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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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How's it going guys? I just recently bought my first bike (06 600RR) and the previous owner swapped out the stock turn signals in favor of flush mounted ones. However, when I am signalling, they dont flash. They stay solid orange the whole time. How do I fix this?? Could it be a fuse that went out?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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Front right? No, if a fuse was blown they wouldn't light up at all. The PO wired them wrong. There should be 3 wires going to each signal in the front. Running light wire, signal light wire and ground. Aftermarket signals usually don't have a running light so you only use the signal wire and ground.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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Both the front and rears stay solid. I checked the rear set and it just has 2 wires coming from them.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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What's possible is that he/she installed LED turn signals which in turn do not offer sufficient resistance to trigger the relay. With LED lights, you either get hyper-flash or no flash (solid) on a stock relay. To remedy this, you can either install resistors (PITA), or get a new "LED flasher relay" (recommended); eBay sells them pretty cheap, +/- $20.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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yeah they're led. could you post a link of what I need? thanks
 
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 03:44 AM
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You're going to have to figure out where your flasher relay is located, hopefully someone can chime in, othewise look in the service manual. On the F4i it's a simple plug & play, but I think on yours it might be a little more complicated: Video, Write-up, and Retailer.
 
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