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Old Mar 6, 2022 | 06:28 PM
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I may be trading one of my bikes for a very nice 95 road king here pretty soon. The owner of the road king says the bike has an issue with the headlights flickering on and off and says he hasn't figured it out.

I'm thinking this shouldn't be too big of an issue for a good shop to figure out. What do you guys think?

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Old Mar 6, 2022 | 06:45 PM
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A headlight that flickers ON/OFF could be indicative of a charging system problem.
Or perhaps someone change the headlight bulb to some high wattage unit and melted the plug connector.
 
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