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Old Apr 6, 2024 | 06:43 PM
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My headlight works fine, but my passing lamps won't turn on. Anything simple I can check, like a fuse or something?

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Old Apr 7, 2024 | 01:57 AM
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Try both side switches, since common mod to flip the switches, so the passing lights are turning on with left hand, left side, and aux switch to the right, since not used often.

As for lights, without mod, they will not turn on with the high beams.

So really, pull head light to check wiring there to see if power and ground on the wires there (not a problem with the bulbs blown themselves, or led bulbs wired backwards and why they are not coming on), then you can check down line at the fuse box, for maybe a blow fuse.
 

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Assuming the wiring for the passing lamps is stock:

The passing lamp switch on the back of the fork tin gets its power from the low beam circuit (yellow wire coming from headlamp switch).

Pull the fork tin off, check the wiring at the switch.

Find the yellow wire that goes to the headlight. We know this wire is good, because the headlight works.

Look for another yellow wire that branches off this wire, that is the wire that powers the passing lamps.

I think the issue is somewhere in the wires highlighted.








 

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