Have an issue with the bloody  thing now as I found on the Serpy ride it didnt work right and I had to use the occasional had signals.

With the bike stationary and engine off it works fine,never missed a beat in 10 mins of watching.

With the bike stationary  and engine running it dont, it tries to flash  but basically  gives a piss weak effort and short stabs at a flash or it wont flash at all. I have checked the wiring visually and cant find any breaks.

The right hand side works fine engine on or off

There is no problem with starting the bike and no fade in the headlight brightness. I took out the rear tail light spinner and left no globe  just incase that was draining but nope same same  it still didnt wanna flash right or even at all

With the engine running and the bike moving same as stationary and running.

 

Any one got ideas or  know of a sparky  south of the river here that might have an idea?

I have spoken to a few repaires and they said they have no idea what might be the cause and have never heard of this problem.

have ya checkt both bulbs on the faulty side ? might be like a car ya no wen it flashes real quick its got a blown bolb,

swap both bolbs to the other side n see if that side does it

what yr and bike ya got ?

Sounds like a dickie connection or cracked wire.

Especially if it happens with engine running (vibration)

You've done the right thing (engine off, engine on) and as suggested swap globes around

My Bikes the one up there ^^ in the middle the plum one tween Rt and Rockets. Its a 92 sporty.

Wouldnt it not work no matter what way if they where blown? not just with the engine running. I will go do the bulb swap right now.

Hmmm took the covers off and the left hand side didnt work at all . switched globes anyway and they still didnt work , wiggled some wires at the front Harness ect and whist doing that my son tapped the rear and lo and behold they started to work.

did a few more proddin and pokin wigglin and jigglin, engine off engine on and I think there is a loose wire at the rear left somewhere inside the casing or under the rear guard.

As soon as I move the black wire inside the unit it stops or starts.

I was expecting faulty stators or something drastic due to the fact it worked with the engine off.

Onya fella's I wouldnt have found it unless I changed globes and didnt think the switching of the globes was the problem since they worked before the engine was running

That'll be 50 bucks thanks

Its in the mail.

I called a Motorcycle sparky and explained this to him, he said bring it in and he will have a look. He charges $99 an hour

When indicator is on is it at full brightness or dull?Sounds like a high resistance joint once cct is hot, check for poor earth connection on indicator. Hope this helps.

I would have said poor earth - not uncommon given the amount of vibration on most hogs, and the amount of modification most folks do.

The other suggestion if you had aftermarket indicators would be an equalizer.

 

 

Cuzzy: When the light is on its at its brightest, thereis no fade  at all unless you can call a quick burst  and then no  flash a t all  dull  hehehe.

Baca: My exact thoughts myself.

Goose and RT:  I am thinking its a loose lead or earth leak as when I lightly touch the black lead inside the indicator unit  it stops and yes they are stock  lights.

Hey Scorp,

I reckon it may have been your faulty indicator that had us turn the wrong way going to Jarradale.

 

Hope this helps

See I knew there was a reason and it wasnt my fault hehe

Sunday Morn I went to me dads ( he got better tools n me lol) and proceeded to pull stuff apart. Long story short the single black cable to the indicator had worn through ( tyre rubbing) and left bare copper. I guess this was intermittently touching with the vibration of the runnning engine hense not working when engine running.

I cut some the wire and soldered in a new longer piece so that I was able to wrap the single wire around the section of harness that runs under the guard in the hope it stays away from the rotating tyre.

The only issue/difficulty was getting my fingers inside the guard to manipulate the wires as my fingers are to short and fat, Dads on the other hand ( pun hmmm) are longer and slimmer she he was able to do it. I had no way of getting the rear wheel of so that really wasnt an option.

We have light woohoo

Thanks to all for their advice, its something I feel is one of the reasons this site is so good being able to call on other knowledge without to much trouble.