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My newly installed indicators dont work! Please help


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I got Indicators fitted on my Kawasaki KH 125. The man who was fitting them told me he needed a lighting coil for them to work but I posted a question asking if it did and people dissagreed, and so did my friend who is in car and motorbike electrics. So i picked the bike up without a lighting coil fitted and the indicators seemed to work fine (with a 1 second delay from the switch to the indicators), I was riding home and they worked about 15 times but then stopped working half way through my journey and they dodnt seem to work anymore :crybaby: . Doesnt anyone know why this happened? Or is it just because the bike acually did need a new lighting coil?


The headlight taillight and neutral indicator have now stopped working, the battery must be flat i assume.


P.S All the other electrics work fine; headlight, taillight and neutral light.


Thanks in advance,


Alex.

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Are Flasher relays fairly straight forward to fit? (I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to motorbikes, I just turned old enough to buy one 2 months ago)


Thanks.

Yeah....normally just plug into a socket somewhere, often under the seat or side panels. Obviously you'd need one that runs on 6v....which could be harder to come by. Firstly if I were you I'd locate the flasher relay and unplug and replug it...just in case it has a bad connection. The other things to check is that you have a good ground connection to either the headlamp shell or the rear light cluster as a bad earth on either of these could stop the indicators from flashing. Check with the guy what type of indicators he fitted....just in case he put LED ones on.

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Well the battery problem existed before the indicators were fitted, I gave the bike back to the guy who sold it to me and i thought they were fixed. Could it be the battery is not charging when the motorbike is going?

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are your indicators the right wattage for your system? 6v system wont power much at all, although I would try and find the problem to your battery before you rectify this as the two are almost certainly linked.

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If your lights went out while the engine was running I'd say that you are probably not charging the battery.........alternator, Rectifier/Regulator units may be faulty. Unless you are handy with a voltmeter you may need to take it to a bike shop or auto electricians as you'll need to check the voltage coming out of the alternator. Try charging the battery with a suitable charger and see if the lights come back on and the indicators work......if so that would point to a fault in your bikes charging circuit.


Good Luck,


Bob

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