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I was just sittin' around with a couple of friends talkin' motorcycles. One of them had just bought a '77 CB750; the other has a CB750 custom fitted with a 2004 CBR1000RR exhaust undertail exhaust. As they were admiring my SV, I mentioned to them that I had a feeling this was gonna the (academic) year that I would have to stick money into the bike for repairs.
Not more than 45 minutes later while I was riding, my friend Chris noticed that my tail light wasn't working properly. It illuminates normally when the brake lever/pedal is not pressed. However, the rear brake pedal has no effect and when the front lever is depressed, the light does not get brighter. As the lever is released, there is a certain point when the tail light will brighten. When the lever is fully released, the tail light returns to the standard illumination. Anyone have this problem? Anyone have tips or hunches on where I should start?
Also, today when I tried to sound the horn to get a friend's attention, the horn would not sound. When the bike is off, I can hear the horn make a bearly audible chirp as the horn button is released. Go figure....
Any ideas? I haven't checked on anything yet, I was going to try to get to that tomorrow...
Not more than 45 minutes later while I was riding, my friend Chris noticed that my tail light wasn't working properly. It illuminates normally when the brake lever/pedal is not pressed. However, the rear brake pedal has no effect and when the front lever is depressed, the light does not get brighter. As the lever is released, there is a certain point when the tail light will brighten. When the lever is fully released, the tail light returns to the standard illumination. Anyone have this problem? Anyone have tips or hunches on where I should start?
Also, today when I tried to sound the horn to get a friend's attention, the horn would not sound. When the bike is off, I can hear the horn make a bearly audible chirp as the horn button is released. Go figure....
Any ideas? I haven't checked on anything yet, I was going to try to get to that tomorrow...