So I went riding today out at McCain Valley (big surprise, huh?) and when I started my bike (07 TE450), the meter came on just as it always has. Sometime, somewhere out on the trail, I noticed that the meter wasn't working. When I got home, I washed the mud off the bike, started it and was drying it off, when I noticed the the front head light was just barely glowing and the parking light wasn't on. A quick check at the rear showed that the tail light wasn't working either. The horn and turn signals operated normally. When I pushed the high beam switch, I got high beam, tail light and meter. Could it be the bar switch causing this problem? The first thing I'm going to do in the morning is check all the wiring and then wing it from there.
Hmmmm....I guess nobody else has ever encountered this problem except me. Too bad it isn't a carb problem, then probably everybody would have something to say about it.
hey bassgirl! try looking for a poor common ground somewhere or a corrded connector in a harness/bar sw. moisture ingress is the enemy. call george if all else fails.
I found the problem right away and was just waiting to see if anybody responded to the post with the answer. Low beam was burned out. The instant I swapped for a fresh light bulb, I got the meter back again. I didn't think that the electrical system would be wired as though in series, but apparently so. Burn out headlight, meter don't work.....whatever All good now.
I don't have any other bikes where if you burn out a head light filament some other component doesn't work. Everything else I own must be wired in parallel. I owes yoo nuthin, cuz I found the cause yesditty mornin'. But if you ever drop by, I'll buy you a brew anyway.
