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mr. tooth decay

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Posted: December 07, 2008 at 4:44 PM / IP Logged

My front blinkers on my Kawasaki Ninja ZX9 got destroyed when I got into an accident on it. I had a set of flush mount blinkers for the from lying around. When I hook them up (just 2 wires off the bike and 2 wires off the blinker) They come on solid. They do not blink like they're supposed to. I have them wired up right, I checked with a Voltmeter. Also I've heard that I needed a resistor installed to make them blink. So i got an 8 OHM 20 Volt Resistor, hooked it up and now they'll blink but they're super dim, almost can't even see them. I can't figure out what to do here, any ideas?

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mr. tooth decay

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Posted: December 07, 2008 at 5:01 PM / IP Logged

oh and it does that dim blinking only if I have the resistor between the 12v and ground wires kinda tying everything together, if i have it just in positive leads or ground leads it stays solid

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Posted: December 07, 2008 at 6:31 PM / IP Logged

The problem is that the flasher relay of the motorcycle needs to see current draw in order to flash. The new blinkers you installed are LEDs and they do not pull enough current for the flasher to flash. On a car, the 8 Ohm 20 Watt resistor does the trick. The 8 ohm resistor may be too much of a load on the system. If you purchased 2 resistors, try running them in series with each other and parallel the light across it. If that works, buy 2 more resistors and do the same on the other side.

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mr. tooth decay

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Posted: December 07, 2008 at 7:19 PM / IP Logged

i will give that a try, i did indeed buy 2 resistors. would there be a better resister for this than the one i had purchased?

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Posted: December 07, 2008 at 9:35 PM / IP Logged

I have no idea, if it works this way and it is bright enough for you, then if you can find a 16 ohm 10 watt resistor, then that will be fine.

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ckeeler

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Posted: December 08, 2008 at 9:54 AM / IP Logged

or you could purchase an LED flasher.

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