Motorcycle Plow Signals: Quick Fix

in Helpful Tips & Info, Superlative Stories June 1, 2022

I had a problem with my motorcycle'southward turn signals not working. Showtime they only worked sometimes. Later on on in the week my turn signals simply worked after the motorcycle was left alone for a few days. I noticed sometimes the turn signals worked if I revved the engine a all the way up to the rev limiter. I feared something electronic and assumed for the worst. It turned out to exist a quick and like shooting fish in a barrel fix.

I was worried about a divide wire. My bombardment wasn't an firsthand concern as myLeft turn signals were working perfectly, only my right side turn signals were effected. I tried to remember if I had actress fuses. It's the beginning of the season, my memory and motorcycle troubleshooting skills were pretty rusty.

I called up Steve my friendly neighborhood motorbike mechanic. He said it sounded similar a bad negative ground. Once more, my memory and motorcycle troubleshooting skills were rusty. I let out an "…uh?" simply loud enough to be audible, but silent plenty that Steve, no doubt feeling sorry for the clueless putz on the phone gave some instructions:

"Before you become ripping everything autonomously, unscrew the plough point lens and take it off. Reach in, push the bulb inwards and twist to remove the turn signal bulb from the housing. Try it without one turn signal and run into what happens."

When I removed the front signal and hit the switch the rear plow betoken came on, though it didn't flash. That little light hadn't turned on in over a week and I was fed upwardly with paw signalling. This was heady.

I put get-go bulb back in while the motorcycle was running, hit the plough signal switch, and the signals lit up as if they were brand new!

UPDATE: I suspect there was some moisture or a bad negative footing, equally the trouble came back later my next ride. I'g going to go back in there today with some WD-40 or some grease, we'll see what I can detect, only hopefully that'll be the end of my problem.

Fingers crossed,

Adrian S.

UPDATE two: If yous're reading this and thinking about replacing your turn signals, I wrote this article on how to test your plough motorcycle signals (both old ones and new ones). This is great for testing purposes but volition crave cut some wires. I'g including the video below, but you lot can find the written article with step by step instructions here.