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79 XS1100SF
Had her probably 15 years. Did a lot of work on it to begin with, but mostly she's just run every year. Two kids left me riding it less, but lately, with a divorce and a girlfriend an hour away on half-decent back roads, I've been on it it a lot the last few weeks. Riding out there tonight.
Anyway, I noticed that seemingly AFTER a long ride, when the battery would be at its full charge, that the turn signal indicator on the handlebars is flickering and weak, even going off. It does appear that the signals themselves are working fine; it's just the indicator lamp on the handlebar.
With the engine off, it seems to work 100% fine. So I didn't think it was the lamp itself in the indicator. Heck, I've literally never opened that up, so who knows.
But it seems weird that this would be happening at a presumably HIGHER voltage (engine on, long ride). I'd expect quite the opposite for the usual XS11 electrical gremlins.
Anyone run into this particular issue? A search through the forms here turned up nothing similar that I could fine.
I've done no voltage testing yet, so obviously that's the next step.
Just really weird that it seems to be higher voltage causing flakiness instead of the opposite.
P.S. Totally separate topic - anyone successfully add an accessory port for iPhone charging on one of these bikes? I like this app at rever.co for tracking my route, but it's a battery killer (I'm still mostly a fan of paper maps).
Had her probably 15 years. Did a lot of work on it to begin with, but mostly she's just run every year. Two kids left me riding it less, but lately, with a divorce and a girlfriend an hour away on half-decent back roads, I've been on it it a lot the last few weeks. Riding out there tonight.
Anyway, I noticed that seemingly AFTER a long ride, when the battery would be at its full charge, that the turn signal indicator on the handlebars is flickering and weak, even going off. It does appear that the signals themselves are working fine; it's just the indicator lamp on the handlebar.
With the engine off, it seems to work 100% fine. So I didn't think it was the lamp itself in the indicator. Heck, I've literally never opened that up, so who knows.
But it seems weird that this would be happening at a presumably HIGHER voltage (engine on, long ride). I'd expect quite the opposite for the usual XS11 electrical gremlins.
Anyone run into this particular issue? A search through the forms here turned up nothing similar that I could fine.
I've done no voltage testing yet, so obviously that's the next step.
Just really weird that it seems to be higher voltage causing flakiness instead of the opposite.
P.S. Totally separate topic - anyone successfully add an accessory port for iPhone charging on one of these bikes? I like this app at rever.co for tracking my route, but it's a battery killer (I'm still mostly a fan of paper maps).
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