15000 miles

thatguy1025 · October 20, 2006, 03:49:32 PM

In just under 7 months. Now my High Beam light is broken

FearedGS500 · October 20, 2006, 04:53:35 PM

sure thought i rode alot .... you got me beat :| ... eather way .. dont take it to the shop .. mine went out after 2 months and the basterds charged me 20 bucks to fix it ...i could have done that my self ......but i mean if you want to take it to the shop ... thats about what your looking at

ducati_nolan · October 20, 2006, 09:30:16 PM

Headlight is super easy to replace, but wear rubber gloves when handling the bulb and wipe it off with alcohol before turning it on. If there is any oil on the bulb from your hands or the bike, the bulb will burn out in a matter of minutes or hours.

thatguy1025 · October 20, 2006, 09:35:03 PM

Its not my head light its the little blue high beam indicator light

Chilly Willy · October 20, 2006, 10:00:49 PM

That's a super-easy fix. It takes all of 5 minutes tops. You may want to do a search about replacing your instrument panel bulbs with LED bulbs. Not only do they look great, but they don't burn out.

Chilly

rangerbrown · October 20, 2006, 10:16:33 PM

yea mine lasted to about 17k an went out. just too lazy to replace

makenzie71 · October 20, 2006, 10:35:48 PM

Quote from: ducati_nolan on October 20, 2006, 09:30:16 PM
If there is any oil on the bulb from your hands or the bike, the bulb will burn out in a matter of minutes or hours.

I love this line! I started hearing it in highschool from my dad...I was replacing a bulb and was holding the glass trying to get it socketed right.

dad: you need to clean that before you turn it on.

me: why?

dad: the oil will burn the bulb ou.

me: how?

dad: ...

I've made it a point to "caress" every bulb I install and I have no problems with them burning out and I'm still replacing good bulbs every 12 months (routine maintanance).

(that one bulb is still in use, though, where as we burried my dad two years ago next month)

Church6360 · October 20, 2006, 10:43:34 PM

wow mak, that was awesome/ morbid. if i'm ever in texas i'll make it a point to drop by.

makenzie71 · October 20, 2006, 10:45:26 PM

if you run down to Deming and bring back a bike I need I'll give you beer.

tussey · October 20, 2006, 10:49:21 PM

Quote from: thatguy1025 on October 20, 2006, 03:49:32 PM
In just under 7 months. Now my High Beam light is broken

http://cgi.stanford.edu/~sanjayd/gs500/Upgrades/LEDIndicators

Church6360 · October 20, 2006, 10:51:31 PM

where is deming? a bunch of my family have/ are in the process of moving to texas (from cleveland), but deming?

btw, sorry bout the thread jacking

makenzie71 · October 20, 2006, 10:52:35 PM

Deming is in Southern New Mexico...about 2-hours west of El Paso.

Church6360 · October 20, 2006, 10:54:47 PM

i'd love to, but i'm in ohio. east and north of texas.

makenzie71 · October 20, 2006, 10:57:00 PM

well screw you too

Church6360 · October 20, 2006, 11:05:04 PM

like i said, alot of my family is moving to texas, so i'll probably be around sooner or later, hopefully after my big GS is done (axel to axel 68 inches) freaking thing is long, unfortunately i bet it's lousy in the twisties. you'll have that when you build a drag bike i guess.

makenzie71 · October 20, 2006, 11:12:02 PM

a GS drag bike doesn't seem to be english...

Church6360 · October 20, 2006, 11:15:58 PM

Que?

makenzie71 · October 20, 2006, 11:19:07 PM

yeah that too

Church6360 · October 20, 2006, 11:23:18 PM

exactly, i'll have more pics up as it gets further, busa master cylinder, scrounging for front rotors, stock rubber gs 1100e 1983 brake lines (i'm cheap), the motor could have been together by now, but not enough free time. soon, sooon.

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