80' 1100E turn signal help please

[Guest]

I bought these signals for my bike. I am putting these on the front and rear...I know they say license plate signals but have a creative way to put them on the front.(in case you were wondering)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170554836005...84.m1439.l2649
They are 2 wire, single filament, 21watt.
They wont blink. I push left, the lefts come on, I push right, the rights come on but none blink
The relay makes that honk/squeak sound when I turn them on, and when I tap the relay they will blink, but only once. If I tap it again, it will blink one time again.
I have an 80 850G project bike that shares the same turn signal realay and TCSU. I have tried swapping them out get the same result.
Is it the 21 Watt that is my problem? Or something else?
Any suggestions?

[loud et]

Hello?....GSR?

[Steve]

Yeah, sometimes you get a dozen responses in five minutes, other times, you might have to wait a couple of hours. Hang on, we'll get there.

Not sure if the stock lights are rated at 23 or 27 watts, but your 21s should be close enough.

You have stock lights in the rear signals?

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[loud et]

Yeah, sometimes you get a dozen responses in five minutes, other times, you might have to wait a couple of hours. Hang on, we'll get there.

Not sure if the stock lights are rated at 23 or 27 watts, but your 21s should be close enough.

You have stock lights in the rear signals?

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I will be using four of the lights in the e bay listing. 2 fronts and 2 rears. I previously had no signals at all.

[7981GS]

I probably have all four stock lights as well as the salvage yard that Old_Skool visits that is near you.

Eric

[loud et]

I probably have all four stock lights as well as the salvage yard that Old_Skool visits that is near you.

Eric

10,000 + posts Eric. lol Thanks but I will pass on oem cornstalks for now. I already bought the other ones. (boy he sure does have a lot of parts)

[loud et]

Those are supposed to be 10k posts celebratory fireworks. Looks more like some Tesla stuff.

[loud et]

I bought these signals for my bike. I am putting these on the front and rear...I know they say license plate signals but have a creative way to put them on the front.(in case you were wondering)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170554836005...84.m1439.l2649
They are 2 wire, single filament, 21watt.
They wont blink. I push left, the lefts come on, I push right, the rights come on but none blink
The relay makes that honk/squeak sound when I turn them on, and when I tap the relay they will blink, but only once. If I tap it again, it will blink one time again.
I have an 80 850G project bike that shares the same turn signal realay and TCSU. I have tried swapping them out get the same result.
Is it the 21 Watt that is my problem? Or something else?
Any suggestions?

back to the top....any takers?

[7981GS]

I agree with trying the electronic flasher.
(Psst, it is a lot more posts since 7-'09)

Eric

[loud et]

Any other thoughts ideas or suggestions before I hit the auto parts store?

[loud et]

I agree with trying the electronic flasher.
(Psst, it is a lot more posts since 7-'09)

Eric

I tried the electronic flasher change as is done on Cliffs site.
No worky. Back to the drawing board tomorrow.
How can tiny little turn signals kick my butt when I can/have successfully rebuild the top end and carbs and have a great running bike? ha ha silly electrical.

[7981GS]

Perhaps Super Stee might be in the vicinity some time?
Super Old_Skool?
As far as I have seen, they are the electric gurus in your area.
I would be bugging Posplayr.

Eric

[loud et]

My 550L is bone stock and in perfect original working order. I plugged one of these signals into the 550 and it causes the same result ....that being the signal will blink once and then just stay on. At least this lets me know that my 1100 system was probably properly working before I did the simple mod with the electronic flasher unit.
Bringing me back to the problem of why they wont blink. I used the Tridon ep-34. One other mention is that these bulbs are filament style but very small round glass bulbs. I did not try to open them up to get access to the bulb, there are no screws . I fear they are a sealed unit, but that just could not be. I dont want to bugger them up prying with a screwdriver in case I need to return them.
This small bulb size and odd wattage must be causing the trouble. Impulsive shopper here.

[loud et]

anyone want to take a stab at this? ......otherwise I will have to return these signals.

[koolaid_kid]

I suspect you are not drawing enough power to activate the relay. Locate the stock bulb number and find the power draw (usually rated in amps, if so just multiply by 12). I suspect your stock bulbs draw closer to 30 watts than 20.
To test this theory, do this (I know it sounds silly but it will work).
Plug one into the front and 2 into the rear. That will give you a power draw of 63 watts. I strongly suspect you will see blinkage. You will have to do some creative temporary wiring, but it will see if the power draw is the issue.
Give it a shot and let us know.