Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Today put a new battery in my 86 spree so I could ride it at night without having to keep the rpm up the keep the lights on. The battery works great my blinkers work fine and I have aux lights under the frame and they stay on fine but the head light still dims when I stop. Is this supposed to happen? It sounds dumb if it is but what could be wrong with it?

It's inherent in the design of the power system for the headlight.

The Headlight is not powered by the battery at all. It runs from a separate coil from the stator, and is fed AC. At low rpm, the output is below the normal operating voltage of the bulb, hence a dim output.