Thread: 05rr no headlights, no start??

If your light is not coming on then you have a bad fuse or you have a short. Taillight and headlight you have a couple fuses out or a main fuse under the seat.. Check the one next to the battery, sounds like that could be the problem. T

Quote: Originally Posted by tripage If your light is not coming on then you have a bad fuse or you have a short. Taillight and headlight you have a couple fuses out or a main fuse under the seat.. Check the one next to the battery, sounds like that could be the problem. T All fuses look good on left side and in ...

Buy a volt meter and check them again. Fuse can look good but still be bad. You are not getting power to the lights, first thing to check.

Quote: Originally Posted by tripage Buy a volt meter and check them again. Fuse can look good but still be bad. You are not getting power to the lights, first thing to check. I will get a volt meter asap, I'll try new fuses for now. Why no fuel pump if just a headlight fuse?

Tripage is getting you to fix one problem which may fix them all. And before you tear your bike apart... you just need to be sure you have good fuses. Once you know all the fuses are good, then there are other things to start checking. Last... what year bike?

It a 05 and I visually checked the fuses, they look fine, but I got a volt meter last night and am going to go thru everyone of them and check. I had scanned thru all the past posts to see if anyone has had the same prob, and found many with no fuel pump but headlights worked, also found plenty were no headlights but fuel pump was working. I went thru all the checks so far from those posts ...

The best way to troubleshoot is find one problem and fix it then move to another problem, this is where some lose their patients and think the problem is too big for them to handle. T

Quote: Originally Posted by tripage The best way to troubleshoot is find one problem and fix it then move to another problem, this is where some lose their patients and think the problem is too big for them to handle. T Plus if everything stopped working at the same time... when you find what will fix the headlight...

I have now checked all fuses with volt meter, checked battery, holds 12.66v. Grounds look fine. Still no lights on gauge or headlights no fuel pump??

Should I take the front fairings off to look at all connections behined gauge cluster?