Well there are fuses on the closest skematic that I have, 87 fxrs

No fuses on the fxr it has breakers.
Not sure which is closer to the fxlr


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If your not getting a high beam or a low beam I would think its a good chance ground is not connected. Power goes into your high and low beam handle bar switch and depending which way you point the toggle is what will come on, saying that it is also possible the main power that goes into your handlebar hi/low toggle can be disconnected either by broken connection or blown fuse.
Just a few things to look at.

 

I have a tick tester although I don't think that's the best for this. I'll try to borrow a volt meter from one of my journeymen.

 

Do you know if your bike has fuses or circuit breakers? It will help identify which skematic to go by.
Do you have a factory manual with a skematic in it that you could take a photo of?

 

yea, I just purchased a clymers manual that will hopefully help. I just learned about the Faulty ground and such so I'm going to go and do that right now.

 

I hope the clymer does give you some help but there is a reason everyone is telling you to get a Factory Shop Manual.
It is way better in almost every way.

 

When new your bike had thermal circuit breakers, not fuses, do believe us! If it has fuses today then it has been rewired at some time. The circuit breakers are small metal rectangular cased things about the size of the end of your thumb, with two threaded terminals. On the Glides they are mounted on the top tree, I'm not sure where they are on an FXR, but I guess that is a good place to look.

 

You need to pick up a volt meter. I'm not a fan of touching a wire to something and checking for spark. They are cheap at Harbor Freight ~$8. I'd start tracing backward from light.

 

Agreed, in fact a multimeter is even more useful for a similar cost.