LED resistor question:

[Chuey]

After some procrastination, I decided today, to get off the stick and order up those resistors. The ones I'm going to order up are made expressly to work with the lights I have. I may have got some with my turn signals but I know for sure that I didn't use them. I don't know where they are if I ever had them. I would have figured that the electronic turn signal flasher (relay?) would negate the need for the resistors.

So, the resistors are sold by the original company for $2.00 per pair. Great! Thing is, the shipping is $9.00+! I'll go on Monday and have a nice motorcycle ride and pick them up in person.

I will ask the people at the supplier how to hook them up to the lights.

By the way, the principals of the company are British. (Electrosport)

Chuey

[Major Softie]

I would have figured that the electronic turn signal flasher (relay?) would negate the need for the resistors.

Chuey

It should have, at least, most do.

[Unclviny]

On my 1973 R75/5 I changed the bulbs and the relay to LED's but the indicator light in the headlight shell was giving me fits so I had to leave it out.

Vince

[Deleted User 72]

On my 1973 R75/5 I changed the bulbs and the relay to LED's but the indicator light in the headlight shell was giving me fits so I had to leave it out.

Vince

Have you tried rigging an LED indicator light in the headlight shell?

[Chuey]

On my 1973 R75/5 I changed the bulbs and the relay to LED's but the indicator light in the headlight shell was giving me fits so I had to leave it out.

Vince

Yes, that's what I had learned about the electronic (as opposed to the old fashioned style) flasher unit I bought. I was told that it would not light up a dash indicator. It has only two terminals and that is why it won't work dash flasher indicators. Yours has two, right?

On my Cafe Racer there are no dash lights. Only a tachometer, and that's not wired up yet.

Chuey

[Unclviny]

I got the flashers working properly with the LED's but when I hook up the indicator the turn signals ALL light up and stay on steady regardless of which way I turn the switch. Remove the indicator wires (2) and all is good again so the indicator harness is in the "box o' /5 parts" in the shop/garage.

Vince

[Chuey]

Unclviny, is your flasher unit a two prong or three? I mean the electronic one.

Chuey

[ME 109]

With the utmost respect Chuey, you are a unit!

[Unclviny]

It's 2 prong.

Vince

[Chuey]

Unclviny, I was told that the two prong electronic flasher will not light up the dash light. Evidently, it is just a pure flasher. Yesterday, I picked up the resistors for my LED turn signals from ElectroSport. Trent told me that they had trouble with the lights when using an electronic flasher and not using the resistors and that I should install the resistors and my original three prong flasher.

I'll install the resistors when I finish breakfast and then try it with both flashers. This doesn't really make sense to me and I think that will be a good experiment.

Chuey.........evidently, a unit