The battery is full, the bike starts right up, runs great. Hi Beam works, I put it on now and run it that way at night, looks like normal light. Without hi beam, the light is quite dim (does not project). What gives? Bike is 1989 ZX750R.
2007-03-27 15:11:32 · 5 answers · asked by SFAcoustic 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Sounds like a bad ground.
2007-03-27 23:49:56 · answer #1 · answered by thomy8s 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the bulb is ok, and your charging system is not at fault (look for the bulb to brighten when you rev the engine on low beam) then check the aim of the headlight.
Most cycles have screw adjustments for aiming the headlight. Find a level surface that backs up 25 feet from a wall. On the bike, have a friend measure the distance from the gound to the center (bright spot) on your headlight.
Now place the bike 25' from that wall on a level surface and have your friend mark that same height on the wall. Adjust your headlight aiming so that the bright spot on the wall falls one inch lower than the height measurement you took and marked. Also look at the left/right aiming of where the spot falls.
This should improve how your light projects down the road
2007-03-29 11:07:28 · answer #2 · answered by Woovis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blown bulb. The bulb has a filament for high beam, and another one for low beam. There will be a separate, small bulb for parking. You presently have only the high beam and the parking light, which is what you see on 'low beam'. The Kwak should take a standard H4 automotive globe, but they are often a bit of a bastard to fit. Talk to your bike shop.
2007-03-28 02:20:54 · answer #3 · answered by llordlloyd 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dim at idle or at speed? Bulbs are cheap and easy to replace. Try not to touch the bulb itself; your skin oil will cause it to heat unevenly and shorten its poor little life span. Work to ride, ride to work!
2007-03-28 00:46:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
light sounds faulty.
try a new light.
2007-03-27 22:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by manhattanmaryanne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋