Motrax indicator prob

[True Blue]

I just put on some front Motrax inicators on my NSR yesterday(Lookin good ).

I gave them a quick test and they were fine. On way to work this morning though the bike wouldn't indicate left. I can hear the relay/flasher unit switching frantically, which I'm sure ain't good.

The right indicator seems to be working ok albeit a bit fast, I think thats normal though. Even when indicating right I can hear the relay/flasher unit switching really fast for a second then returning to normal.

Any ideas?

Much appreciated.

Ritchie

[kev]

maby a bulb has blown
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[Ste]

bulb blown.

wiring wrong

did it work when you first wired it all up etc?

[True Blue]

Bulb okay. And I checked the polarity of the connection which was fine. Though the polarity shouldn't asctually matter for a bulb.

Yeah it worked when i wired it up.

I cant understand it.

[kev]

have you tryed a differnt bulb in it or actually tested the bulb
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[Demonic69]

What bulbs? The flasher unit may not be able to handle 23-25w bulbs very well
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[craigT19]

bahh simple folk lol

when you fitted your motrax indicators you probably noticed the wires were the same colour.....thats cos they cant be wired wrong..its not possible the wires can go either way

as for the bulb going...very unlikely, normally what happens when a bulb goes is the remaining bulb simply stops flashing.

i would think you may have a phuked relay, very unlikely its the bulbs.

unless

the motrax indicators i had needed to be clamed to the bike wires, if youve done the same theres a chyance you may have shorted it by not making the wiring neat and tidy....the above happened on my first attempt

good luck
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[True Blue]

I put a voltage across the bulb to test it.

I'm just assuming that its 23W cause it didn't actually say on the pakaging or the indicator itself. Well I wasn't sure if the flasher unit would handle it myself, but by all accounts it should. Strange how the right hand side works though.

Where would I get a 10W bulb for it? It'll need to be an orange one.

Cheers

[Danny]

It does not seem to do any harm getting the wiring wrong way round when installing indicators on the NSR. I just randomly tried the wiring till it worked But i had to fiddle about with different what bulbs @ the front and back. I'm running 23w @ the front and 4w @ the rear to get maximum brightness, but it's still kinda shit.

[True Blue]

I hear what your saying there craig. The wires could go anyway round, yeah. But to make it pukka I connected It + to + and - to -. On the NSR the wires are different colours. Green is - and orange and white (or something) is +.

I definately didn't short it. I'm careful like that cause i'm an electrician.

I just thought someone might have came across this before but i'll look at it again tommorrow, seeing as i've got the day off work..

[True Blue]

4w at the rear Danny? Is that bright enough? What indicators have you got, is it the clear ones?

And where do you get bulbs to suit it?

[Danny]

[True Blue]

Mine might be brighter cause they are clear. I'll look in to it tomorrow and let yo know how i get on.

[Danny]

[True Blue]

Yeah mate, putting more powerful bulbs in will only make them brighter if the unit can handle it. You could put 300W bulbs in but the unit would still only pump out 40W or whatever

[True Blue]

So I went out this morning and tried my indicators. Much to my disbelief, they worked

Only for about 2 seconds though, then kapoot.

WTF

So anyway, I whipped out the cables from the motrax indicator and put them across a standard bulb. The indicators worked fine. Nothing wrong with the flasher unit then.

Once the Motrax one was connected back up it doesn't work again.(Still don't understand why the other side works though )

I tried everywhere to get a 10 Watt bulb that size, and no joy. Where the hell are you guys getting them from? Can I get them off the net?

[True Blue]

Well 2 flasher units and £14 later, the fucking things still don't work

I tried a unit from Halfords, didn't work. I got one from Kawasaki dealer, same make but 2 x 23W rating. This one blue the fuse ( I think I managed to throw this one over 100 feet, which was impressive).

Lesson learned - Don't fuck about with your bike it'll beat you.

[Ste]

tkae it to the shop you got them from.

and my indicators just plugged straight in

[Danny]

[True Blue]

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[Crazy Manx Man]

I've never seen Mini Indicators as a worth while 'mod' but if you have massive massive bulky ones to start off with then why not change them
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[True Blue]

I'm not throwing anymore money at this prob. I've just ordered 10W indicators

[Bennyboy2003]

I had that problem just change the relay, goto halfords £5 problem sorted!
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