Dash panel light staying on

Don't hear any relays clicking. I have switched the relays with no change. Can try pulling the one relay tomorrow.
 
Here's the latest installment: bike still running and charging. Pulled the low beam relay. Low beam works. When I hit the high beam, they flash but do stop when I go back to low. When I remove just the high beam relay, exact same results. This is all with fuse G out. If I reinsert that fuse with either relay out, the lights will still flash, and turn off when back to low, but the panel lights will stay on when the key is off and removed. I just love electrical problems....
 
Wires by clutch line good? Alarm system installed? See what happens with both hi/lo relays pulled.
 
A. Yep. B. No alarm installed. C. When both relays pulled, no headlights but other lights and all other functions still work.
 
When you refer to panel lights, is it all panel lights or the display lights like when key is in the 'acc' position. Also do panel lights stay on with both relays pulled.
 
Strange indeed. Sure seems like the ground issue, as the left light is finding ground through the hi beam indicator. A question not asked was do you have the stock headlamps in? If you pull both plugs off the headlamp and put a volt meter to the highbeams, do you get a solid 12+ volts on a digital readout? Also unplugged and grounded does it change? Still seems like a ground issue and the bulbs are suspect to me as Mellow stated.
 
Back at the office until this evening, but stock bulbs in the headlights. More to follow this evening. Really appreciate the little grey cells being used on this..
 
Okay, back at pulling stuff. First thing, I noticed that when the headlights flash on high beam, the side markers in the mirror assy flash too. With either relay pulled and fuse G inserted, the dash panel lights that are on with the key in the ignition position stay on when the key is removed - not like when in the aux position. Panel lights do not stay on with both relays removed. Haven't taken the bike back apart to check voltage at the headlights.
 
When lights are this koooky, go for the ground(s). Sounds like power looking for a place to go and if the rear lights flash, probably going through the flasher too.
 
Appreciate it. I've checked the big connectors and don't have a burnt thru ground that they talk about. That's what makes this ah, different.
 
Tedbrogden said:
Appreciate it. I've checked the big connectors and don't have a burnt thru ground that they talk about. That's what makes this ah, different.
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Ahh, mine did not have any burnt connectors either yet the failure and cure was substituting a ground from one of the head lights to the frame and bypassing the 24 pin white connector to frame ground. Looking at the connectors revealed none of this.
 
Got it. I've jumped a ground wire from the left headlight to the frame with no change. Guess I'll jump the ground wire where it goes into the connector and see what happens.
 
Tedbrogden said:
I've jumped a ground wire from the left headlight to the frame with no change.
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Sorry to hear that. On a positive note my ST buddy has been having wonkiness with one high-beam and indicator staying on when on low beam and the bike dying twice.

He jumped a ground wire as you did and all wonkiness has disappeared including the previous stalling of the bike.

The 24-pin connector showed no signs of any corrosion on any terminals or indication of excessive heat. He hasn't check the buss near the right headlight (?) yet. But the bike has been running perfectly for a week.
 
So far, nothing to report. The bike is running fine, so when I get bored, I will strip off the Tupperware and start over trying to run down the grounds and see if it fixes the flashing high beams.
 
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