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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 09:35 AM
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Exclamation Integrated Tail Light Issue. Please Help!

I havn't used my F2 in probably 3-4 months due to license loss. I went out today to check on things and start it up. It started just fine but when I was looking at it, I noticed the tail light was really hard to see (it has an integrated tail light, bought it like that). I just kind of moved the wiring a bit and then it worked fine. I tested both blinkers and they worked fine. Then I tested the brake light and the entire light went off, no light at all. I played with the wires a bit to make sure all connections were tight and couldn't get it to come back on. Anyone had a similar experience or have any ideas as to what the issue may be? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

P.s. I already checked the fuses.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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LEDs?

1st I'd check the taillamp ground wire in the rear wiring harness (Dark Green wire) Pull it out of it;s connector and rough it up w/ sandpaper a bit. See if that makes a diff.

If that doesn't work, use one of your turn signals as a test lamp. Verify your rear left turn signal works normally as is. It has 2 wires - Orange and dk. Green. (All of the Dk. Greens in the tail wiring are the same - all are ground wires.) Unplug the Orange wire from the signal, and unplug the Brown wire from the tail lamp. Plug the lead coming from your turn signal into the brown wire in the harness. That should cause the turn lamp to light up constantly. That is the normal running light side of the brake light. Then unplug that from the brown wire and plug it into the Green/Yellow-stripe wire going to the taillight. Grab your brake lever - the turn signal should light up. If the turn lamp lit up in each configuration - then you don't have a wiring problem with the bike's wiring harness, everything is working like it should. I would guess you have a problem with the wiring up to your integrated, or the integrated itself has died - LED's have electronics that govern how they operate, and no telling if something has gone wrong there.
 
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