TrailCub wrote:
The question is why does a new bulb have the exact same problem....
.... is it a weird coincidence (crossing fingers);

.... or is there a fault on the bike's electrical system that is blowing low beams


I am beginning to suspect a fault in the electrical system. I'm almost certain that right after I installed the new light and fired up the bike, I had a low beam. I know I had light, probably low beam, unless I mistakenly had the switch on hi beam. Will testing the wires with a voltmeter and the bike running as you suggested confirm a problem that is blowing the low beam?