My front left indicator bulb keeps blowing

[MarkJ]

As stated in the topic, my front left indicator bulb keeps blowing. It's done it twice now, even though the bulbs are the same wattage as all the other bulbs. Doesn't seem to be much brighter than any of the others either, however some of the plastic thread inside the casing seems to have melted, so I'm guessing there's too much power flowing through it.

I don't have a multimeter so I can't check the current and voltage flowing through it. I need to take the bike in for its 8000 mile service soon, but do you think asking them to fix it would be expensive? I was wondering if putting a resistor in the wire would stop it blowing, or maybe put a higher wattage bulb in? Or maybe there's a way for me to fix it? Or perhaps I've just had a few dodgy bulbs.

opinions and advice welcome!

[Bezzer]

[MarkJ]

I've got a Datatool alarm that the indicators seem to go through to turn them all on when I arm/disarm the bike. Could this have anything to do with it?

Thanks for the reply I'll try and get some pictures of the melted area

[MarkJ]

Just had a good look at the indicator again. It seems that the thread on the orange plastic had been broken, so whoever had the bike before me put in some rubber sealant inside the thread to keep the screw inside, but it had gunked up everywhere. You can see the gunk on the screw's thread circled in the (very bad) picture below.

Would this have anything to do with the bulb popping, because the tip of the bulb is almost touching the screw thread, and therefore, the rubber sealant.

[Bezzer]

If the glass was touching it wouldn't cause a short but the vibration of it against the screw wouldn't help and could easily be breaking the filament. is there any way you can run it without the screw, taped up whatever to see if the bulb lasts?. If it's OK you'll know it's vibration and can look for a new housing or better way of holding it, if it still blows it's back to checking the wiring.
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I used to be indecisive but now I'm not quite so sure.

[mr jamez]

Check the indicator earth connection, may well be falling apart or corroded, most likely situation as its just the one bulb going pop.
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[MarkJ]