headlight problem

[mineralgrey01gt]

My headlights were working fine but my key switch went bad so I just cut the key switch wires, spliced them together to get the bike home. Now I go outside to fool with it and my headlights have an extremely faint glow to them. You have to be right on the headlight to see it. Is one of the black wires a ground in the key switch? If so would that stop the lights from coming on? Im going to order a new key switch but I need the lights for tomorrow night

[pondtunes]

Theres a black wire running to the headlights that is a ground, this ground also runs to the keyswitch but if the switch isnt connected it doesent have any bearing what-so-ever on the operation of the headlights.. If the headlight ground is bad they shouldn't illuminate at all... Do they get brighter when you rev the engine? Is your high beam/low beam switch very hot? Does changing from high to low affect it at all? Double check the round plug that leads up to the killswitch/headlight switch and make sure its not loose, failing that Either the lighting side of your stator isn't producing much voltage or it's being dissipated somewhere as heat! The headlight switch or wires would be quite hot if this was the case.

 

take a look here: http://www.dfn.com/benkaren/elecfaq.html

theres a wiring diagram on that page that shows the basic layout and connections of the banshee electrical system.

Edited April 22, 2010 by pondtunes

[mineralgrey01gt]

i always thought on a 2 stroke when the lights are on when you give it gas they get brighter since the stator is putting out more power from the rev's? I would think if the ground is grounded then the headlights would work. The plugs are all plugged in real good. Nothing gets hot. Also the low high has no affect on it or nothing I can tell.