ZSF 125 break light/front light not working

[Lancashire Lad]

Afternoon lads & lassies, I am still having an issue. When I press either brake the rear light that is illuminated goes out ( LED type not filament ), am I right in thinking this goes through a relay ? and this might be the issue ??.

Got 3 wires going to LED bank, green ( neg ) brown 0v & green with stripe 11.8v when running lights are on,.

Any help appreciated I am an absolute novice at the game !!!!!!.

LL

[jaffa90]

Hi, is this L.E.D back light standard?

Looked at an older Lex wiring diagram where the brown wire is the tail light when live and the green/yellow wire is the brake light when live.

Low watt filament bulbs don`t need a heavy duty relay switch and L.E.D. lights should be less wattage.
I`m not clued up on L.E.D. lights.

[steve the grease]

[quote="Lancashire Lad"]Afternoon lads & lassies, I am still having an issue. When I press either brake the rear light that is illuminated goes out ( LED type not filament ), am I right in thinking this goes through a relay ? and this might be the issue ??.

Got 3 wires going to LED bank, green ( neg ) brown 0v & green with stripe 11.8v when running lights are on,.

[Easy-X]

The usual wires for most LED tail lights is common ground, brake + and running light +.

I'd disconnect the the tail light, find the wires from the bike (should be 3) and run a multimeter over them (black probe from the meter against the frame and red probe jammed in whatever you're testing.) Hopefully you should find green does nothing (common ground) brown has voltage when the ignition and/or light switch is on (running light +) and green/stripe has voltage with the ignition on and either brake pressed (brake +) (If you've not got the correct voltages coming from the bike then something else is going on!)

Then it should just be a case of reconnecting the tail light. If the unit you have doesn't match the colour codes of the bike you'll have to have a guess and try connecting it different ways. Generally the running light is dull compared to the brake light.

BTW, Lexmoto are highly unimaginative and rarely vary their wiring schemes between bike models and wouldn't waste money on a headlamp relay let alone one for the tail light
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[jaffa90]

Who`s talking to whom?
Only 3 posts as well!

[iooi]

[Lancashire Lad]

Ok my issue was, ( novice here ) back light on ( I assumed !!!! ) this was a running light because it was permanently on and went off when I pressed either brake.

I read your replies and you lot gave me the confidence to have a look about the bike.

I found the fault to be the rear break being stuck on permanently, I adjusted this and all is working fine.

Fanx fella's..........

LL