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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 06:01 PM
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I started the ole girl a few mornings back and the high beam indicator was on, I never leave it on high because of garage door opener, and the head light was very dim. Switched the switch from what I thought was high beam to low and the high beam indicator stayed on and the lights got brighter. High beam indicator stayed on. Switched back and forth a few times and the head light went to very dim to brighter and high beam indicator never went off. Pushed her back into the garage and tried it again and all went to normal. Bike was running the whole time. Battery is good and have ridden daily (3 or 4 days) with no issues. Any body have a clue. Thanks for any input.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2015 | 09:07 AM
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Sounds like the kind of stuff that happens when you have a 'mild' short in your headlight circuit. Check the bulb ... Just replace it ... Sometimes a filament is broken and laying against the other filament ... Causes weird stuff to happen. Also could be a couple of skinned up wires in the headlight circuit.
 
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