As the title indicates, I had just pulled into my dealer's lot when I looked at the reflection in their front window and noticed the LH low-beam headlight was not burning. After determining that the LH low-beam was definitely not functioning as designed, I asked the service manager about replacing it while I was there. She quoted me a very reasonable price for what should have been a quick replacement so I decided to do it. Long story short, the tech installed a new bulb which did not work because he found no power to that light socket. The filament in the "old" bulb was good and not failed. Further investigation would have involved more time, and it was late in the day, so we decided to schedule another service appointment to check it out. The RH low-beam still works, as does the hi-beam.
The bike has 29,000 miles on it, has been well-maintained, and is very clean. I did install a Denali Cansmart system on it about four months ago, with only a set of fender-mounted DRL's on the front, and all headlights have worked fine with that system until yesterday's failure of the LH low-beam.
Any ideas about something simple/obvious I might check on my own? I know it could be a bad short, broken/loose wire, or some other typical electrical gremlin. My Haynes manual's electrical schematic shows a couple of fuses going to what looks like headlights, but I cannot tell if that set-up is for an RT or not.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Steve
The bike has 29,000 miles on it, has been well-maintained, and is very clean. I did install a Denali Cansmart system on it about four months ago, with only a set of fender-mounted DRL's on the front, and all headlights have worked fine with that system until yesterday's failure of the LH low-beam.
Any ideas about something simple/obvious I might check on my own? I know it could be a bad short, broken/loose wire, or some other typical electrical gremlin. My Haynes manual's electrical schematic shows a couple of fuses going to what looks like headlights, but I cannot tell if that set-up is for an RT or not.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Steve