Original Flasher Modification

[Hotrod]

I was looking on some other motorcycle forums and came across a modification to alter a stock flasher to work with led turn signals and keep the original flasher and the self cancellation function.www.650ccnd.com/PDFs/Flasher_mod_Revised.pdf . I haven't learned how to attach a link, but maybe some one who does will do that for us.I did a google search for Denso flasher modification, and it was the second link that was on the first page.When I convert my turn signals,I'm going to try this to keep the original functions.Hope this helps someone and thanks to the person that invented this and posted a step by step with pictures.

Edited January 11, 2013 by Hotrod

[djh3]

Heres your link for the flasher mod your refereing to. Copy the info in the subject bar )http://www.xxxxxxx) then in where your posting highlite a couple words and then click on the button that looks like a chain with the earth just above box your posting in and paste the www info in pop up box.

[Carbon_One]

Here's what I did to solve that same problem with my 05 RSV.

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=61568&highlight=flasher

Hope this helped, Larry

[Flyinfool]

I have looked at this mod before. To bad it will not work on a 1st Gen.

[djh3]

I tried a little experementation when I put LED bulbs in several months back.What I tried didnt work, but with this mod it gives me an idea. Instead of opeing up your flasher unit and getting in there and soldering stuff and maybe ruining the flasher. What if you simply took that plug out of your connector, made a jumper wire that had your resistors in it and put the other end of your jumper into the connector.

[Carbon_One]

The stabilizer I used simply fastened to the existing wires of the flasher unit under the right side cover. Very simple operation.

Larry

[Hotrod]

After thinking about it, I'm with djh3.It seems you could just cut the brown/white wire and solder the resister in before it goes into the flasher and get the same effect. It would be a cheap, less than $2 fix.

[djh3]

Amen on the cost effectivness. Now if we could find a mi-spec for the resistor and contract someone to make them, I be we could get the price up to $30-40 bucks. JK

[Seaking]

Wasn't there a recent article on how this is done with resistors on the turn flasher unit? It referred to this document:

 

http://www.650ccnd.com/PDFs/Flasher_mod_Revised.pdf

[djh3]

Link @ top of page.

[djh3]

The ohm rating sometimes gets confusing to me. The same resistor seems sometimes is called 330 or 33K ohm or something like that. My question is I may have a couple of these left over from another project. Would they work? How many do I need? Soldered inline or all at same point.

[Flyinfool]

The ohm rating sometimes gets confusing to me. The same resistor seems sometimes is called 330 or 33K ohm or something like that. My question is I may have a couple of these left over from another project. Would they work? How many do I need? Soldered inline or all at same point.

 

When talking resistance (and a lot of other things) the K on the back of the number means to add 3 zeros. So 330K means 330,000 ohms. In this case you need a 0.33 ohm resistor. So the ones you have are 10 million times to big. The short answer is no they will not work.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Lots of work...seems to me.

 

I just left the factory bulbs in mine...works fine, lasts a long time.

 

I DID change the tailight to LED, but no resistors required, just plug-n-play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[djh3]

Thanks Jeff.

[djh3]

Here is what I tried today, and didnt work. I had a variable resistor (trimmable potensiometer) I adjusted it down to .4ohm. Put a male spade connector on one side and the female on the other. Pulled the brown/red wire from the flasher unit and installed the resistor inline. Which is the wire that goes where they show the modification being done. Should be the same thing right? I also did the same thing with the brown and white wire as was suggested just incase I had the wrong wire. So I dont know whats up with those electrical theroy's but it didnt work.

[Flyinfool]

I do not know that your putting a resistor inline is making the same connections and circuit that the jumper/resistor in the flasher is making.

 

The jumper/resistor in the flasher is probably connecting across 2 of the pins and has other connections inside of the flasher to both ends of that jumper/resistor to monitor the voltage drop to operate the flasher circuit. Connecting a resistor of greater ohms across those same 2 pins would still have little to no effect because the electricity will take the path of least resistance and ignore your added resistor.

 

If you can see inside of the housing enough see the circuit traces on the PC board you might be able to determine if in fact the jumper/resistor is connected across 2 pins. IF it is connected across 2 pins then you should be able to put your 0.4 ohm resistor across those 2 pins and cut the jumper/resistor where shown and have close enough to the same thing.

 

But not having one of the flashers in hand, this is just my best guess.