Bike Talk Motorcycle Forum Bike Talk Motorcycle Forum
Go Back   Bike Talk Motorcycle Forum > The Garage > Motorcycle Tech Talk
Discussion on Brake Light Problem within Bike Talk's Motorcycle Tech Talk forum.

Home Forum Register FAQ Sponsorship Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Brake Light Problem


Welcome to the Bike Talk motorcycle forum Contact Bike Talk Join Bike Talk

» Site Navigation
 > F.A.Q.
» Auction

» B-T Recommends:
Visit Biker Bids

Harley-Davison Parts & Accessories at RideGear.com


Reply
 
Old Apr 15th, 2006, 06:42 PM   #1
degrave
Newbie
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 3

I have a 03 softail standard and i put a set of chrome switch covers on it and everything was great for 4 months. I guess the switch went out of the front hand brake and caused the tail light to be brighter than usual. The back brake light switch still works fine but nothing on the front brake switch. i pulled off the cover and it seemed that the switch might be bad or broken wire. I can live with a bighter tail light but the problem is it burns out the bulbs way to fast. Does anyone know how to fix or just unhook the front brake switch if you can even do it?
degrave is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old Apr 15th, 2006, 08:07 PM   #2
chucktx
Moderator
Has posted 500+
 
chucktx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,752
View chucktx's Gallery
31 Images Posted
the switch is not very pricey, and can be replaced pretty easily if you take your time, and follow the manual. while the front brake is illuminating your brake light, there will be no rear brake light, so nobody knows when you are stopping, could get a bit tricky at stop lights and such. the front switch can be eliminated..just follow the wiring diagram in your manual and trace where the switch ties in
to the hot
chuck
chucktx is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 15th, 2006, 08:10 PM   #3
degrave
Newbie
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 3
that is what is strange that the brake light did work
degrave is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

«- fuel pressure « Previous | Next » electrical woes again -»



Thread Tools



Similar Threads to: Brake Light Problem
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Weird Front Brake Problem on Sportster oldman1 Motorcycle Tech Talk 11 Apr 20th, 2008 08:39 AM
LED signal / brake light problem Storm Motorcycle Tech Talk 1 Mar 6th, 2008 08:22 AM
Front brake squeal disk brake fireitup Motorcycle Tech Talk 22 Feb 12th, 2008 08:40 PM
Front brake light switch. RJGLIDE Motorcycle Tech Talk 14 Feb 2nd, 2008 03:19 PM
disc brake problem Cameroon Motorcycle Tech Talk 2 May 16th, 2005 04:53 PM

Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.0 RC1

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 02:08 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.0.0 RC8
BikeTalk Motorcycle Forum Copyright 1997-2009 all rights reserved


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107