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Old Dec 4, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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My brake light stopped coming on when appling the rear brake, comes on with front brake. Any one been there done that ? TIA, Mike.
 
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What year is your bike, because there's a recall and the rear brake switch is being replaced?
 
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Check rear brake switch and wiring. Same thing happen last year to me,good one minute not working the next. Simple fix.
 
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Its a 2007, where is the switch?
 
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Follow your brake line down behind your exhaust

 
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Thanks buddy!!!! got it.
 
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Yup, been there done that!!
 
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Replaced mine once as well on my 2002.

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the recall is for 2009-2012 bikes, some 250,000 of them.
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