What's my blinking problem?

[Stevo Kifaru]

Hi all, a curious problem here.
As I was coming off the motorway this morning doing 65 ish my left indicator was blinking at almost double speed. At first I thought the rear bulb had blown but as it was darkish I could see in my mirrors that it hadn't.
Now here's the confusing bit. As I slowed down for the junction, so did the blinking. As I live in the country side & rarely see traffic on my way home I experimented with different speeds/rpm etc, and I worked out that low gear & high revs/hi speed sent the indicator into double time. It was only the left indicator as well, not the right.
Is this a reg/rec problem or indicator relay? I have aftermarket mini indicators on the back (they always seem to blow bulbs hence my original thought it was a blown bulb)

[VTR Phoenix]

Did you ever change your blinker box for the led one? Think it cant cope with the bulb and led requirements. If not I think that would be your fix.

[Stevo Kifaru]

Did you ever change your blinker box for the led one? Think it cant cope with the bulb and led requirements. If not I think that would be your fix.

Nope, don't have LED indicators, just mini ones with filament bulbs in. It only happens above 4000rpm and only on the left

[VTR Phoenix]

You know what I totally misread your post. Been a very long couple of weeks lol

[VTR Phoenix]

Have you checked your indicator wiring to make sure you don't have a short and one of the connectors is grounding to the frame or a bare wire?

[KermitLeFrog]

My KTM did similar things. Filament bulbs. Put resistors in series and it was fixed.

I used these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryde-Motorcycl ... B00HEHTEW2

[carmanbikes]

I have a new flasher unit for LED indis, pm me your address and I will post it to you and try it

[Stevo Kifaru]

I have a new flasher unit for LED indis, pm me your address and I will post it to you and try it

Thanks, but I don't have LEDs just old school exploding filament lamps!

[Stevo Kifaru]

Have you checked your indicator wiring to make sure you don't have a short and one of the connectors is grounding to the frame or a bare wire?

I hadn't, but I shall once my week of night shifts ends, it's just odd it's only on the left and over 4k rpm

[VTR Phoenix]

Have you checked your indicator wiring to make sure you don't have a short and one of the connectors is grounding to the frame or a bare wire?

I hadn't, but I shall once my week of night shifts ends, it's just odd it's only on the left and over 4k rpm

My thinking is this and it might be total baldrocks so anyone feel free to tell me.

Stator feeds rr, rr feeds battery upto certain point then gets rid of rest through frame as heat hence why it needs to be grounded. Over 4000 is when the stator/rr really start working so I'm thinking wire touching frame and picking up from excess passed through the rr

[Stevo Kifaru]

My KTM did similar things. Filament bulbs. Put resistors in series and it was fixed.

I used these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryde-Motorcycl ... B00HEHTEW2

These are for LEDs, but they worked with your non-leds? May be worth a punt for a fiver if checking for a short doesn't come up with anything

[Stevo Kifaru]

Have you checked your indicator wiring to make sure you don't have a short and one of the connectors is grounding to the frame or a bare wire?

I hadn't, but I shall once my week of night shifts ends, it's just odd it's only on the left and over 4k rpm

My thinking is this and it might be total baldrocks so anyone feel free to tell me.

Stator feeds rr, rr feeds battery upto certain point then gets rid of rest through frame as heat hence why it needs to be grounded. Over 4000 is when the stator/rr really start working so I'm thinking wire touching frame and picking up from excess passed through the rr

No that's great, thanks. Everybody's help is appreciated as I'm clueless when it comes to electrics. Plus I'm lacking sleep as a week of night-shifts as well as my two young boys off school means logic has gone

[KermitLeFrog]

My KTM did similar things. Filament bulbs. Put resistors in series and it was fixed.

I used these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryde-Motorcycl ... B00HEHTEW2

These are for LEDs, but they worked with your non-leds? May be worth a punt for a fiver if checking for a short doesn't come up with anything

Yup, worked fine. It wasn't the KTM, it was the Yam. It has these poky little indicators with filament bulbs. On idle the rear indicators were fine but flashed quickly at higher revs. The fronts, the same poky little filament jobbies, were fine through the rev range.

Put the resistors on the rear indis and they now work perfectly at any engine speed. Don't ask me why. For the price it's a no brainer.

[Dickiebig]

My KTM did similar things. Filament bulbs. Put resistors in series and it was fixed.

I used these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryde-Motorcycl ... B00HEHTEW2

These are fitted to my storm which has mini indicators with normal, not LED, bulbs. Thought don't need these took them out indicators would flag manically. Back in back to normal, so for the cost and easy fitment I would try them. D