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Old Jun 27, 2011 | 12:55 PM
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i'm experiencing some weird behavior with the brakelight on my 2003 XLH 883:

• whenever the bike is running the brake light is on/lit as if i'm braking.
• when i pull in the front brake lever, the light actually dims!
• when i step on the rear brake pedal, nothing changes.

i've never touched any circuit that has anything to do with the brake/tail light, so i don't know what could possibly be causing this. is there anything obvious i should check before resorting to bringing it to the dealer?
 
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Old Jun 27, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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Did you change your hand grips and break the stoplight switch?
 
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Old Jun 28, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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i haven't done any modifications to the grips, but i'm starting to think that switch has gone bad.
 
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