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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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I have an 02 F4i. I had flushmounts on my bike and then bought some hotbodies so I put the hotbodies on the sides and the other ones in my intake vent. I noticed that sometimes my blinkers wont work. Left usually work but right wont. Sometimes neither side will come on. Sometimes they come on for a couple seconds and then stop. Need some help. If I leave them alone and off, then they start working again when i turn them on. Could it be something to do with having 4 front turn signals? Switch problem? Wiring problem? I never noticed it all last year but didnt really use the blinkers most of the time since i didnt ride in town. When i took my motorcycle test and had to use the blinkers EVERY block, they first started to not work. SUGGESTIONS?????

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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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Sounds like a loose ground or a wiring problem to me.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 07:57 AM
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forgot to mention that when they dont work, sometimes the turn on the dash cluster is solid yellow and doesnt flash and sometimes it just isnt there at all. Also the rear blinkers dont work. When the wire came loose from the connector with my first set of flushmounts about a month ago, just that one didnt light up so im wondering if it is more than just the way I wired them. Where should I start looking? Ill be home tomorrow and if its not a loose wire in between the front signals, WHERE SHOULD I LOOK???

Could there be a problem with running 2 sets of blinkers in the front?? (too much juice needed??)
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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I appreciate the help so far. Im at school until tomorrow but wish I were home to check some of the suggestions out.

I ran both grounds from the blinkers to the ground on the harness and the same with the "hot" wires. (2-1 with a connector and 2-1 with a connector and then i used electrical tape to wrap around the wires and connectors for the ground and the same with the hot wires.) I might just have to get rid of the connectors and "twist" the wires together. At least that way they will be connected good and wont come apart. Is there any reason to not do it this way? I know it looks like a "hack job" but it will be behind the fairings and noone will see.
 
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