Brake Pedal & Light Issue

When depressing the brake pedal on my '07 1300 the light does not come on until it hits the full lowered position. Is there an adjuster for this or would it be a bad switch? What should I clean, check, or replace? Just a side note: The hand brake lever works normally in regards to the light actuation.

Jeff there is a switch which is attached to a spring that is attached to your pedal. You can either thread the adjuster away from the pedal on the switch so it will come on sooner

If you go on a site like bikebandit.com, you'll see a picture of this like I have attached below.
Just look for your ST year and you can scroll though all the parts and pieces on your bike.

JRob said:

Is there an adjuster for this or would it be a bad switch? What should I clean, check, or replace?

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Check out the PDF.

Adjustment procedure of the rear brake light switch is at the bottom of the page attached.

Thanks for the input! Will now start working on getting it fixed.

Excellent thanks for posting the PDF's fella's, so glad i looked in this section of the forum. I'm having the same issue, front brake lever operates brake lights as expected, rear brake lever does nothing. Hopefully it's just an adjustment and doesn't need a new brake switch.

cheers

Easy to do. The trick is to pull the switch up out of the hole it's in so you can turn the adjuster ring. Stumped me for a couple minutes when I did it.

ToddC

ToddC said:

Easy to do. The trick is to pull the switch up out of the hole it's in so you can turn the adjuster ring

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Yep. Makes short work of an adjustment. I did this on all my bikes starting with my 750-4 to let me brake check anybody too close without actually slowing at all. Didn't bother on the ST because the extra brake lights are pretty effective.