Head light -dead

[Ride2much]

While riding through Yellowstone Park and heading into West after "doing the Bear Tooth"my head light went out. I pulled everything apart at a gas station and could not find a problem anywhere. Ended up driving 90 miles with my driving lights.The next day my mechanic beat his head against the wall looking for the gremlin. I made a jumper with alligator clips to at least have a low beam functional. Then I found the problem ,a sticky starter switch, it was not coming fully back out which cut out the headlight. (duh) A little W-D 40 on the switch and the light came back on . The jumper is tucked away inside the fairing just in case. Thought I might share this one, it's awful dark out there...

[hipshot]

seems to be a lot of "sticking switches" lately.
thanks for the heads up.
gonna build a set of "jumpers" and keep them in my trunk!
just jt

[Venturous]

Thanks for the post. That is good information to know. I was going to suggest looking at the computer monitor as that can also be a problem on cold solder joints, but you found your problem.
RandyA