[Ducati] Light no Light... Advice

[Doug Barnette]

Well God bless you guys....

I took the advice I was given and low and behold the High-Low Beam  
Head Light Relay Switch (Borg Warner R3154) was the fix.
I just plugged in the $20.00 relay and were back in business  
terrorizing the country-side.

I thought I would have to drive to Atlanta drop off the bike for a  
week or two, drive back to pick her up and pay the fee for the  
specialists to "fix"  the electrical problem.
No, nada, not this time. Saved $200.00 bucks I did!

Thanks George Durden "Duc4two", Richard"Rotor" Budd, and "the browns"  
for the good advice.

Doug
04 999 Mono

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Doug Barnette wrote

Not the most technical post you'll ever read....

A few weeks ago I noticed, during my pre flight, that my front brake  
lever didn't actuate the rear brake light while the bike was running  
(04 999 mono). When I turned off the bike, but left the key on, the  
rear brake light would actuate. Then with out any inspection in a day  
or two the whole thing went away.

Now then,.... Friday afternoon I took a solo sprint out for a late  
afternoon ride and didn't notice anything until around dusk. At that  
point I began to get high beam flash's from some on-coming cars. It  
took a few flashers for me to realize it wasn't them warning me about  
the police or a dog in the road, but rather I had no head lights.

So I rode home holding the high beam trigger on the left bar, which  
still worked and believe me it was a pain. The high low switch didn't  
work at all, nada, nothing.

So Sunday I took the fuses out, they were all fine, and then I  
checked for a loose connection, nothing.  Finally I took the bar  
switch apart and looked inside to see if the high low switch might  
have come unsoldered. That three wires looked OK except for a couple  
of tiny black marks on two of the wires that didn't look like they  
were shorts, but suspicious. The next thing is to check the low beam  
bulb.... Right.

The turn signals work as do the brake lights and rear running lights,  
the license tag light ...Oh, and the center windshield parking/ 
running light works too.

I have a shop manual and have poured over it to find anything that  
might give me a clue. Anyone had both beam's stop working except for  
the high beams passing trigger?   Any suggestions.

Doug
999 04 Mono