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Spacecapsule1
Posted on Saturday, September 15, 2012 - 11:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

hey gang,

when I turn my key on, the gauges cycle, then the headlight turns on. 2 second delay or so. I haven't noticed this before.

Normal?
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Spacecapsule1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

....still nuthin?
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Cataract2
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 10:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Could be the relay starting to wear out. Tried checking that?
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Midknyte
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 04:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Do you have a regular / stock headlight bulb?

Or do you have an HID / Xenon setup?
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Spacecapsule1
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 07:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

regular bulbs for me. no way to really check the relay is there? is it one of those that i could just swap around?
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Reepicheep
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 08:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Some of the relays are the same and you can swap them around... I believe the headlight relay was one of them, but I'm going from memory from the last time I had it apart.
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Spacecapsule1
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 02:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

K thanks, I'll give it a try...
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Syonyk
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 05:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Check the connector going from the bike wiring harness to the headlights. Mine was getting loose, and would do the same thing. It finally got bad enough to diagnose, and I discovered a partially melted connector from the heat generated by arcing.

I "spread" all the springs back out, and it's been fine since then.
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Spacecapsule1
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 05:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ahhh yes.... i forgot about that one as i've been focused on my current idle problem.

mine actually does have a short in it for the high beam. I always have to give it a wiggle. Maybe it's spread to the low beam now....
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