My 2013 R1200RT has a very annoying issue, when the bike is started up both low beam headlights work fine, then sometime after a few minutes or after I have been riding a while I notice the headlight failure icon on my display. It is always the right headlight that goes out, the left is fine. I have LED bulbs and no other issue. When I turn off the bike with key switch and back on, the headlight comes on normal. I have swapped bulbs and the problem is still on the right headlight. I am out of ideas.
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R1200RT 2013 - Right Low Beam headlight turns on when started, after running a few minutes, get right bulb failure
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Can you provide more details on where this is posted? Not sure I understand your reference!
DavidR8
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The original post is in the Wethead subforum instead of the Camhead subforum.
Thanks. What is the Wethead subforum? Is that a subforum within Wetheads or just the Wetheads forum itself?
OK, maybe that's my misunderstanding. It's frankly hard for me to know where something should be relative to Hex/Camhead versus Wethead. We have a "loose" description of the Wethead being "2 cylinder water-cooled Boxer motors, 1200/1250cc 2013- present" and it seemed that the original post fit the bill. But that's not the case???
Related, we have identified Hexhead/Camheads as being "2 cylinder Oil/Air cooled Boxer motors, 1200cc 2005- present". Are they still making the Hex/Camheads???
Related, we have identified Hexhead/Camheads as being "2 cylinder Oil/Air cooled Boxer motors, 1200cc 2005- present". Are they still making the Hex/Camheads???
DavidR8
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It's my understanding that wetheads started in 2014.
It does seem heat related. Play a stream of cold water or put a bag of ice on the headlight. See if it comes on when cooled.
If the bulbs are the same, can you switch bulb locations as a test?
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dduelin
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If you want help with your /7 you probably won't get much by posting the Q in Wetheads. Does that make sense?
lee
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The original poster's bike is not liquid cooled so it's not a Wethead.
Like you said the 1200cc 2005 to present is correct for Hexhead/Camhead because the R nine T bikes are still being made.
I think the OP has a Camhead.
We have never owned a Hexhead or Camhead so I'm a little fuzzy on those models.
Thank you for all the work you do here on the forum.
I can't help on the headlight. That electrical stuff is all smoke and mirrors to me
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jandhumphreyme
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What model/manufacturer LED bulbs are you using? I'd agree with Paul sounds like a heat related socket issue/connection issue. Have you tried going back to the stock H7/55W bulb and see if the problem repeats?
kbasa
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Do the LEDs need a resistor so they appear to be drawing enough current for the bike to not think its burned out?
There are Canbus ready bulbs and ones that aren't and the difference is that the Canbus bulbs replicate the resistance of a standard incandescent bulb. Are the bulbs installed Canbus ready?
Are they actually out and now have no resistance? Or is the computer sensing resistance lower than an incandescent bulb and shutting the circuit down? If the bulbs are mismatched, then this might be an avenue of inquiry to explore a little.
etiennelau
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So here is what I tried. First if the rt bulb light shuts off, if I turn ign key off then on, it comes back on with no other action, then goes off again later, so a heat issue or bad connector would not be that problem as it happens whether the bike is running on the street or in the garage. I also tried different bulbs, added a resistor even though the bulb was suppose to be canbus compatible. Swapping rt to left, the problem still ends up on the rt side. if the bulb was not canbus, I should have the same issue on the left side.
as for wethead vs, mine is not a wethead, there is no water cooling, it is the 2013 before the change, I guess I posted to the wrong board, but the problem issue solution most likely be the same. Since the bulb replacement is so difficult, making lots of bulb replacements has been very frustrating, sometime it takes me 20-30 to make a bulb change.
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