CBF600 full beam not working, neither does beam dash light

[GTR1400]

Hey BCF,

So my full beam seems to have randomly stopped working, however I assumed that when switched to full beam, the small blue dash light designed to indicate that full beam is engaged would still be on. That's not the case, and it's always off regardless of the position of the lights.

Never had a headlight go on me before so not sure on this, but is this a common trait, or more likely to be an electrical issue?

Potentially unrelated, however my heated grips screwed up a couple of days ago and now only warm the RH bar, and the LED on the "low" setting doesn't come on, however the red LED for the "high" setting works without issue.

Any ideas? Is this normal behaviour for headlights?

Model: 2005 Honda CBF600NA

[CaNsA]

You haven't said whether you have replaced the faulty bulb or not.

[GTR1400]

[CaNsA]

Swap the bulb, then get back to us.

[pdg]

On all the (pre-canbus and the like) stuff I've worked on (and taken notice of) the high beam warning lamp is wired in parallel with the high beam bulb/element - so the warning lamp will light regardless of whether the actual light is working or even fitted.

On some particularly old things (bantam springs to mind) without the load of the main bulb to regulate the voltage the warning lamp would blow very quickly too....

That said, it might well be more than a coincidence that you had 'other electrical issues' around the same time.
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[GTR1400]

[pdg]