headlights

[roscoe 07]

have no low beam any suggestions checked fuses what yall think maybe dimmer switch

 

[rwbetour]

On a Goldwing, the low beam is always on, so the dim switch is probably not the problem. Something simple to check, there have been a number of times where both lights burn out at the same time. Easy to check.

 

[lectric]

check all the easy stuff first, relay, is there power at the bulb itself?? then it can get more complex. There is an interlock with the starter also, turns off lights when cranking.

 

[Gold Rush]

I seem to recall a dirty starter switch will also cause that problem. Squirt the crap out of it with WD40 and see if it clears up.

 

[rhino 2]

Any possibility that the bulb is a double filament bulb and the low filament burnt out.:Shrug:

 

[Gold Rush]

Any possibility that the bulb is a double filament bulb and the low filament burnt out.:Shrug:

NOPE.. GL1800 uses an H7 bulb only. It's easy enough to rule the bulb out by simple applying 12 vdc and ground to opposite poles of the bulb. I really do not expect the bulb is the issue.

 

[John Luciano]

How do you know he has an 1800

 

[roscoe 07]

guess what it was the bulbs

 

[rhino 2]

guess what it was the bulbs

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[Gold Rush]

How do you know he has an 1800

Guess from the solution I didn't. Sure would be nice to get that information up front so I wouldn't be setting here with egg on my face.....:Trike1: :Trike1:

Sure am glad you got the lights going!!!!!

 

[John Luciano]

What I have noticed with the 1800. A lot of the 1800 Wings I see are driving around with one light out . Then all of a sudden the 2 nd one burns out and they realize they have no low beam. If I knew from the start it was a 1800 ( I even checked the profile and it said bikes I have owned was a 1984 wing). I as ,Gold Rush said ,you did not fill in the blanks , we are not mind readers. There are now 5 different Goldwings . Early 76-83 ,84-87,88-99,2000-2011, and now the 2011

 

[roscoe 07]

well i guess i was riding with one low beam out and didnt notice it thanks for help and sorry for confusion on what i was riding

 

[Gold Rush]

well i guess i was riding with one low beam out and didnt notice it thanks for help and sorry for confusion on what i was riding

Hey Roscoe, If that's the worse you ever do then all is well.... A little confusion once in a while makes all our "old" minds work a bit harder so we get some excitement.... Just glad you sorted out the problem..