I'll spare answering the first question and tell you that only one filament should be lit. the other comes on with the brake. If both are it's because the brake switch (one of them) is stuck on. Find it, fix it.
--- On Sun, 3/29/09, dapperdan7 <[email protected]> wrote: From: dapperdan7 <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: brake light To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 12:58 PM ok.im maybe being dumb but....i bought a replacement bulb which has two filaments.both light up.first off,do i need a special bulb for the bike? i just bought something standard from walmart. 2nd,if this is the right bulb, would the fact that both filaments light mean it is stuck on? my front brake lever is broken so im wondering if that has something to do with it.the foot brake does not do anything for the light at this point.the contacts and wiring appear ok. any more ideas? On Mar 27, 7:49 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > There are two switches. One for each brake. Both do the same thing. If neither work, the fault would be in the last bit of wiring to the light. Look at the light again, they don't have to look like flashbulbs to be bad. Check for open filament. > > --- On Fri, 3/27/09, dapperdan7 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: dapperdan7 <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: brake light > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 12:19 PM > > the bulb looks fine.as does the contact point (the place the bulb > plugs into?) is there a switch i ned to look at further back that > would trigger brake light? > > its got 15,000 miles,starts easy.little bit of black oil on the plugs > but is has not been driven much for a while. > > i love it already. > > On Mar 26, 9:29 am, dapperdan7 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hey guys! just picked up a 91 hawk 250 for 800 bux! im psyched! a few > > quick questions for you: > > > 1.my tail light works but not the brake light. ideas on what first to > > look for? > > > 2.checked the plugs and they look a little oily/fouled. any info just > > replace them etc? > > > 3.does one need to replace oil very often? > > > 4.best site for parts (need a headlight,right brake lever etc) > > > 4.any other maintanence tips are helpful.its been 20 years since i had > > a bike! > > > thanx > > dan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
