Headlight/elctrical problem

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Aug 4, 2008 | 11:20 AM

blueglide88

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Headlight/elctrical problem

So it's happened twice in the past two days. I'm coming to a stop at night, and my headlight goes out. First time I discounted it as a weird thing, but the second time I was far from home. I turned my ignition switch back and forth, turned off my spotlights and accessory tailights, and somehow the headlight came back on. The order in which I did those things and what made it come back on I cannot say for sure. The first time it happened, I shutdown the bike and fired it back up, and the headlight was on.
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So today I'm going to check the headlight plug, any grounds that I can find. Any other ideas? The bike was running perfectly, no problems with that. It was only the lights that went out.

Aug 4, 2008 | 12:26 PM

the_ogre25

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RE: Headlight/elctrical problem

My flhs did the same thing.&nbsp\\; I had to redo the connections for the plug that goes to the headlight under the dash.

Aug 4, 2008 | 05:50 PM

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RE: Headlight/elctrical problem

When I had that problem on my 98 FXDWG it was a loose ground wire. Check all of them.

Aug 4, 2008 | 09:47 PM

Rob85WG

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RE: Headlight/elctrical problem

I re-tightened my headlight ground to fix mine. It must have been a little rusty but it wasn't loose.

Aug 11, 2008 | 08:43 AM

williams3803

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Sounds like a pinched wire somewhere and when you stop the front forks compress and put a crimp on the wire. Just my .02.

Aug 13, 2008 | 01:45 PM

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My 95 bagger started doing the same thing. Wiggle the ignition switch and the light would come back on. Eventually it quit working completely. Had to replace the switch.