Hayabusa front brake lever/brake light problem...

[mr_pete]

T'would appear my '99 Hayabusa brake lever switch is knackered. Rear brake pedal causes light to come on, front brake lever doesn't.

I've had the lever off the handlebars and disconnected/reconnected the switch, (having wiped it) - no joy.

Now, given that I use both brakes all the time, I've only just noticed after sitting in front of a car thinking "hmm, why isn't he lighting up red?!"

I am now a little worried it's been like that since I had the braided hoses installed a month or two ago (which would have meant they had the cylinder and levers off).

The starter switch and front lights (and kill switch) all share a wiring line off the throttle, with the brakes, and everytying else behaves, so it's not likely to be a kinked wire. The brakes have a little bit of wire running from the lever/switch into the throttle body somewhere (and the brake switch can be disconnected), and I'm hoping it's just that little bit of wire.

Could this be a dead contact on/in the lever, a dead switch, or (more annoyingly) a broken wire somewhere else (meaning potentially a replacement cable and lots of fiddling)?

I don't have any testing kit, so besides trying to "short" the brake switch and seeing if I get light, I can't prove much!
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[sickpup]

Get a paper clip and short the 2 wires. If the light comes on its the switch.

[Bezzer]

Dunno why they had the M/c and lever off to fit new brake lines unless it was to lift it up getting rid of an airlock or something, because you don't have to. If they did then possibly disturbed the switch/wire. If you can short the switch out that would at least prove if that's OK or not. You ought to consider getting a cheapo multimeter they only cost from a fiver upwards for what you need to do, save you a lot of time and trouble in the long run and always comes in handy checking little problems like this.
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