greenbaron
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So I've had this bike since 2004, have probably had one headlight bulb go bad over the years. Recently I moved and had a 6 hour ride to get to my new garage. Get on the bike to go and suddenly the headlights don't light. Didn't have time to deal with, so ran with fog lights and hoped for the best. Now I've had a chance to look at it, and I still don't have a clue.
First, this is a 2005 RIII with 47K miles. Recently had major service, but have ridden since then and no issues. The position lights on both headlights work. Neither of the headlight bulbs will light. Everything else works normally. The highbeam indicator light comes on as usual during the ignition On sequence, then goes out and stays out regardless of turning high beam off or on. On examination, one of the bulbs looked completely fine, the other looked like it had a burnout of some kind (even though I did get continuity between high / low and common), you could see something burned out on it, little bits of metal magnetized on the filament and some whitening of the filaments. I bought new bulbs and replaced both. I have 12 volts at both connectors on both high and low beam blades. The wiring that I can see inside the headlight bowl looks great. No insulation damage that I can see. Didn't check fuse 10 because everything else is working... ideas? I'm now quite a long way from my old service dealership......
First, this is a 2005 RIII with 47K miles. Recently had major service, but have ridden since then and no issues. The position lights on both headlights work. Neither of the headlight bulbs will light. Everything else works normally. The highbeam indicator light comes on as usual during the ignition On sequence, then goes out and stays out regardless of turning high beam off or on. On examination, one of the bulbs looked completely fine, the other looked like it had a burnout of some kind (even though I did get continuity between high / low and common), you could see something burned out on it, little bits of metal magnetized on the filament and some whitening of the filaments. I bought new bulbs and replaced both. I have 12 volts at both connectors on both high and low beam blades. The wiring that I can see inside the headlight bowl looks great. No insulation damage that I can see. Didn't check fuse 10 because everything else is working... ideas? I'm now quite a long way from my old service dealership......