Indicator problem

[klutch]

My indicators stopped flashing a while ago when my battery went due to the cold weather but have now replaced the battery and the indicators still dnt flash, seems strange but when the bike is at 5000 revs they do flash, does anyone know what this is as it has puzzled me lol

[Guest]

First thing to do Klutch is check all the connections. ....

[klutch]

First thing to do Klutch is check all the connections. ....

Connections seem fine and clean, could it still be the flasher unit even though it works above 5k revs

[Guest]

I've not (personally) heard of that happening before... but I see WF lurking So maybe a more definitive answer will materialise....

[Guest]

its got to be a charge issue.. is the battery fully charged..? if the flasher unit was gone you wouldn't get anything.. at 5k revs the alternator will be putting charge back into the battery, so i guess the battery's lower than it should be, try the horn if the batterys weak this will sound poor (well more than normal) and does she fire up ok, or struggle, another sign of a weak battery.....

[klutch]

its got to be a charge issue.. is the battery fully charged..? if the flasher unit was gone you wouldn't get anything.. at 5k revs the alternator will be putting charge back into the battery, so i guess the battery's lower than it should be, try the horn if the batterys weak this will sound poor (well more than normal) and does she fire up ok, or struggle, another sign of a weak battery.....

When i got the bike the battery was weak and the horn now sounds alot better but not quite full if u understand what i mean, it starts now with no problems at all but this has really confused me

[Guest]

Basically Klutch, to eliminate the battery as a potential problem, give it a full charge and see if the problem persists.

[Guest]

its got to be a charge issue.. is the battery fully charged..? if the flasher unit was gone you wouldn't get anything.. at 5k revs the alternator will be putting charge back into the battery, so i guess the battery's lower than it should be, try the horn if the batterys weak this will sound poor (well more than normal) and does she fire up ok, or struggle, another sign of a weak battery.....

When i got the bike the battery was weak and the horn now sounds alot better but not quite full if u understand what i mean, it starts now with no problems at all but this has really confused me

get a multimeter and see what your battery is putting out, and it could still be a bad connection, as the amp-age is increased due to the revs/alternator generating power, a weak connection will get more juice .. disconnect each one at a time and reconnect, the action of the blades rubbing against each other will clean the contact side..

[klutch]

Thanks il do that in morning why its pitch black lol, il let u know how i get on tomorrow

[Colin the Bear]

Probably not but just might be the earth. The lead from the battery that bolts to the frame or the earth return from the indicator circuit.

[klutch]

just thought id let u all know my indicators now work lol, im sorry its a bit late, forgot all about this thread with the whole CBT trouble i had, turned out when i looked at the flasher unit properly i saw battery acid down the side of the plastic, switched it and its been fine since, must of happened when i had the off just before xmas. just seems strange how it worked for a bit afterwards.

Anyway apoligies again for forgetting to let u know lol