shorty turn indicators

Captain B · Apr 30, 2009

http://www.oldbritts.com/17_100110.html

Just got some of these turn indicators for the rear (since My Pop removed the originals, because "turn signals destroyed the lines of the bike"). I agree, but would like to live a little longer :wink:, so I got some short ones . They have two wires and I see that the originals had only one. Any ideas here? Should I just hook one wire to the frame? I'm guessing that the two empty colored wires are where they plug in. Does anyone have these?

swooshdave · Apr 30, 2009

Captain B said:
http://www.oldbritts.com/17_100110.html

Just got some of these turn indicators for the rear (since My Pop removed the originals, because "turn signals destroyed the lines of the bike"). I agree, but would like to live a little longer :wink:, so I got some short ones . They have two wires and I see that the originals had only one. Any ideas here? Should I just hook one wire to the frame? I'm guessing that the two empty colored wires are where they plug in. Does anyone have these?

I think you're right, one is a ground.

L.A.B. · Apr 30, 2009

Captain B said:
They have two wires and I see that the originals had only one. Any ideas here? Should I just hook one wire to the frame? I'm guessing that the two empty colored wires are where they plug in. Does anyone have these?

The original Lucas turn indicator unit bulb grounds through the "chromed" metal coating on the housing and its steel stem.

So remove the shorty unit lens and trace which one of the two wires goes to the central bulb contact, and connect that wire to the empty harness wire connector (Green/Red for left side, and Green/White for right side) and connect the other wire to a convenient ground point on the frame, or connect to any Red wire.

motoracer8 · May 1, 2009

I have found that grounding through the plastic, uh 30 year old plastic dosen't work well. just run a ground wire through the t/s mount to the tail lamp ground. I've done it on many British bikes, it ends the probblems.

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