{"id":52297,"date":"2017-04-24T18:49:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T09:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=52297"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:59","slug":"gsx-1200-oil-cooled-katana-headlight-malfunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20170424\/everyday-events\/gsx-1200-oil-cooled-katana-headlight-malfunction","title":{"rendered":"GSX-1200 Oil-cooled Katana Headlight Malfunction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-905266218\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_3519-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/DSC_3519-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/DSC_3519-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/DSC_3519-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nThe headlight wasn&#8217;t lighting up on high or low beam.<\/p>\n<p>I checked it when the bike came in. The light connector has 12V on both high and low beams and ground is fine. But when load is applied, it drops to 0V&#8230; which means&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/P1650773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650773-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650773-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;m quick to think there&#8217;s a break somewhere in the wiring (the wire has gotten thinner and can&#8217;t supply the necessary current). First, let me check the fuse<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/P1650776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650776-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650776-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not blown, but&#8230; it looks like it&#8217;s burned and oxidized.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/P1650772.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650772-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/P1650772-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nHmm&#8230; that was a conclusion with zero bite to it. I learned that fuses should be replaced after a certain point. Every job teaches me so much. Thank you. I should add this to the menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The headlight wasn&#8217;t lighting up on high or low beam. I checked it when the bike came in. The light connector has 12V on both high and low beams and ground is fine. But when load is applied, it drops to 0V&#8230; which means&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-52297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-oil-cooled-katana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}