an electronics/ lighting question

[carlos-1975]

as you may or may not know i have reverted back to 2 wheels for my fun and enjoyment for a little while and my question is.
my bike has led indicators fitted but they flash quickly so i know i need a resistor in one of the wires so i am looking at this

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=6150511
do i need on for each wire on each indicator or just one on one wire per indicator?
carl

[steelie600]

no you need a led flasher unit

http://www.motrax.co.uk/index.php?mod=product&id_prd=162

[Turbo_Steve]

Or put the resistor inline with the regular flasher unit - that should be sufficient. Ideally you want to mount it somewhere that will sink heat and away from any water / moisure etc.

But if your flasher unit is a two wire one, then it just needs to go inline with the wire to the indicator switch.

[NU51]

if you don't want to chop your wires.....
you can buy replacement plug-in relays for LED lights.

if your bike has a separate flasher relay then you simply replace the standard relay
and for bikes that have relays built into other electronics (like a lot of Suzuki's do)
there's more expensive 1's that sort this too

http://motors-parts.shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=led+flasher+relay&_sacat=14841&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_dmpt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&_odkw=&_osacat=14841

but there's "how to's" out there to help you sort it if a plug-in relay does not exist for your bike.
http://www.gsxr.com/showthread.php?t=34959

[Turbo_Steve]

Isn't that what Steelie just posted?

[steelie600]

No theyre the cheap ones that last 2 minutes Steve. Carl seriously get a motrax one ANY good bike accesories shop will have them on the shelp, J&S, Carnells, Hein Gericke, most dealers etc. Why arse about soldering resistors in to save a couple of quid when all you need is the right flasher unit that you can change in under 10 seconds, and put it back to standard when you sell it.

[NU51]

apologies. i stand corrected. steelie is right.

i've not installed 1 of these relays on my own bike
(i opted for tiny iridium indicators instead coz didn't want to cut stock cables)

so i did a quick google to see if I had given bad advice
(nothing worse than giving somebody bad advice!)

and low and behold .... steelie is right, i had given bad advice
so I'm sorry for this guys.

however, i then stumbled upon this:
http://www.triumph-online.co.uk/triumph-dual-load-led-flasher-unit--led-flasher-relay-unique-flash-rate-fix-1961-p.asp

so maybe it is possible to find good quality plug-in relays for other bikes too?