Why?

Why would my brake warning light show,when the brakes are applied,but the lights are working fine?

Sounds like the brake light on your indicator panel is working properly. The light that you're calling a warning light should come on everytime you apply the brakes and the brake light comes on. If that indicator light does not come on when you apply the brakes, it shows your brake light is not working. Ed

If just riding along (without any brake application) and the brake dash light is blinking, it's a warning that the rear brake light is non-functional (for whatever reason, but usually a burnt out brake filament in the bulb).

Basically informing the rider that the rear brake bulb filament isn't going to light up when the brakes are next applied.

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650ed wrote: Sounds like the brake light on your indicator panel is working properly. The light that you're calling a warning light should come on everytime you apply the brakes and the brake light comes on. If that indicator light does not come on when you apply the brakes, it shows your brake light is not working. Ed

OK thanks...thats normal then.

Cheers guys.

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martin_csr wrote: There's a test for the Outage Indicator Switch. Remove the tail light bulb, turn on the ignition switch, then apply & release the brake (Fr or Rr) - the stop lamp indicator light at the meter should flash. That's how it is on my 81 650 anyway. I guess yours is the same.

Or disconnect the under-seat wire to the brake light.

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