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Fully springy, seems to be all the way out, don't know of any other way to check aside from pulling the switch off the bars and pulling it apart. Unless I find a fuse for my multimeter and use my multimeter and those handy little wiring diagrams. It's not the bulb though. Filaments look completely intact even under high magnification. Unless It's invisibly defective. So, next the light switch, then the monitoring device, then the reserve unit?

Well, tomorrow is my day off, so I suppose tonight I'll pull the headlamp and see if she's burned out. If not, I'll be back here looking for fixes. I LOVE the Silverstar bulbs. Try to sell 'em whenever I can. I work at an auto parts store. Used to be I was just a commercial delivery driver, but I wound up working out front some. I love my job! At least if the bulb is burned out I don't have to throw full price at it. Yes, I realize this isn't exactly the greatest first bike in the world. However, I'm learning the very basics from somebody who's been on two wheels longer than I've been alive, and I have every intention of going and taking an MSF course. The MSF course lets me dodge the on cycle license test as well. I guess I have a lot of work to do on the brakes. Yes, I did know about the linked braking. I did plenty of lurking here over the past few days. Guess I'll start with draining the system and replacing the fluid. I do believe I'm going to pick up a vac bleeder at work today...

Complete and total newb here. Recently went on the search for my first bike, and after a couple months of digging around, I find out somebody that I deliver to on the job has a bike for sale. So I take the trip to look at it, meet up with a bike savvy coworker, and after a serious evaluation and my coworker taking it for a ride, I walk away with that "this is the one" feeling. ...and here she is! http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/sickmusician/Bike/IMG_20140621_120646.jpg However, she has some issues. Cracked plastics, not a huge deal to me and that will be handled in due time. Air system was converted over to manual adjustment, also not a huge deal to me. Radio died and was subsequently removed. I intend to wire up a new system at some point in the future. My primary worries, though, are things that make it not so safe to ride. Low beam is out, and I haven't the foggiest notion how to even get to it or what to look for if it's not the bulb. The lovely indicator light on the dash that's supposedly supposed to light if one of the filaments burns out has not done so. I'm flying blind on this. Well, I'm actually flying blind on all of it, really. The throttle doesn't spring closed on its own. I'm thinking it could just need lubed, or a cable replacement, something. The brakes... Ah yes the brakes... PO told me that the rear pedal "fades", and that the rear MC needs rebuilt, kit available for such and such at the local dealer. Having played with it just the tiniest, I'm inclined to say he was correct, but I have no idea how to get inside this thing to check anything else. Logically a leaking line would puke brake fluid all over the place, but I can't see any. Pedal is very mushy, and I could swear I heard the thing sucking air when manipulating the pedal. Oh, and the battery light came on yesterday... Forgive me if I'm not perfectly coherent, I'm in zombie mode at the moment and about to hit the hay. If y'all can point me in the right direction, I've got the mechanical and electrical aptitude to fix most of what comes my way, just don't have any experience with bikes. Oh, and any info on a service manual would be lovely!