1983 GS750ES Bikes goes dead when Flasher is removed

[Suzukian]

Since I am the only person who has worked on this bike, I do not recall playing the two blade flasher in the fuse panel, I don't even know where to get those. It has to have been me that did it though. I don't know where and when, but putting a 10 amp fuse in there now, the signal lights now work, and the bike is flashing off of the signal light flasher I posted in the previous post.

I don't know how I screwed this up. That little box has been plugged into that fuse panels for as long as I can remember. It clicks when the signal lights are switched on. I've owned the bike 40 years, and 40 years ago, I did not know what I know now. There's no one to blame. The bike is all set now. I did not reconnect the old Horns, just made sure they were sealed as two of them do have 12 volts coming out of them when the power is on. The horn button would connect the ground. That was all by passed when I put in the FIAMM Horns.

In place of the big metal relay is a 10 amp fuse now. It has been a morning of discovery.

[Rijko]

The bike is all set now.

That sounds like PROGRESS, did that solve all issues ?
Congrats anyways, progress makes up for frustration, right ?

[Suzukian]

Yes, I think all issues are solved. The LED Flashers in the front are even brighter now. I have left the stock in the rear, as they are big, and those Resistors are $16 bucks a piece, ouch! Thanks for your input, I really appreciate it. I was quite young
and did not have the electronics background I have now. I have to take responsibility though, because I am the only person who has touched the bike.

[pdqford]

Perhaps that metal can is some kind of a slow blow fuse, or a fuse that auto resets when cooled?

P.S. Pictures do add a whole lot to the discussion!

[Suzukian]

Perhaps that metal can is some kind of a slow blow fuse, or a fuse that auto resets when cooled?

I took it apart, it is a flat piece of metal with a coil around it, and a set of points at the end. It's a flasher unit. It still works. it flashed (made the ticking sound, loud enough that I didn't hear the other one on the other side! Maybe it does operate as a re-settable fuse? Now you have me wondering? I will keep it for posterity.

[Baatfam]

Since this forum only allows one pic per post, this will take two.

Nope, it does not....We used to have a 10 photo limit, but that was lifted with the new software.

[rphillips]

When I saw it in the picture I thought, that looks like a circuit breaker to replace the fuse way more than any turn signal flasher I've seen. Keep scratching your head, you had to be the one who put it there, probably many birthdays ago..

[rphillips]

Being nosey, I just punched in 12V circuit breaker on ebay, found that exact item. I couldn't make out in your pic. but on ebay item says 10A above and 12V below, now see that's what is in your picture.... Now why and when.

[Rijko]

Must be a combination of factors, since that circuit only powers turn signals, horns and brake light switches.
So even when wired/fused all wrong, it should not have affected the whole bike going dead.

Maybe the FIAMM horns and seperate wiring/relay were hooked into the main 12V somehow,
and removing that restored proper power to contact, ignition, etc.

Well, all sorted now, cool

[unfocused]

Thats a circuit breaker in the first pic. replace it. you can use a blade fuse rated the same as the CB...

The second pics is the actual flasher. Or appears to be.

If you replace this and you still have issues - please reach out.

[Suzukian]

I agree, it's definitely a circuit breaker. I must ave installed it over 35 years ago. The FIAMM Horns are mounted with their own circuit, even the horn button is not the original, as that kind of went to pieces, so I put in a small button switch into there. Nothing from the horn presently is wired into the motorcycles Harness, and that circuit has it's own separate relay and fuse.

I'm sure that's a circuit breaker. That fuse says "Flasher" on the fuse panel. That's what threw me off, especially as that fuse/circuit breaker was clicking when the signal lights were running, and loudly. When I look at the schematics, that fuse goes to many places, including the actual Flasher Relay.

If I scratch my head any harder on this, I'll end up with a bald spot. I don't have one now, might as well not create one. I'm confident about going out for a ride now, and trying out the new 16:" Battleaxe on it.