Brake light stuck on???

[jimbo696]

I have been away for a week or so...when I started the bike today I touched the front brake lever and the brake light now stays on....any ideas what is causing it?
TIA....

[Scootaboy]

my 695 used to have the same problem (as did others from what I gather).

I used to spray the front lever with some wd40 and that used to fix it, for a while at least

[Nickj]

Probably the little switch stuck, it is the small black oblong this under the lever

[slob]

What the others said ^^^

Quite common, rinse with WD40... don't let it run down onto your discs/calipers/tyres.

[LVC]

Mine got frozen into the "on" position on my quad the other day after a winter's bath - WD-40 and "flicking the switch button" eventually released it.

[Nickj]

What the others said ^^^

Quite common, rinse with WD40... don't let it run down onto your discs/calipers/tyres.

I've found bikes much faster after that kind of treatment :eyepopping:

[jimbo696]

Thanks... I will get out the trusty WD40....

[Steve'o'M900]

You can also back off the two screws that hold the micro switch in place and then reseat (after a quick spray of WD40/GT85) then slowly do the screws up until the light goes on/off as normal, had abit of that trouble last year, all sorted now though!

Steve

[gary tompkins]

I have been away for a week or so...when I started the bike today I touched the front brake lever and the brake light now stays on....any ideas what is causing it?
TIA....

Can also be a sign that they are on the way out. I a dodgy one on trike and no amount of WD4o, fiddling and cursing would cure it. Replacement switch had to be fitted in the end.