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I wired my GPS in last week and yesterday when I took the bike out for the first time since I noticed that none of the indicators are now working (front or back).

I checked/replaced the fuse for the indicators in the box under the seat and it's not that, I'm going to take the headlight off again and check to see I haven't dislodged a connector whilst wiring the GPS into the accessory socket in the headlight bucket but I just thought I'd ask to see if there was anything else to have a look for (would a failed relay cause all four of them to stop working?)

Definitely seems like an overall power problem being that they have all stopped.

(02-27-2021, 07:17 PM)AlexCB_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I wired my GPS in last week and yesterday when I took the bike out for the first time since I noticed that none of the indicators are now working (front or back).

I checked/replaced the fuse for the indicators in the box under the seat and it's not that, I'm going to take the headlight off again and check to see I haven't dislodged a connector whilst wiring the GPS into the accessory socket in the headlight bucket but I just thought I'd ask to see if there was anything else to have a look for (would a failed relay cause all four of them to stop working?)

Definitely seems like an overall power problem being that they have all stopped.

It is more often that not due to the last thing that you did to the bike. It could be a failed relay but that would be fantastically coincidental. I suspect there is a wire out in that headlamp. Just to check the circuit did you notice if they worked with the hazard button? For instance my left indicators dont work but they do with the hazard switch which led me to the wiring off the indicator switch rather than power to the things. Anything is possible of course.

Ok so I got it sorted, the previous owner had done some questionable wiring in the headlight bucket adding relays etc and I disturbed some of the dodgy connections when I wired in the GPS so I've stripped it all back to standard using the wiring diagram in the workshop manual (thanks again Terry) and it's all working spot on!.

Good work!

Great Tev.

Another common thing to do is to try and test electrical changes prior to closing things up, or continue to do so as things close up. At least it can be caught earlier before everything is buttoned down, especially in the case of fairing-based bikes.

Its amazing how many electrical nightmares owners cause when they don't really know what they are doing. The mechanics up at my local shop hate to see bikes come in with accessories wired in by their owners because they never know what kind of nightmare it's going to cause when working on them.

Oft times, as you have found, that one thing causes another thing. They bring a bike in for turn signals not working when it has a GPS and a USB cord and a set of driving lights, and non stock turn signals, or a non stock led headlight and it's just a guessing game as to where to start first to track down the issue.

(02-28-2021, 01:35 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Its amazing how many electrical nightmares owners cause when they don't really know what they are doing. The mechanics up at my local shop hate to see bikes come in with accessories wired in by their owners because they never know what kind of nightmare it's going to cause when working on them.

Oft times, as you have found, that one thing causes another thing. They bring a bike in for turn signals not working when it has a GPS and a USB cord and a set of driving lights, and non stock turn signals, or a non stock led headlight and it's just a guessing game as to where to start first to track down the issue.

For the garage's sake, that why they charge by the hour.

(02-28-2021, 01:35 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Its amazing how many electrical nightmares owners cause when they don't really know what they are doing. The mechanics up at my local shop hate to see bikes come in with accessories wired in by their owners because they never know what kind of nightmare it's going to cause when working on them.

Oft times, as you have found, that one thing causes another thing. They bring a bike in for turn signals not working when it has a GPS and a USB cord and a set of driving lights, and non stock turn signals, or a non stock led headlight and it's just a guessing game as to where to start first to track down the issue.

Right on Ferret!!
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Towed in a box from a different dealer with customer's original complaint: Check for R-power sliding door intermittent operation.









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After diag and repair

Hey [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB: I can't tell, was there a customer modification interfering with the garage diagnostics?

The technicians certainly had their hands full, assuming they knew the best path to solution.