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kellie000
28-12-06, 07:21 PM
I just finished refitting my SV650s after getting a new paint job and some new lights to find that the brake light still doesn't come on when I press either the front or the rear lever. It wasn't working before I started the work, but I figured since I was replacing all the lights and housings the odds were good that it would get fixed up. Does anyone have an suggestions? I couldn't find a brake light fuse that could have gone out, though I don't think there is one. Any help would be appreciated.

Also, just thought I would share a picture of the bike just about finished out.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/kellie000/bike.jpg
chazzyb
28-12-06, 07:25 PM
Either you've missed a connector to the back light or there's a bad earth somewhere - or worse. When my brake lights (there are two bulbs) packed up, the problem was broken wire(s) in the wiring loom around the headstock.
kellie000
28-12-06, 07:28 PM
Ouch. I guess that would have been easier to get at with all the plastics off. Oh well. Thanks for the reply.
thor
28-12-06, 09:08 PM
Get a voltmeter and a wiring diagram and test...

Ps. That can looks loud! 8)
kellie000
28-12-06, 09:09 PM
Get a voltmeter and a wiring diagram and test...

Ps. That can looks loud! 8)

Will do, Thanks.

I didn't install it, but it's the loudest can the guy who owned it before me could find.
Sudoxe
28-12-06, 09:20 PM
Stupid question - Have you checked the lamp ?


no, bulb isn't the correct terminology, bulbs grow in the ground.



Dan
kellie000
28-12-06, 09:22 PM
Yep, actually I just changed the whole taillight unit, so I would hope that I'm covered on the lamps.
Heed
28-12-06, 09:22 PM
It's pedant not pendant
chazzyb
28-12-06, 10:42 PM
Stupid question - Have you checked the lamp ?


no, bulb isn't the correct terminology, bulbs grow in the ground.



Dan

What's wrong with light bulb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_bulb), eh? :twisted:
arenalife
29-12-06, 12:45 AM
It's pedant not pendant


Best post on any forum in the world ever :)
Heed
29-12-06, 01:07 AM
I do try

http://img125.echo.cx/img125/7155/attention9ha.gif

:wink:
21QUEST
29-12-06, 01:12 AM
It's pedant not pendant


:lol:

I think someone just got pwned :) :wink:


Ben
kellie000
29-12-06, 04:46 AM
Back to the topic at hand. Some how the rear brake light switch spring got over tighten, so the brake lights were always on. I don't usually stand behind the bike, so I couldn't tell, but a friend of mine was riding behind and said they were always on. So unwound the spring a little, problem solved. Thanks for everyone's help.
northwind
29-12-06, 12:15 PM
Ah... Would never have thought about that. Good catch.

Just ignore Dan's pendantic mood swings :)