Intermittent indicators

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Good afternoon all
I'm having a problem with indicators on a Honda XR 125 L6.
They work sometimes and then don't.
I've cleaned the switch relay is good and so is it shorting out somewhere or wouldn't they work at all if that was the case?
What should I be thinking in this situation.
I'm not sure it's relevant but it seems to happen in this warm weather,but I can't believe it could be temperature related .....Or could it be??

Where to start?
When they work all the dash lights are working as well.
When they dont,neither flashers or dash work btw.
Cheers all!

[Courier265]

The relay is dying, I've had the same thing happen on CB250 a few times.

Replace it soon as possible and don't buy a cheapo, buy a genuine Honda
relay, yes I know they are very expensive but those cheapo's don't last long.

[XT65]

[quote="Courier265"]The relay is dying, I've had the same thing happen on CB250 a few times.

Replace it soon as possible and don't buy a cheapo, buy a genuine Honda
relay, yes I know they are very expensive but those cheapo's don't last long.[/quote

Thanks mate yes I agree best to get the proper Honda one.
What causes dying as opposed to just stopping working?

[Courier265]

[Ste]

[BusterGonads]

When I got my recently acquired year 2000 CG125, I had intermittent indicators. I cleaned up all the contacts and clips and the problem remained, so I took off the cover exposing the circuit board and looked around the circuit with a magnifying glass. That's when I found a cracked solder joint where one of the contacts connecting it to the loom joined onto the circuit board. This cracked joint meant that sometimes there was a connection and sometimes not. Vibration I expect, or maybe rough handling when it was being connected up at some time after it had been removed. Anyway - I re soldered the contact to circuit board connections and it has worked reliably ever since. There is very little inside the circuit more or less just a transistor switch and a relay and a couple of resistors to bias the transistor.

Flasher units aren't expensive items so this wouldn't be worthwhile if you had to go out and buy a soldering iron, but I already have a few of those, so the job only took two minutes and cost nothing.

It is worth taking a look if you have the gear. The case on my Honda one comes off easily by prying the outer casing over a couple of small lugs on the base of the unit.
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2016 Triumph Street Twin; 2000 Honda CG125; 1997 Honda Nighthawk CB250

[XT65]

Hi
The circuit board. Inside the relay do you mean?

[Teflon-Mike]

[BusterGonads]

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