no tail lights

[jeff]

hi voyager members my 95 voyager tail lights stopped working my brake lights work what could be wrong?
thanks jeff

[cranky]

... with my luck, I'd have 2 burned out tail lights!!! JM2C

[SgtSlag]

The bike uses a dual filament bulb: one filament is the running light, and it is always on, when the bike is running; the second filament, is the brake light, and it only burns when the brakes are applied with the bike running. It is quite common for one of the two filaments to burn out, while the other is still good -- the running light filament usually burns out first, as it is always on.

If you switch to LED's, they will likely outlive you! Seriously, the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) on the filaments, is like 5,000/7,000 hours for the filament bulbs. The MTBF for the LED's is around 30,000-50,000 hours, for each individual LED element, of which there are more than a dozen, on the LED bulbs.

The other advantage to converting to LED's, is the lower current draw from the charging system. By converting to LED's, your bike will run at a higher voltage for charging the battery. It will also make available more Amps for running devices, such as heated clothing, and GPS systems, charging Cell Phones, etc.

There are several discussions in this forum on converting to LED's, so just use the search function for more information. Cheers!

[cranky]

.. + 1 ... what he said! I went LEDs and when I LED'ed my running
lites, I saved 6A!!! I have a tender for the scoot.. I can come back
from even a short run and take very little time for the battery
to get back up to the "charger" high...