NO money LED flasher mod

[fabiodriven]

2009 XB12S here, my relay appears to be the same as the second one shown here, but the inside is different.

 

[Superman217]

Has anyone tried resistors from Radio Shack?

 

[Buellzebub]

My relay ('09 xb12ss) is different to the first two pictured.
So I thought about it, said "what the heck" and cut the track from pin 7 anyway. Woohoo! it works anyway. Rep point for you cyclic.

TTFN

 

[airBuell]

I used a leatherman. Ripped the little prong out. LED blinkies work now. THANKS!

 

[oh9bolt]

Just a FYI to people that don't want to cut their flasher relay, the EP36 flasher that says LED 3-6 Lamps on the relay worked for me ill post a pic of the package when I get home from my vacation. $13 at advance auto parts.

 

[dmp0001]

did it! finally installed my led blinkers and attempted this before spending the money on a new flasher. My flasher was not the same as the others on my 08 but I pulled pin 7 and have good results. [up]

 

[strawberrys]

09 XB12XT

Thanks for the tip it would have just rotted!
Straw

 

[XB12Coastie]

sweet! works! thought i was only gonna be able to put one set of led blinkers on but i come across this and yahoo! ha thanks man!
-josh

 

[burgurboy]

hey guys. I can't seem to get this to work on my bike. I have an 04s and i performed the mod just like rudiruez's post on the first page. my led blinkers still don't work...
they just hold a VERY dimly lit light.

I check with a DMM and there is definitely no continuity across the "modified" connection

I thought I may have messed up my relay but, when i throw in an incandescent bulb, they work perfectly.

any ideas?

 

[jakestolar]

One more thing to do tomorrow!

 

[burgurboy]

I know this looks like a rough cut but, All connections are intact (even if they look ugly) and the connection that is supposed to be broken, is broken.

my led blinkers still don't work! The relay acts just as it did before... (it works fine if i hook up an incandescent bulb)

any ideas?

 

[burgurboy]

okay, well... I fixed it but, heres a question for you guys...

Are you running LEDs in front AND back? as in, no incandescent bulbs?

in my case, I am.

my two sets of LEDs were not enough to trip even the modified relay. This afternoon I added 2 100 ohm resistors (25W) in parallel. Normally, this would result in fast blinking however, in addition to the modified relay, it was JUST enough to get the system blinking.

So, if you're running ALL LED blinkers, you may need to give your system a little extra "push" to get it going.

anyways, heres what I did.

"2" 100 ohm (25w) resistors wired in parallel. One on each rear blinker.

These leads are famous for breaking off right at the end of the resistor. I'm sure the obnoxious vibration of the xb12 wouldn't help that problem. I did a little "reinforcement".

they work! also... they're much brighter in person.

couldn't figure out how to embed the vid so, here it is http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af321/burgurboy/XBrebuild/IMG_1443.jpg

 

[jakestolar]

Ohhhh I dig!!!!

I went to do the mod to my bike. Turns out I already have the aftermarket mod!

 

[jakestolar]

Burgurboy your link isnt to a video

 

[burgurboy]

I know...

I tried a million times to get it embedded. Now for some odd reason I cant edit my post. I'll post up the proper link when i get home.

 

[bajamxr77]

Cyclic Awesome mod! I did it yesterday on my 07 SS and my wife's 07 Scg, worked great on both. RudiRulez thanks for the detailed pics, I did the mods the way you did. -Baja

 

[shaylay]

Just did the relay mod on my 03 xb9s. Worked great!
I was going to wire in some resistors but this is sooo much easier.
thanks for the tip!

 

[Big twin]

Anyone had the same problem as Burgurboy ? I have 4 led signals coming in the mail,and I'm wondering now if I will have the same problem ... He must not be the only one with 4 led signals [confused]

 

[cyclic]

I'm running LED's all around. It will work fine.

I think he didn't get the right trace cut.

 

[Big twin]

I'm running LED's all around. It will work fine.

Good !!! Thanks !