Topic: Signal question.. None Working.

[robdrobd]

I wired up some after market winkers today and they didn't work at all. The wiring was simple. Orange to orange, green to green on the left, light blue to light blue(aftermarket signal had a blue wire) and green to green on the right.

[skamagedon]

should be orange and green on one side, light blue and green on the other....brown is always hot from the battery with the key on. green is ground

[robdrobd]

Well everything on my bike is working now except for the signals. I bought 4 aftermarket bullet signals from ebay. Each signal has two wires (a ground and either light blue or orange.) I bought a brand new relay and can hear it click when I try to engage the signals, but I am not getting any light at all out of the signals. The headlight works and I even hooked up the buzzer. When I engage the signal button on the hand control the buzzer works as well. I am going crazy here. I disabled the running lights because none of the new signals are dual filament. What am I missing here? All fuses seem fine and I checked the wiring harness about 50 times for loose wires and "hot" spots, nothing.

[robdrobd]

Installed new 3 prong relay. Signals still don't work and the 15a fuse blows when I turn the signals on. Could it be the cheap signals I bought from China?

[skamagedon]

i dont know, those tiny little expert fingers...... if the old signals work, the new ones are crap...btw, are they led?

[KingCustomCycles.com]

Those cheapies are not case grounded, you need one wire to the blinker positive circuit and the other to a good ground.  It matters not which wire you use............

[KingCustomCycles.com]

And if they are LED they will come on when wired properly, but not blink.  Test one directly to a battery to see if it is the bulb or the bike wiring.  As an alternative, you can check for continuity also using an ohm meter.

[robdrobd]

Lights work when wired to battery