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Taillight won't shut off

jaramz
Hi
Have an electrical question concerning my 1974 Honda cb750k. My taillight won't turn off when the ignition is off. I have to unplug the taillight wire as the brown wire from the harness is always hot.
Any suggestions as to what I need to do?
Thank you for any help you can give.
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I am thinking it is the brake light staying on. Check your brake lever, and pedal to see if one of them is holding the brake switch on. I would bet it is the rear doing it.
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1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
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jaramz
Thank you for your reply.
 I also needed to know why the brown wire from the harness that the taillight plugs into is always hot.
Thanks again.
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Since it is the brown wire, it is the taillight then. Has your wiring harness been modified/repaired? Here is a link to the wiring diagram. You can use it to trace the wire back to find where is is somehow making a connection to hot.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?gmnic1t990juo0l
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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jaramz
I'll give it a  try. Thank you.
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