Hi chaps,
I have the Xenon Hid light kit for the Tenere but the lo beam cuts out sometime during every ride. When I start the bike the light goes on fine but shuts off/cuts out some time soon after every time. I dont use the high beam or touch the light switches. It is dangerous riding without light and I cant ride at night.
Why is this happening?!?!? What causes this?!?!?
Thanks.

Each time it cuts out, has it run for a similar length of time?

If it's random, it may well be wiring related. However, by the sound of what you describe, and the fact that resetting the ballast (turning engine off and on again), it is more than likely an internal fault in the ballast causing it to trip out.

Have you tried swapping the main beam ballast for the dip beam ballast? Start with this (after checking the wiring). Doing the swap should show up whether it is a ballast fault or not, and give you a good idea whether the lamp is at fault too.

Where is your ballast mounted? If they get too hot they can cut out prematurely.

Yep... unfortunately.

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Hi Pepsi,
Yes you are right. I took it for a ride just now (night) to figure out when it cuts out exactly. Bumps didnt seem to do anything. However, the lo did black out every then and when but only for a split second and then go back on. Then suddenly complete darkness. Scary as heck at night! I would quickly switch on the high beam then back to lo and it would be normal again. This happened continuosly. Later I stopped under a street light and checked the cables and wires and lo and behold whenever I moved the lo beam's connectors it would cut out. I discond them and the cond them back securely. I pulled the wires around to check the connection but the light stayed on. And it stayed on the whole way home. No black outs, no cut outs. No problems. So yes, check the snap connectors thoroughly!

Pleiades,
Interesting. Ill remember that

Just an update. It was still blacking out after I fixed it. So I did the hard work and took off the tank and checked things myself. The lo beam's ballast was placed flat under the tank on the flat metal surface where the oil tank rubber pipe comes out of the frame. I think the vibrations caused it to cut out?? Perhaps the plug cables were too tight causing them to pull out of connection?? I also swopped the ballasts then fitted them in their old place. I took it for a ride at night and it worked perfectly. No cut outs, no blackouts, only light. Now I am finally happy :-D

That is way too hot a location for a ballast, it will almost certainly reset itself due to overheating when the oil tank/pipes get warm. Moving the ballasts to a cooler place, as you have done, will have helped no end.

Glad you got it sorted in the end.

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