blinkers that dont flash.

[FROSTY:Me]

Heresn a screwey one for ya. On a yam 750 the indicators flash very slowly
rev the bike up and they flash a lil bit faster.
Thinking incorect wattage on the bulbs I checked one side and both were 23 watts. I thought alhh easy -so i fitted a 10 watt bulb into one indicator.-It made matters worse,now that side doesn't flash at all. -now that just plain dont make sense.
I also tried fitting a new solenoid -a 21 amp -and it diddnt even light the bulbs up. -Ideas guys??

[riffer]

Heresn a screwey one for ya. On a yam 750 the indicators flash very slowly
rev the bike up and they flash a lil bit faster.
Thinking incorect wattage on the bulbs I checked one side and both were 23 watts. I thought alhh easy -so i fitted a 10 watt bulb into one indicator.-It made matters worse,now that side doesn't flash at all. -now that just plain dont make sense.
I also tried fitting a new solenoid -a 21 amp -and it diddnt even light the bulbs up. -Ideas guys??

It's a Yamaha. They all do that.

[Motu]

Go get a wide electronic unit,these are made for trailer usage,so the extra bulbs don't effect the flash rate,they have a wide tolerance of wattage.I put one in my C50 with 6 volts,I'd done everything,a 12 volt electronic unit fixed it.

Oh,just a note - you may find the wide tolerance unit illeagal,it won't show a dud bulb with an increased blink rate to alert the opperator...try Repco,they don't give a shit whether somethings illeagal or not...it's sales man,sales.

[Posh Tourer :P]

Here's my reply from the duplicate thread


Ok. Was the battery fully charged at the time?
That happened all the time on the Honda CB125T. What you want is a battery putting out more voltage (hence the normal speed flashing when you rev and put out more voltage), or a different flasher unit.
If both sides were flashing at equal speeds and doing the same thing, either someone has replaced all 4 bulbs incorrectly (unlikely) or it is a problem as above. Battery getting worse as you go is maybe another thing - check voltage across the battery

[laRIKin]

Check it's earth, repeat until you have done this.

I have found over the years this is the main problems on bikes wiring is this.
It may have a bit of a earth but not a good one.
Thats can be why the light is trying to work.
If you have a multi meter, put it across the wire and the frame and you
may see what I mean. So clean don't just look at the contact.
You have to clean it up.
And I sure that that will fix it (maybe).
If I'm wrong, at least it will not cost you any thing.

Cheers