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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 05:47 PM
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Hi Guys,

I noticed last night that my high beam was not working, while the low beam is fine.
Today i bought a new bulb thinking that would be the problem, but it was not. The
High beam still will not illuminate. Turns out, nothing was evenwrong with the old
light, the filaments are fine. I checked the voltage at the high beam wire and there
is no reading. Also, the blue hi-beam indicator is also not illuminating.

Please help.
Thanks.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Checkflag
Hi Guys,

I noticed last night that my high beam was not working, while the low beam is fine.
Today i bought a new bulb thinking that would be the problem, but it was not. The
High beam still will not illuminate. Turns out, nothing was evenwrong with the old
light, the filaments are fine. I checked the voltage at the high beam wire and there
is no reading. Also, the blue hi-beam indicator is also not illuminating.

Please help.
Thanks.
I would check your high/low switch on handlebars.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 07:06 PM
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switch or broken wire
 
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