headlight stopped working

[tommygun]

all the other lights work. horn, dash, signals. just the headlight stopped workin. i checked the fuses and bulbs and everyhings fine. suggestions?

 

[Midcoastcustoms]

http://www.amazon.com/Mastech-Pocket-Size-5-Function-16-Range-Multimeter/dp/B000P6DWHW

 

[locOleoN]

all the other lights work. horn, dash, signals. just the headlight stopped workin. i checked the fuses and bulbs and everyhings fine. suggestions?

replace the bulb?...
if its fine, you may have to trace it back in the nest of wires in the headlight bucket...

 

[Big R]

Depending on the bike, the switch to turn the headlight on may be bad.

 

[Tim]

Ground?

 

[crazypj]

What did you do?
retrace the things you did before it stopped working.
If you did nothing check bulb for continuity (link has already been posted to cheap meter)
You can get digital from Harbor Freight even cheaper, it was $4.99 when I bought it
http://www.harborfreight.com/7-function-digital-multimeter-90899.html

 

[mustang319]

You need a volt meter. Turn the key on so the light comes on or what should be on. Start the bike and run it if you want. Now probe the socket were the bulb plugs in. Do you have voltage? If yes bulb is bad. If no start walking backwards in the system. Look for an unplugged wire in the bucket. I dont know if you have a fuse block. Check fuse. Check for voltage on BOTH SIDES of the fuse in the block. You could have a bad fuse. You could have a crapped up connection. You could have a broken terminal in the fuse block. Like I said I dont know if you have a fuse block but its power related if you do not have power to the headlite.