Electrickery Problem

[GSEddie]

As you know I have now go myself an airhead and am loving it to bits but I have a strange problem with the headlight!! dipped beam does not work I have tested the bulb and even replaced it but to no avail every thing else works all lights indicators ect... even high beam works any Idea what it might be also any one have a wiring dg for a R80gs 1993 all I can find on the web is one for a G/S.

Thanks
Eddie

 

[pete.keys]

As you know I have now go myself an airhead and am loving it to bits but I have a strange problem with the headlight!! dipped beam does not work I have tested the bulb and even replaced it but to no avail every thing else works all lights indicators ect... even high beam works any Idea what it might be also any one have a wiring dg for a R80gs 1993 all I can find on the web is one for a G/S.

Thanks
Eddie

I had the same problem on my bike once. Have you change the switch if so it may be an incompatibility issue between the very similar g/s switch and the later 88 to 90 GS switch.

Anyway the way I fixed mine was:
Find the connector block that the handle bar switch runs to under the tank.
Put in a piggy back wire between the green wire (feed for main beam) to the yellow or white/yellow supply/feed to the dip beam.
You can test this by getting a wire and just poking it into the connector box just to try it.

Wiring diagram here for 88 to 90GS -but not sure what the resolution will be like off this site. PM me your email address if you want me to send through as a higher res file

 

[GSEddie]

Hi Pete
Thanks for the fix I have come to the same conclusion as you that it is the switch that is the problem I traced all live feeds ect and bridged the switch and the light came on so I will Put in a piggy back wire.
Thanks again for the response I would Like a copy of the dg I will PM you my email address.

cheers
Eddie

 

[Beemerboff]

All the mystery electrical problems on my 350,000 km G/S were solved with a new ignition switch and circuit board for the warning lights - it appears they do just wear out .

Pity they were the last things I replaced rather than the first-----.