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Old Nov 4, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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I have just bought a 1995 Heritage, Issue i have is when the bike is running and i turn the ignition to turn on the lights the bike dies out. I can start the bike with the lights on and its fine just cant turn them on after the fact.
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Old Nov 4, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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The lights are on when the selector is over to Ignition motor starts and runs, when the selector points to lights no motor or running just lights.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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When the selector is on ignition it runs. When i turn the selector to lights the bike dies. I can start and run the bike with the selector on lights just cant turn the lights on once the bike is running as it will die. I just rode down the street with the selector on ignition and switched while i was going down the road the bike shut off but restarteds as i was rolling.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 07:50 AM
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sounds to me like your ignition switch is wired incorrectly or better yet dirty contacts.
 

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