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1982 xs special with a PMA from Hugh, Pamco ignition, and a small Sparx cap. I have a switch wired in to kill all the lighting when kicking the bike, and an on-off-on switch that controls the headlight (Bates style with h4 55 watt bulb).
The bike fires up first kick, and can handle the lights perfectly fine with the headlight high/low set to off. The "parking light" in the bates style headlight works fine as well. Besides this issue with the headlight it's running golden!
However, when I go to flip on the high or low beam, the bike instantly dies. I've tested the power at the sparx and all the way up to the on-off-on switch and it's at a consistent ~14v when idling around 1500 RPM. I'm positive I have the headlight correctly connected after testing it on a spare battery. Went through and completely re-wired the bike yesterday and double checked that all the connections are solid. Brake light is super bright, etc...
I have an LED taillight, and then a small speedo and tach, but I wouldn't think they would be drawing too much power?
Kind of at a loss, any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
The bike fires up first kick, and can handle the lights perfectly fine with the headlight high/low set to off. The "parking light" in the bates style headlight works fine as well. Besides this issue with the headlight it's running golden!
However, when I go to flip on the high or low beam, the bike instantly dies. I've tested the power at the sparx and all the way up to the on-off-on switch and it's at a consistent ~14v when idling around 1500 RPM. I'm positive I have the headlight correctly connected after testing it on a spare battery. Went through and completely re-wired the bike yesterday and double checked that all the connections are solid. Brake light is super bright, etc...
I have an LED taillight, and then a small speedo and tach, but I wouldn't think they would be drawing too much power?
Kind of at a loss, any ideas would be greatly appreciated!