headlight at 3400 miles?..wtf
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From: leominster, ma
headlight at 3400 miles?..wtf
I love my bike and would not trade it for anything, but get this...Over the inter I had a chrome front end put on with the elbow grease program. while it was there and the front was gonna be apart anyway, I added passing lamps. I have ridden it a few times since then, but not at night, so maybe I just didn't happen to notice till last night, or the low beam happen to go last night. I took the fairing off to see if maybe a wire wasn't tight...it was on just fine. Went out for a couple of hours using my high beam which was working fine. Hit a pretty small bump on the ride home and wtf , I see a bright flash flash and lost the high beam On a pitch black highway. I guess it is a good thing I had the lamps installed or I would have been screwed....lol I don't suppose harley would throw me a headlight under warranty (I also did buy the extended warranty). Can I expect to replace the headlight every couple of months? I do not even think I have ever changed one on any of my bikes in the last 24 years of riding...oh well...sorry for the long rant. ride safe! scott
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RE: headlight at 3400 miles?..wtf
i don't think its gonna be a 'every couple of months' kind of thing. course i could be wrong, its been known to happen before. but, i did lose the high beam on mine just the other day (had the bike 18 months) so i went to o'reilly's and got the silverstar h3 st, runs about 20 bucks and works great.
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RE: headlight at 3400 miles?..wtf
I've gone through a ton of bulbs on my bike. Mostly headlight and passing. I now carry spares in my bags.
Lost every marker/blinker, at least 8 spots, 2 headlights and I have about 23k on mine.
It got a lot better when I tightened all the grounds and went back to buying bulbs at the dealer. The car bulbs, even though they were the same number, just wouldn't last long at all.
Lost every marker/blinker, at least 8 spots, 2 headlights and I have about 23k on mine.
It got a lot better when I tightened all the grounds and went back to buying bulbs at the dealer. The car bulbs, even though they were the same number, just wouldn't last long at all.
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From: Newport Beach, CA
RE: headlight at 3400 miles?..wtf
I'd take it back to the dealer. Sounds like a definate warranty problem. I got 30,000 miles on my bike with no light problems at all. Let them check the connections.
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