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            Flat battery, bump start and exploding bulbs 
             
             
            
            
           
             Had not ridden my Tenere for a few weeks and no surprise, the battery was flat.
              
              It bump started ok and I set off from SE London towards Oxford.
              
              I had not noticed the headlamp was not working until it started to get dark and I pulled into a backstreet bike shop in Oxford.
              
              The 20A fuse had blown, put in the spare, it blew. Put in a 30A fuse and the low beam bulb exploded. Swapped the bulb, works fine, so I rode home.
              
              So, question.... Would bump starting the bike cause a surge that somehow damaged (shorted) the bulb then blow a fuse? or is there likely to be another fault somewhere waiting to err it's ugly head? 
             
            
            
            
            
            
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