wiring question

[Bill Kratzenberg]

I am in the process of changing my turn signals .
When i took the headlight apart there are three wires on my stock signals,
black, brown, blue.

Now the new signals have black, black/white,red.
What goes where?
I guessed once and blew a fuse, thought i'd ask before i blow another.
Thanks

 

[Dreamster66]

I am in the process of changing my turn signals .
When i took the headlight apart there are three wires on my stock signals,
black, brown, blue.

Now the new signals have black, black/white,red.
What goes where?
I guessed once and blew a fuse, thought i'd ask before i blow another.
Thanks

well....you can easily say the black is the same.
MY guess would be that the brown is black/white and blue is red.....not sure and not 100% positive.
BUT.....either way you have a 50/50 chance....right?
I looked at my clymer and the colors were different.
Randy

 

[Rusty McNeil]

I am in the process of changing my turn signals .
When i took the headlight apart there are three wires on my stock signals,
black, brown, blue.

Now the new signals have black, black/white,red.
What goes where?
I guessed once and blew a fuse, thought i'd ask before i blow another.
Thanks

I'm assuming that since you have 3 wires on your new signal your are retaining you running lights right?

Take a nine volt battery and play with the new signals and figure out which wire is common to both the turn and running bulb element. Don't worry about polarity with the battery it doesn't matter unless your new ones are led lites.

The element that burns dimmer is your running lights, the other one is turn.


Some aftermarket turn signals may also be internally grounded, meaning that one of the wires is grounded to the case of the turn signal and when mounted to the bike also. This makes it polarity sensitive because obviously if you apply positive to this wire it's going to short out the circuit.

I could help more by telling you which factory wires go to what element but can't get the PDF Service manual to open, my adobe keeps locking up, and I'm gonna get off before I smash my monitor.

Later
Rusty

 

[Remeber Me]

Just amazing no one has offer a clue on this till now. I found, after many blown main and turn signal fuses.
The big trick is knowing White/Black goes to the bike's Black wire.

Right side:

signal White/Black goes to BIKE'S BLACK -

signal Red goes to bike Green -

signal all Black goes to the bike's Blue.


Left side:

signal White/Black to BIKE"S BLACK -

signals Red goes to bike Brown -

signals Black goes to bike's Blue.