Today I discovered that my brake light was not coming on. I replaced the bulb with a new one and still no joy, either with the hand control or foot brake. The bike is a 2002 r1150 - non abs model. Any ideas??
Brake light not working
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Cook1e
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Fuse 1 or dirty contacts somewhere (most likely bulb socket - check the brass tabs)
Good luck
Good luck
thanks Cook1e, I tried your suggestion. Put in a new fuse and checked the contacts in the brake light housing. All seemed ok but still the brake light not working. Will have to dig deeper. Thanks for your reply.
Cook1e
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Take the light housing off (two recessed bolts in the reflector panel. It could be that one of the spade connectors has become dislodged.
It sounds like your problem is probably somewhere near the bulb if neither lever operates the light.
Mike
Brake light switch - at the rear of the pedal. Try cleaning before you discard.
Buy another bulb if the brake switch yields no results. And waggle the wires under the mudguard!
Ok guys, problem solved. I checked the wiring behind the reflector unit and all was ok. I also check the foot pedal and hand lever. Didn't find anything amiss until I shifted the hand guard slightly and, you've guessed it. The brake light is now working again. Thanks to all for the input.
Motivlack
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Glad ya sorted it
Alex141
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I have the same problem. Neither applying hand or foot brake produces a brake light. I have both red Brake Failure light and Hazard lights on steadily on my dash. (other wise brakes seem to work fine.. did a 100 + mile spirited ride up the wild twisty California coast Saturday... so beautiful.....! )
I replaced the brake light blub, checked the fuse, cleaned the ABS sensor on front wheel. Today I plan to monkey around with the Rear brake pedal switch, check the spade connectors in the blub socket and check the hand guard near hand brake for bad connection.... any other suggestions? Alex141 Thanks
I replaced the brake light blub, checked the fuse, cleaned the ABS sensor on front wheel. Today I plan to monkey around with the Rear brake pedal switch, check the spade connectors in the blub socket and check the hand guard near hand brake for bad connection.... any other suggestions? Alex141 Thanks
If I remember correctly the brake light feed goes through the nest of connectors under the front of the tank. If you have no joy at the rear connectors find the correctly coloured wire under the tank and check for corrosion although in sunny Cali it shouldn't be as bad as in damp salty UK.
Alex141
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results from the BMW shop says.... bad news, the ABS unit needs replacing.. Since last post I noticed that in fact there was no power to the rear brake.
So $3k should do it, says BMW.. I called BMW corporate office, asking for some relief. NONE available. It's a bad position to be in. The bike is great shape, low miles 26K but unless I pay to fix the ABS, the bike is unsafe to ride.
So $3k should do it, says BMW.. I called BMW corporate office, asking for some relief. NONE available. It's a bad position to be in. The bike is great shape, low miles 26K but unless I pay to fix the ABS, the bike is unsafe to ride.
Alex
Remove the ABS and run conventional brakes, BM offered both versions so you should (hopefully) have no problems.
Do a search for servoectomy, can be done in a day.
HTH
Neil
Remove the ABS and run conventional brakes, BM offered both versions so you should (hopefully) have no problems.
Do a search for servoectomy, can be done in a day.
HTH
Neil
How's that then - given that the bike was marketed with ABS as an option?
Just remove the ABS - problem solved...
Mike
EDIT - Is it Servo? Piece of old ease - you'll have it out in a couple of hours - see link here...
You could just remove it, and join the rest of civilisation that ride bikes without Abs
There's a write up on here somewhere detailing what needs doing!
Edit: to slow
I suggest disconnecting the servo unit and not removing it. I was probably imagining it but when I took the servo out and off, My bike rode differently. Their quite heavy the servo. If you buy a replacement banjo joint for the front brakes, you can bypass the servo yourself for very low cost. I guess it made it lighter and with a heavy yak bag on the tank...
Alex141
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ABS
I had the BMW shop replace the $3100 ABS unit. Problem solved, but expensive.. Call BMW looking for some relief... non found...
I had the BMW shop replace the $3100 ABS unit. Problem solved, but expensive.. Call BMW looking for some relief... non found...
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