brake lights always on

  • dattabo
    dattabo
    14 years ago

    hey guys wondering if anyone can shed some light my brakes lights are always on and when i turn the ignition off only the front indicators flash when the alarm sets itself, normally both front and back flash when it arms itself????

  • Bonkerz
    Bonkerz
    14 years ago

    No mention of your bike type, but I'm thinking there's a switch that tells the brake lights when to light up - yours is prolly cactus. Grab a manual, find it, replace it. I presume you've tried messing with the pedal (lifting it up/down a few times. Have you done anything to the bike lately, like changed a wheel, the grips or whatnot?

  • dattabo
    dattabo
    14 years ago
    Hey bro, yeh sorry its a 2008 1200n sportster, yeh lifted the pedal and pulled apart the brake leaver and the button was pushing back in so im a little lost especially with the indicators not flashing on arming, changed the bars about 3 weeks ago but it has been working up until the weekend
  • Burnzi
    Burnzi
    14 years ago

    Mine was stayin on after I fitted apes found out it was the small lever that activates the switch in the switch blocks. I just pulled the switch block away from the master cylinder and bent the little lever a bit with a blade screwdriver.

    Before that they wern't workin at all found the tyre had rubbed through the wire, always pays to check the simple stuff first hey?