Turn Signal flasher relay

yoyo

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This is one from the UK to our friends over the pond, I hear your turn signals (indicators as we like to call them!) stay lit and only flash when you activate them, I like that look and would like to have mine the same. I thought there might have been a legal issue but the Africa Twin has them on constantly so all is good. The question is, how do I do it? Is the flasher relay different or is it the same unit just wired differently, any ideas?
 

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yoyo said:
This is one from the UK to our friends over the pond, I hear your turn signals (indicators as we like to call them!) stay lit and only flash when you activate them, I like that look and would like to have mine the same. I thought there might have been a legal issue but the Africa Twin has them on constantly so all is good. The question is, how do I do it? Is the flasher relay different or is it the same unit just wired differently, any ideas?
Only the front ones stay on, but at a dimmer level. Unlike the incandescent front running lights on my Honda ST, the LED ones on front of my Tenere, don't turn completely off between blinks when activated.
 

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As stated, only the front stay on, our front indicators have 3 wires and the rear have 2. The flasher relay stays exactly the same, we just have to run the third wire on the front indicators to a switched 12 volt supply that comes on with the ignition. So to do that you would have to buy new front indicators, alternatively you could try providing an additional supply to the front indicator to make them glow dimly (you would have to mKe the regulator for this as I don’t think anything commercial exists) I also have no idea how it would affect the flasher relay.. simplicity would be to just buy a front set of USA indicators and run an extra wire to each indicator that goes live when the ignition is turned on.

Gary
 

yoyo

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Thrasherg said:
As stated, only the front stay on, our front indicators have 3 wires and the rear have 2. The flasher relay stays exactly the same, we just have to run the third wire on the front indicators to a switched 12 volt supply that comes on with the ignition. So to do that you would have to buy new front indicators, alternatively you could try providing an additional supply to the front indicator to make them glow dimly (you would have to mKe the regulator for this as I don’t think anything commercial exists) I also have no idea how it would affect the flasher relay.. simplicity would be to just buy a front set of USA indicators and run an extra wire to each indicator that goes live when the ignition is turned on.

Gary
Thanks for that Thrasherg, that makes a lot of sense, not as straightforward as I'd hoped, I'll look further

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Nikolajsen

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Strange...on my PC I get straight to led LED flasher.
This part no. YME-FLB2F-10-00
 

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Could be a Tapatalk thing, thanks for the part number, it worked a treat.

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