Headlight acting weird
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Headlight acting weird
While Tina is warming up on the first start of the day the headlight flickers.
It doesn't do it at any other time just when I first start her up.
Any ideas??
It doesn't do it at any other time just when I first start her up.
Any ideas??
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A couple years ago I had a similar problem. I'd start up the bike, and no headlight. Take it apart and try the bulb-worked perfectly. Put it back together and it would be fine until the next time it acted up.
What fixed mine was removing the contacts from the connector inside the headlamp shell, squeezing the contacts a bit tighter with some pliers, and reinstalling them. Apparently, the contacts weren't making good connection with the tabs on the headlamp all the time. It seemed to happen when I'd first start the bike for some reason.
Since I did this, I've had no more trouble.
What fixed mine was removing the contacts from the connector inside the headlamp shell, squeezing the contacts a bit tighter with some pliers, and reinstalling them. Apparently, the contacts weren't making good connection with the tabs on the headlamp all the time. It seemed to happen when I'd first start the bike for some reason.
Since I did this, I've had no more trouble.
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A couple years ago I had a similar problem. I'd start up the bike, and no headlight. Take it apart and try the bulb-worked perfectly. Put it back together and it would be fine until the next time it acted up.
What fixed mine was removing the contacts from the connector inside the headlamp shell, squeezing the contacts a bit tighter with some pliers, and reinstalling them. Apparently, the contacts weren't making good connection with the tabs on the headlamp all the time. It seemed to happen when I'd first start the bike for some reason.
Since I did this, I've had no more trouble.
What fixed mine was removing the contacts from the connector inside the headlamp shell, squeezing the contacts a bit tighter with some pliers, and reinstalling them. Apparently, the contacts weren't making good connection with the tabs on the headlamp all the time. It seemed to happen when I'd first start the bike for some reason.
Since I did this, I've had no more trouble.
It stays on the rest of the day with no problems.
My first thought was a bad ground but that doesn't make sense either.
If it were any of the above it would do it all the time and that is not what is happening.
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my first thought was something in the charging system. but then i would think it would make all the lights do the same thing.
i would swap out the bulb and see if that fixes it. if not, you got a bad connection somewhere.
i guess you could seafoam the headlight!!
i would swap out the bulb and see if that fixes it. if not, you got a bad connection somewhere.
i guess you could seafoam the headlight!!
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Charging system is steady at 14.4 when it is doing it.