my left blinker will sometimes turn on solid and not flash.
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Tim Ripley - Gaithersburg, MD
1981 XS1100 Special "Spoiled Rotten" Just sold - currently bikeless!!
23mm float height
120 main jets
42.5 pilot jets
drilled stock airbox with K&N
Jardine 4 to 1 Exhaust
spade fusebox
1st and 2nd gear fix
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Originally posted by XSPastor View PostNot strong enough current. Check and clean ALL connections. This problem is not uncommon since these bikes don't put out a lot of juice at idle. The electrical system needs to be in good general shape to get flashers at idle rpms. Make sure the bulbs you're using are the correct wattage too.
As for the self canceling unit, I still havnt made progress. I can hear something clicking on and off on behind the ride side cover when I turn a blinker on (the leaf switch?), so I assume that it is working properly. Ill dive into it further when daylight comes tomorrow. Just how long does a turn signal stay on before the canceling unit shuts it off?
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Originally posted by adam79 View PostOk, that makes sense because it does flash when I use it when I am riding. It only stayed solid when I checked it when the bike wasnt running. From what I've seen and from what Im reading, I think the steel wool will completely clean the connections and I shouldn't have any more trouble with that problem.
As for the self canceling unit, I still havnt made progress. I can hear something clicking on and off on behind the ride side cover when I turn a blinker on (the leaf switch?), so I assume that it is working properly. Ill dive into it further when daylight comes tomorrow. Just how long does a turn signal stay on before the canceling unit shuts it off?Tim Ripley - Gaithersburg, MD
1981 XS1100 Special "Spoiled Rotten" Just sold - currently bikeless!!
23mm float height
120 main jets
42.5 pilot jets
drilled stock airbox with K&N
Jardine 4 to 1 Exhaust
spade fusebox
1st and 2nd gear fix
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Adam,
The flasher unit (the thing that clicks when the T/S's flash) is a cylindrical aluminum barrel, strapped to the fuse panel, just below the actual fuses, under the right side cover. It's about 1" in diameter and 2" long (at least it is on mine). The PO of my bike had attempted to replace it with a car flasher, and it wouldn't work at all. Once I got the right flasher from Andreas, it works great now.1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
-H. Ford
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