No tail light!

[vwgrl1999]

Riding home from work tonight, I pulled off onto a side street to put on heavier gloves and noticed that my tail light wasn't working! I thought, well that's weird I wonder if it's cuz it's in neutral? So I put it into gear and checked....still no light, and no license plate light either. So I put the brake on and luckily that is working.

As soon as I got home, I took the red brick off and checked first the bulbs (both still good), then the connections (also good and tight).

Anybody have any ideas? What else can I check? I'm kind of bummed cuz the next few days are supposed to be nice and I was looking forward to getting in alot of riding.