cb200 no lights at all

You'd be amazed.
One wire will throw things for a loop.
I agree with whoever said its on your headlight bucket though.

Good luck!
 
Oh one more thing.

Run some jumper wires to the lights and make sure the bulbs aren't blown. If your regulator went out you could blow the bulbs. (unlikely, but it will at least make you feel good to see them light up)
 
Will do.
Ive done that on the headlight but will on the others too.

Be home in a few hours and plan to kick this things ass. :)
 
Well, the bike won again. :(
I unhooked and cleaned every connection in the headlight bucket and it didnt fix the issue.

Weird thing Im trying to get my head around and maybe will make sense for you guys: Key switch off, I jump a wire from the battery to any light and itll light up. Makes sense yeah? Well, key switch ON and I jump a wire to any light and none will light up. WHAT?
Granted they arent getting power when the key is on but even if the key is on and theyre jumped power, they still dont light up. Where is this power going?
This leads me to believe afterall that I have a short to ground but there is no way to test it because of the design of the system.
Am I crazy here?

I have no idea whats going on.
 
Update.
Bike lost, I won. 8)


While doing some testing I decided to jump the green ground system straight to the battery ground terminal and everything lit up brighter than ever.
So somehow, that system isnt as grounded as it should be somewhere. It would seem that most of it is grounded at the forks inside the headlight bucket and for some reason just wasnt enough. I assume due to old age.
So what I did was run an aux. big ground from that green wire system to the battery ground and Im golden.

What a PITA that was. Great thing is that Ive learned an enormous amount about the wiring on this bike only after having owned it for a short time. Happy about that and glad my lights are working 10x brighter than they were before this. :)

BTW, thanks for all the help along the way. :)
 
****!!!

I thought it was fixed.
I had only started it up last night and it ran fine.

Now with the new big ground it blows the fuse as soon as I rev up very far. Unhook my new ground and its fine. But of course, then I have no lights.

I have no idea what this all means but Im super frustrated and dont even know where to begin.
Ive spent probably 15 hours or more trying to fix this.


One question: The bike currently doesnt have rear turn signals on it. Could that have ANYTHING to do with this at all? I ask because this electrical system is so odd.

Thanks for your input on this.
 
How did you ground it?

You need to get s SOLID ground to the frame, and then ground the lights circuit to the frame.
 
Actually I tried it again like you said. A ground from the ground system to the frame and that worked but it later blew the fuse again after about 6 miles.
Not sure if I have an intermittent short to ground now or if its a regulator problem.

Either way, since it doesnt happen all the time, its gonna be a bit of PITA to figure out.

Of course at this point its been so strange, you could tell me it was my tire pressure and Id believe it.
 
SONICJK said:
How did you ground it?

You need to get s SOLID ground to the frame, and then ground the lights circuit to the frame.
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Yes, this is very important. Think of your bikes electronics as being a series of systems. Starting, charging, ignition, lights, etc. You only want to be addressing the grounds that pertain to the lights and gauges. Check out this interactive diagram that allows you to delete systems to see how they work individually.

http://oldmanhonda.com/MC/wiring350K4.html
 
djelliott said:
Yes, this is very important. Think of your bikes electronics as being a series of systems. Starting, charging, ignition, lights, etc. You only want to be addressing the grounds that pertain to the lights and gauges. Check out this interactive diagram that allows you to delete systems to see how they work individually.

http://oldmanhonda.com/MC/wiring350K4.html
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I ran a ground from the lighting system ground wires to the frame. Just an extra ground.
This causes the lights to work so apparently, maybe, some of the old grounds are just old or need better cleaning. Regardless, that makes the lights work but now I have an random problem of my fuse popping.
This is something I didnt have a problem with before I added this new, good ground.
I think that rules out the regulator suspicion and makes it seems like there is another problem.

At first I thought it was a short but then why would it now occur just because I improved the grounding.

Some odd thing is going on. :(
 
Clean the frame here the battery ground cable Connects. It should ideally be spotless and paint free.
 
SONICJK said:
Clean the frame here the battery ground cable Connects. It should ideally be spotless and paint free.
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Yep, I did that last night and still have this random problem of the popping fuse.
I mean what are the things that can cause this fuse to pop besides a rogue regulator or a short to ground?
 
Bike hates me. I hate the bike.
We are at war.
Hope to find the short soon before I put this thing out of MY misery. :)
 
Get a test light. All the lights are grounded to the frame at each point....green wires. The problem is your black is not plugged into the correct female socket for the key switch. With a test light find the black female end that has power coming on and off from the switch. Find one of the wires coming headlight I think one is blue and the other black and green should be grounded. There is a union of black female and male that come together.....


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We have two cb200 and the wires were coded different from the diagram. Find the hot that operates off of huge key switch...and plug one of the headlight leads into it...


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