Faired to naked headlight, then blown bulbs.

[WADERS]

Rebuilding 650s after crash swaping twin headlights for single unit to make naked/streetfighter bike. Fitted genuine single unit of 650 and blew light bulbs and main 30 amp fuse.

Q. Does the bike have a booster for the original twin headlight unit and would this cause the single headlight to blow?.

Q. If it has booster where is it located and can i remove it?

Many thanks.

Waders

[maclovin]

bad earth on new unit ??????? can cause bulbs to blow

[MattCollins]

Fried regulator or bad earth as mentioned, but it could also be a bad connection on the +ve side. Time to pull out the multimeter.
Also, the globes are not being wrecked by fingerprints?

Cheers

[maxxdope]

i have a buell single headlight and i am about to go naked on my 2000 SVs...

WHAT about the wiring harness ?

should i purchase one for a naked SV?
or from Buell?

[WADERS]

Previouse response correct many thanks, i found a bad earth. With regards the wiring loom, all i did was cut off the twined section of the twin head light loom, soldered the now spare black and white wire to the other black and white wire by stripping a little of the insulation cover and this worked a treat.

However, i used a genuine SVn head light so you may have to change the pligs the connect to the bulbs.