Anyone experiencing issues in the wet with HD's TriBar tail light for softails (Custom, Standard & Nightrain)?

My fourth one went on Saturday riding home in a storm. Twice they've failed completely and twice they failed with thebrake light staying on.

Spoke to the dealer who says they are prone to rain but no fix or redesign from HD. They conceded their only experience is my bike and another customer who had his replaced once or twice. The dealer is happy to pick my bike up, replace and fit at no charge - so I'm not out of pocket but veryp*ssed off for the inconvenience and potential for being rear ended because the light is dead.

Maybe they're designed for Arizona not wet UK?

Anyone else had this problem?

 

had mine a about a year now without any problems

 

The first day I put mine on I washed the bike right after the install and only had a brake light that stayed on all the time . After a few hours it must have dried out and never had the problem again but I also try to keep water away from it . Guess if I get stuck in a storm I'd be screwed too []

 

I had mine do the same thing in the rain. It would just come on and off at will (like it was shorting out). After the rain it stopped doing this.

 

Did you put any type of coating on the conectors???

 

yeah, I used dilectric grease on mine. Use it on all electrical connections.

 

Hmmm, was going to buy one of those. Not now.
Ron

 

Thanks for your responses.

Yesterday I wrote to HD UK requesting they investigate, I'll update this post with their response when (if?) I get one.

 

I went through that last year. Bike got wet, light stayed on until it dried off....
I've got the fix...
Listen up, it's the plug under the seat that is causing the problems folks, not the light itself..
Unplug the connection, clean it, grease it and you will be fine..

 

Thanks George.
Did your tail light ever have water in it though?
On two occassions of having no rear lights (riding or brake) there was lots of water inside the tail light and PCB - both tail light units had to be replaced.