Problem: dipped beam issues.

[ekruk1]

Hi all,
Last night when riding I used full beam then when switching it off, and dipped beam stopped working.... (not very usefull when in the countryside at 10 in the evening..... ) the problem lies somewhere in the handlebar switch as this did happen last week but after taking the cover off and putting back on again it seemed to fix itself. My question is has this happened to anyone else as there doesnt look to be any loose wire inside the control and nothing looks to be short circuiting.
Cheers for your time,
Ethan

[benny]

Looks similar to the problem listed in the documents library.
Try documents library (top left) then "VFR Headlamp relay mod"

[ekruk1]

Cheers will have a read now.
Ethan

[Neosophist]

Are you running standard UK bulbs in a Japanese bike?

If so you will overtime melt the switch due to the extra power the UK bulbs draw over stock spec.

http://www.vsource.org/VFR-RVF_files/NC ... mRelay.htm

If your running UK bulbs this guide will show you how to put in a relay to proect the switch, but you must repair the busted switch or replace it.

[ekruk1]

I pretty sure it will have UK spec bulbs (not 100% as i havnt changed them), but what you are saying is that it is in the switch ? Im not confident with electronics (also being color blind doesnt help.... haha) so was wondering would the problem be solved if i purchased a complete new switch?
Thanks
Ethan

[bikemonkey]

A new switchgear would not solve your problem unless you are running H4R bulbs and not H4's.

If you are running H4's you need to do the low beam relay mod or you'll just burn out another switchgear.

It's not too hard to do, and costs less than the price of two new H4R bulbs anyway

[speedy231278]

Perhaps we ought to have a sticky thread at the top of the workshop section listing common faults and linking to the docs/threads on the site about them? We've had a spate of charging and headlight issues recently which are invariably the same thing, and it would mean that we wouldn't have loads of threads where one of us regurgitates the same solution, or instructs the poster to search the forum as the answer was posted last week, which I sometimes feel could come across as a little impersonal. Perhaps I ought to finish writing the wiring doc that I started months ago... lol

[bikemonkey]

We could collate all the electrical problems/fixes into one thread. But I think then that it'd be a massive thread...