Modern Buddy

so it seems that the running lights are working fine, but it won't switch to the main headlamp, any suggestions, when i flip the switch on the left handlebar nothing happens.

Let me get the dumb question out of the way first, this is with the bike running correct? Your headlight only comes on when the engine runs, when you turn the ignition on you only get the pilot light.


Assuming the headlight filament is intact there is two spots where the wiring tends to fail: the switch and the spot between the headset and the clutch housing.

The switch may have gone bad due to corrosion or come loose. Simply unscrew the little black box around it and inspect the contacts.

The spot between the headset and clutch is a cramped space and as you shift your headlight cable will tend to rub. In the long run this can wear the cable down and short the circuit. Usually this issue leads to the headlight working in certain gears and not in others. Fixing this can be done either by dremeling out extra space for the cable or by rewiring a new switch either into the top of the headset or the top of the glovebox.

yes, which is why i know the running lights were on. i think ill prolly take it to the dealer this week.

Did you ever find out the problem? I am experiencing the same situation [/img]

My headlight problem ... high beam not coming on...turned out to be
a bad hi/lo switch. Could not find a replacement part so I simply hard
wired the switch to always be in the hi beam condition which is OK during
the day when I ride the most. I never ride at night.