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your thaughts ... turn signals

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hi all , i have a 79 gs 850 and have been riding it without turn signals ( dont need em on this year bike ) i have been thinking of puting some on the bike , i have the originals but think they look a bit large and clumsy on the bike , but i dont think it would suit smaller modern ones ..

should i just leave it as is or bite the bullet and intall some .

i think it looks better without , but for safety it would probably be better with them .
 
It's a matter of taste I suppose but I've run a few GSs with modern mini indicators and I think they look fine. I've got some (expensive) allycators on my CB1100F at the moment and I reckon they really suit it to a tee.

Plus I always feel a bit wary about riding bikes without indicators; a lot of drivers haven't got a clue about hand signals - is it still in the Highway Code and do they have to learn it? And of course after dark...
 
turn singals

turn singals

A little hard to see in this picture. I used the turn singals from a Buell. Like you I thought the stock singals were a bit large. Some of the members have used smaller singals also. Try searching I can not remember who they were.

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thanks bill, the small ones on your bike look fine , i guess ill have to start searching for something that i like .

al
 
Here's some I have (they are lockhart-phillips cheapies).
I usually take off the school bus style signals from old bikes and install something different.
Don't know if I will keep these, I may replace them with black ones.
 
i satarted off today , checking the turn signal wiring , man what a day iv had with the wiring on my bike .. first of all , i lost all power to my switch control , no lights at all , after a couple of hours of tracing wires , i finally found out that it was the fuse box at fault , a clean of the fusebox and re-doing a few contacts .. problem sorted .. , upon start up of the bike ............ found to be now not charging ... another couple of hours and found it to be the earh wire on the rr , snipped it off and ran it directly to ground on the battery .. problem solved again .

never got round to fitting the indicators but noticed that the flasher unit is totally knackered , what other two pin flasher units will do the trick .

any advice greatfully appreciated
 
after purchasing a small chrome set of turn signals , i didnt like them on the bike and i decided to install the originals , after a quick clean up , and a lot of hassle with the auto cancelling unit i have worrking turn signals .

i removed the auto cancelling box , joined a couple of wires , had to use a flasher unit for each side and took out the spring from the turn signal switch at the handlebars , my turn signals work ..

i feel safer riding now that they are working .

cleaned the bike up and its looking quite nice.
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Don't buy the ebay cheapies if going for mini stalks, You'll spend more than they are worth fixing them when the connections vibrate apart. I think I paid $40 for Bikemaster, all 4.
 
doctorgonzo said:
Someday, when some kid doesn't understand your hand signal and tries to pass you on the left you might wish you had.
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Hey I agree.....I'm not saying anything bad about them........I am extremely cautious when I ride, and that isn't an excuse....I plan to run them on the next bike, in progress
 
4x4fab.com said:
Hey I agree.....I'm not saying anything bad about them........I am extremely cautious when I ride, and that isn't an excuse....I plan to run them on the next bike, in progress
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Just busting your chops. I went to mini stalks, with no running lights, and put an on/off switch on my headlight, so I have no room to talk really. NO turn signals, still scares the crap out of me though, especially at night.
 
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