That's the way it came on the bike. Not much of a share huh?

Well, perhaps not at first glance...
But, is there any way you could identify the circuit that would provide for that setup?
I know the battery is capable of handeling the load until the engine starts... But, I'm thinking about long term battery life... It may be a better option than having the lamps on all the time... OR, switching over the entire headlamp arrangement to on when the engine is running, only...

Might want to read through this thread. Pop took pictures and everything

DOY Forgot the link. - Passing lamps

I had the same problem with my 01. they just quit. turns out the switch in the "left" (from behind) driving light just up and fried. since I always leave them on, just by passed the switch and now they come on with the headlight. been cranking on the same battery for 3 years. Ride it almost everyday from May to Oct. not a problem

Well, interesting times with the light situation.

I still have not figured out the culprit in the dead passing lamp issue. Meanwhile, I ordered a Kuryankyn Triple Whammy always-on light kit to convert the turn signals to additional tail lights on the bike. As I recall the advert said "installs easily in five minutes." Okay. Maybe that means REINSTALLS easily in five minutes. Seriously, though, no big deal putting this thing on, although the instructions were somewhat lacking. "Plug and play" kind of deal. Take off the amber lens and replace the old bulbs with red ones. Put on new clear lens. Fire it up and see how it works. Like a champ. Okay, I'm a happy camper. Soooo, I put the whole thing back together, load the kiddo up and haul her to karate school for class. After class we come out, fire up the bike and SURPRISE! No headlight. Well that sucks. A assume that somehow my new mod had overtaxed a fuse or something (although I don't think the tail lights are on the headlamp fuse). Turn signals were working like flashers. No tail light. No brake light. And no freaking headlight. Okay, kiddo, I said. It's backroads for us and we have to haul butt and get home before dark.

Well, we made it in just fine. I checked the fuse box and sure enough the headlamp fuse was fried. Replaced it then switched things back on. Surprise. Everything works. EVERYTHING - including the passing lamps.

I try turning the bike off. Letting it set a few minutes, then turning it back on. Everything STILL works. We are in fat city.

Soooooo, I take a break for a little internet fu on some of my personal websites (www.axispowercraps.com and www.crapsfest.com) then head back out to the garage an hour or so later to tinker on the clutch adjustment again. Just for grins I turn on the key. No passing lamps. Headlight is working fine. Brake lights, turn signals, tail lights, etc. are all working fine. But the freakin' passing lamps are gone again.

Sigh. Well, I tried taking the seat off and wriggling a few wires around. Checked connections here and there. Double checked fuses. Zip. Nada. Nothing. I guess tomorrow I'm just going to start at the head lamp and work my way back until I figure out what the problem is. Has to be a loose or bare wire in there somewhere. Most frustrating.

Now, back on that Triple Whammy thing. Anybody else have one of these rigs? If so, have you had any issues with it drawing too much current and frying circuit breakers? I notice the under-seat unit itself gets fairly hot. Just what I need. One more thing radiating heat up through the seat. Anybody ever tried putting some sort of heat shield under the seat? Inquiring minds and all that.

Hi Guys

I just noticed today my passing lights are not coming on either I have a 05 where they are always on

I did adjust my bars a couple of days ago and than the rain prevented me from riding

Two things I am curious about the switch on the side of the lamp and the fact that our ignition module controls the lights as well and that I adjusted my bars maybe there was a tug on the wires going into the headlight or maybe the circuit inside the inition module fried

I am replacing my ignition module this weekend and that calls for grounding a wire from one of the plugs I guess we will see what happens

Keep you posted

Arcturus

Brought mine out of storage and noticed that the passing lamps weren't working... after checking and giggleing things I found it to be a loose connection at the blue quick connect piece sent with the kit that you connect the wires together to get power.

So what is this a plague or something?
Mine went the other day also.
Checked the fuses first and they where fine.
Checked the switch on the side of the light and one of the wires came off where it's soldiered to the switch.

Thom M wrote:
So what is this a plague or something?
Mine went the other day also.
Checked the fuses first and they where fine.
Checked the switch on the side of the light and one of the wires came off where it's soldiered to the switch.

Same thing happened on my 06.

The switch is very wimpy and seems to be prone to vibration damage over time. Replacing it with a more beefy switch seems like the best alternative even if the new switch shows a little more than the stock one.

I would also be interested in hard wiring the passing lamps into the circuit with the headlight provided I can receive some VERY easy to understand directions!

Smooth wrote:
Thom M wrote:
So what is this a plague or something?
Mine went the other day also.
Checked the fuses first and they where fine.
Checked the switch on the side of the light and one of the wires came off where it's soldiered to the switch.

Same thing happened on my 06.

The switch is very wimpy and seems to be prone to vibration damage over time. Replacing it with a more beefy switch seems like the best alternative even if the new switch shows a little more than the stock one.

I would also be interested in hard wiring the passing lamps into the circuit with the headlight provided I can receive some VERY easy to understand directions!
After taking the switch out to resoldier the wires, I decided a new switch was the way to go.
Figure Radio Shack should have something better that will work.