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Started by dolepineapple, March 28, 2005, 03:08:24 AM

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dolepineapple

Hi folks,
long time since i made a post here, but 2 days ago, 'Rebecca' (my gs500F) rose from the dead!  Thank God for spring!

As I was riding yesterday, I noticed that my turn signals stopped working, but my brake and headlights were working fine.  I was like, what the heck, they were just working when I turned the bike on 20 minutes ago and while on the road, they just stopped working. . . any ideas or suggested fixes?

Any help would be AWESOME!

cheers,
joel
all-black F
down and not out for good. . .

The Buddha

Ok you are the second Gs500 F to report this ... I'll tell you what I told the first poster ... Warranty and relay ...
Yea man those F's were total lemons ... you can tell by that funky ass yellow color  :lol: ... as is this emoticon and this one  :bs:  and  :dunno:  and  :mrgreen:  ... OOps that one was a lime ...  :x  ... Oy this one is bad  ...
Cool.
Srinath.
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dolepineapple

ha!
nice use of the emoticons
very lively response

damnit! this sux. . .i'll bring it in to the shop sometime this week and bi*ch/complain

thanks.  i'll keep everyone posted

cheers,
joel
all-black F
down and not out for good. . .

starwalt

If both signals quit...relay...or wiring for same.

If one signal quit...a bulb...probably....or wiring to those pairs.

If warranty in place....Srinath Solution.
-=Doug......   IT ≠ IQ.

God save us from LED turn signal mods!

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1990 GS running, 1990 GS work-in-progress, 1990 basket case.
The trend here is entropy

dolepineapple

thanks starwalt

what exactly should I do to check it? I'm sorry, I've never dealt with this before. . .

both signals are out
not even the turn signal indicator on my dashboard lights up,
but my high/low beams and brake lights work
all-black F
down and not out for good. . .

John Bates

One thing you can do is pull the relay and place a short piece of wire in the connector in place of the relay.

Turn the ignition on.

Flip the turn signal switch left and right.  If the wiring and bulbs are good the turn signals will light up but not flash.  That means the relay is bad.
:cheers:
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