newly bought zx50 might have lighting problems?

[jmichaelwillard]

I just bought a zx50 that was souped up with alot of after market items.  The dealer told me that there was only one level of headlight (not hi and lo) but I noticed that there IS a place for lo beams.  I also noticed that all of the other lights (licence plate, body turn signals, and back body running lights) are not working.  Before I tear the plastic off of this scooter, does anyone know of a reason why all of these lights might be off at once?

[thebatman]

dude, im having the same issue..my head light, tail lights, running light,license light dont work.. was told several things..i changed my stator, no good, changed voltage reg, no good, changed bulbs..if i find out, ill let you in on it.. i need the information myself....

[zombie]

If they are all out I would think it is a ground problem. there is a green wire with a ring terminal that mounts to the starter bolt. Check that for tightness. There is also a 10 amp fuse on the front of the battery box. That is for your accessories.

[Shaka]

There is also no high beam/low beam, only on.  There are two settings on the switch.  The first one turns on the running lights, the second one turns on the headlight and turns off the front running lights (either side of the headlight).  The yellow lights on the front fairing are the "euro" turn signals which are not wired up on the US version, same with the small rear yellow ones just below the tail light.  I removed my stalks on the rear and just switched the harness plug to the "euro" turn signals in the rear, the harness was already there.  There is no front harness in place for the front fairing "euro" turn signals on mine though, so I haven't gotten around to hooking those up yet.

[thebatman]

right, mine has no front yellow lights, just the cover. BUT mine has the wires,bulbs for the rear yellow markers..the light side has 3wires, the wire from factory wiring has one green they plug into each other. that seemed odd, either the hot or ground was missing from the plug.

[Shaka]

Mine has the factory wiring and bulbs for the rear "euro" signals, just not the front ones.  I'm not sure off hand about what wires are in the harness, but I just disconnected the plug from the stalk signals and plugged it into the "euro" signals and they worked just fine!

[zombie]

There are 2 hots, and one ground back there. the hots are for left, and right turn and the ground is common to both. The plug that goes to them is the same plug as the stalk blinkers. Just swap the plugs, and you have the built in's working.

[thebatman]

the stalk blinker??? you mean the actuall signal that pertrudes out on all 4's??..lmao. check this, my turn signals,brake lights,FRONT white running lights work...no head light,tail, rear yellows..

[zombie]

Yeah the rear turn signal lights. The plug from them will go to the yellow lights plug. These are not hooked up on bikes meant for the US. Your headlight is MOST likely the bulb. Lots of us have changed out the bulb for something brighter, and easier to get replacement bulbs for. I used a 35 watt hallogen fog lamp bulb, and socket. Just don't go any bigger than 35 watt because your stator cannot support anything larger. Have you tried wd-40 in the light switches? Could be that simple.

[thebatman]

the bulb looks good on headlight tho.. tail light tho, brake lights work, crrrazzzy.. wd-40, no,hadnt never tried that

[zombie]

It's worth a shot. May just be dirty contacts

[jmichaelwillard]

WHOA! You people are awesome.  I didn't know that there was a Euro wiring and a US Wiring.  You just saved me HOURS of work because I was about to pull all the plastic off and trace all the wiring!  Just one question though...would this US wiring thing explain why i don't have a licence plate light, or a speedometer light?  Or is that probably just the bulbs?

[thebatman]

my lincense light isnt working either, but im pretty sure there isnt a speedo light, just glow from head,running lights.

[Shaka]

There are speedo lights!  There are two small bulbs that plug into the back of the unit.  I'm not sure on the license plate light, I'll have to look at mine.

[zombie]

It's BULBS DUDES!    Those two wire at the end thingies...