I have just bought a 1995 Heritage, Issue i have is when the bike is running and i turn the ignition to turn on the lights the bike dies out. I can start the bike with the lights on and its fine just cant turn them on after the fact.
Any ideas

 

The lights are on when the selector is over to Ignition motor starts and runs, when the selector points to lights no motor or running just lights.

 

When the selector is on ignition it runs. When i turn the selector to lights the bike dies. I can start and run the bike with the selector on lights just cant turn the lights on once the bike is running as it will die. I just rode down the street with the selector on ignition and switched while i was going down the road the bike shut off but restarteds as i was rolling.

 

sounds to me like your ignition switch is wired incorrectly or better yet dirty contacts.