also check the starter switch as it cuts the power when you start the bike and if its shorting that will also kill your headlights
just found this Headlights Stopped on 05 CBR1000rr - CBR Forum - Enthusiast forums for Honda CBR Owners
Yea thats the one it's on the right. I ment when I changed the nose come over for my new one, I'm not that bad lol
I've now found the fault. It was a loose connection in the cut off switch. The headlights get a constant feed through the starter switch which keeps the headlights on at all times, the loose wire stopped this constant feed. The reason the headlights then worked using the pass switch is because it gets its fed from elsewhere. tempory bodge underway and a new switch being ordered tonight.
I've managed to fix the switch and so for the forceable future I will not need to fork out silly money for a switch. The problem with stripping the bike right back is that you see all the dirt and grime that gets under the fairing, therefore stage one of cleaning already carried out and tomorrow will be stage two and some anal touch up points that only i'll probably ever notice.
a thousand apologies............. only just got my fookin computer working again. i recently had a roof leak and it pissed all over the thing, stripped it ,dried it and tried it. t'was ok but it decided to melt a pcb.....bastid. well at least its sorted now, like your lights.