had to clean them up a little.