Indicators on an rxs100

carper84 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Karma :

Hi guys. Could any one help me.
The rxs iv just brought hasnt got the indicators wired up. Iv taken off the seat to get at the rear indicators and theres two wires coming out of each indicator green and black for the right hand one and grey and brown for the left. But theres only two wires coming from the front of the bike a brown and green. The conections dont fit either. The indicators arnt stanard rxs ones. What do i do???
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smegballs · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Karma :

Well my indies don't flash at the right rate and most of my rxs electrics is of the "twist and tape" variety.

However, I do know better so its on my list of things to do. Will probably done when I do my 12V AC only conversion!

First I'd read this .

Then I'd make sure all the bulbs in the indies are of the 6V variety before proceeding....

Now the indies with two wires have a live and an earth. It doesn't matter which way round for a simple filament bulb. Now on Yamaha's its the dark green (left) and "chocolate" (right) wires for the indies. Double check that left/right as its from memory.

So with the twin wire indies connect one wire to the green/chocolate with a crimp connector and the other wire to the frame of the bike (or other appropriate earth point).

I'm guessing the single wire indies are metal bodied right? They only need one wire as they earth through their metal bodies so with that single wire just plug it into your respective green/chocolate wire.

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

I doubt they will work, if the person who put them on couldn't be bothered to wire them up, I doubt he bought 6v aftermarket indis.
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Blau Zedong · Banned Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Karma :

Protip - fitting 8W bulbs and flasher unit to an RXS and swopping the indicators for a type with a decent reflector will give indicators that are at least halfway useable for modern road conditions.
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smegballs · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Karma :

The best indies I've seen on a small bike are on my brothers tomos moped.

It is completely 12V AC only with no battery or rectifier etc etc.

The indies will flash at a proper rate at any revs, so long as its running, also even if the front/rear bulb is removed it will keep on flashing at the right rate!

carper84 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Karma :

Right, I got the back ones to work Very Happy

But the bloke who put on the indies has wired up the front ones the wrong way round! So swaped them over and now only the right one works Confused

Is it the same as the back? Where theres two wires for each indie and one is the earth? When i undid the headlamp it was the bike had spilled its guts with all these wires. I looked at it all and thought maybe i should leave this to a pro? The haynes dosent give much help either for this Confused

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smegballs · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Karma :

If you keep rooting around in all the wires you should find the terminals where you plug in the indy wires, have you found them?

Also have you tested each indy out to make sure the bulbs are intact?

carper84 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Karma :

Thanks for the advice guys. Iv just got one question now.
Iv got all the indies to work now but the front lef is flashing really slow and dim. Someone said its probly a bad earth so i checked that and its fine. Is this the flasher relay playing up? Also when i turn the indies on, they dont come on instantly, its as if they need to warm up lol. They come on after about 4 seconds, is this normal? Thanks
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carper84 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Karma :

Just went through it all from top to bottom! And i found that the indie that didnt work was the wrong wattage. all the rest are 6v 15w and the one that was dodgy was 12v 25w, but looked exactly the same. Should of checked that first! Sorry for wasting every1s time Embarassed

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