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Dillweed
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 12:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My '99 M2 blows the headlamp fuse at times and it seems to mostly occur when I first start up and get going and have the switch on high beam. Doesn't blow if I start the engine and ride a few miles on low beam and then switch to high beam. I have done the wiring harness wiggle drill and cannot make the fuse blow. One possibility I suppose could be the rectifier allowing too much output as a result of amps drawn and needing replenished from start up. Any other thoughts would be appreciated
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Bad_karma
Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 01:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

John
Have you changed the lamp? Did the problem continue? Do you have to make sharp turns during the failure?
Joe
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Dillweed
Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 10:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No pattern to the fuse blowing, that's what makes intermittent problems hard to diagnose. Haven't changed the bulb since it still works but it could be worth a try.
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Weatherman
Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 02:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i had a fuse blow when i truned the left directional signal on and blew the horn. happened twice, i replaced the fuse, went to the dealer to hunt down the eledtrical gremlin and it has not done it since! uh oh did i just jinx my bike??????
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Hugie03flhr
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 - 01:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I had a 90 softail blow its head light at randomIt turned out to be the ground wire coming off the H-light making a bad ground. I used a heavy gauge wire and a good connector, No problem. I don't know were the M-2 head light ground but I'm sure it woundn't be hard too find.
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