Hi Folks,
Long time Japanese bike owner, and most recently converted to the wonderful world of Ducati (and never plan to return to the 'dark' side again!)
This past weekend, I installed HID's on the 999, as well as did the mod to my switchbox whereby the running light stays on when the hi beam turns on.
Now, I am having all sorts of funky issues.
Sometimes, when I turn the bike on, the running light chooses not to turn on at all. I know this isn't an HID issue or a ballast issue, they have both tested fine.
As well, when I switch from my running light to hi beam, my running light 'sometimes' turns off, and simply won't turn back on at all!
One thing that is strange that I have noticed (that may help diagnose this problem). When I turn the key on my bike, the headlight comes on like it should. When I actually 'start' the bike, it has always turned off for a few seconds, and then turned back on. This was regardless of halogen or HID's. Is this normal or could I have an electrical bug?
Any ideas are greatly appreciated. It could be I have a defunct switch, or perhaps need to go back and recheck my soldering. I am 100% positive the HID's themselves are not the issue.
On a side note, I am having a tough time finding the 03-04 service Manual (mine is an 04). I have found the 749 service manual though, since they are relatively the same bike will the specs be the same? In particular, engine specs (belt tolerances/valve specs etc)
Cheers!
Long time Japanese bike owner, and most recently converted to the wonderful world of Ducati (and never plan to return to the 'dark' side again!)
This past weekend, I installed HID's on the 999, as well as did the mod to my switchbox whereby the running light stays on when the hi beam turns on.
Now, I am having all sorts of funky issues.
Sometimes, when I turn the bike on, the running light chooses not to turn on at all. I know this isn't an HID issue or a ballast issue, they have both tested fine.
As well, when I switch from my running light to hi beam, my running light 'sometimes' turns off, and simply won't turn back on at all!
One thing that is strange that I have noticed (that may help diagnose this problem). When I turn the key on my bike, the headlight comes on like it should. When I actually 'start' the bike, it has always turned off for a few seconds, and then turned back on. This was regardless of halogen or HID's. Is this normal or could I have an electrical bug?
Any ideas are greatly appreciated. It could be I have a defunct switch, or perhaps need to go back and recheck my soldering. I am 100% positive the HID's themselves are not the issue.
On a side note, I am having a tough time finding the 03-04 service Manual (mine is an 04). I have found the 749 service manual though, since they are relatively the same bike will the specs be the same? In particular, engine specs (belt tolerances/valve specs etc)
Cheers!