suzuki gs500 rebuild....tart up

[zakboy]

Good man hornet knew you would get there in the end, well done mate 

[hornet6]

Hi. Just shows how long iv,e not done much to the bike. Had a little mess with it today. The new speedo is all rigged up now and lights up with a nice blue glow.I also mounted the new indicators,but not connected the wires yet.For some reason their is only wires for one set on the back,so I need to have another look and see whats happened there.
Not gonna bother posting any photos just yet until its nearly ready.....not that its gonna be a show jobby stunna. 

[hornet6]

Hi. Just need a bit of electrical advice. Ive wired up the new indicators to the loom and tested them. The only trouble is,they dont blink,just stay on constant. Now my theory is either the flasher unit is faulty or, the clock might need an in-line resistor.....I think.
The indicators are normal bulbs,not leds. The original clocks needed replacing as they were both smashed in. On the display panel was a left arrow and right arrow for the indicators. My new after market clock has all the idiot lights built into it,and are leds.
All the functions work....except for the single indicator light. Do you think that because there is only 1 display bulb,instead of 2, it is causing some type of problem with the flasher ?

[Manky Monkey]

Not enough resistance? How about temporarily connecting a second bulb to the wires of the first one to see if it fixes the problem?

[hornet6]

Anythings worth a try just to eliminate the fact that there may be a problem with the flasher.

[hornet6]

Hi...My laptop has had a major glitch with connecting to the tinterweb,but I,me back now. Replaced the flasher unit and the indicators work fine.
The problem now,is with the display in the clock. Everything works fine with the clock.Oil light and neutral light works when you turn the ignition on,and the face lights up when the main lights are turned on.I have 2 wires from the main loom  for the indicators,which I assume is a live and neutral wire.I have 2 wires left coming from the clock.
When I join them up,the indicators still work and the left one will make the display one work only. If I swap the wires over indicators still work and the display light in the clock will only work for the right hand side.This is so frustrating as it is working to a certain degree,and as I dont know anything about electrics I did manage to wire up the rest of the clock.
Just need to let you know,the original clocks were all smashed in,so they have been replaced by a smaller neater single clock. The original clocks have a left and right indicator display,whereas the new single clock has just 1 for both indicators. Any help on this would be great at the moment....cheers. 
 

[scannerzer]

is it a bulb in the new clock or led.test your 2 wire's in the bike loom using a test lamp or multi meter,each one should be positive
with one or other indicator. if you dash is bulb it should work connected across these wire's if it's led then you will have to go to
the flasher relay to switch wire for a positive feed and to earth with the other. i think

[hornet6]

Hi.  The lights in the clock are all led,s.

[scannerzer]

then one wire will need earthing and the other a feed from your indicatiors,i think you said you had 2 wires which are live
from your indicators so get 2 diode's  and put one in each wire with the silver band away from the wire and toward the
clock ,join the 2 diode's together and to the other wire from the clock and you should be good to go, diode's are available from Maplin electronics if there's one near you IN4001 or IN4007 should do the job they're only pennies.

hope this makes sense and that it work's

[hornet6]

So which one would need earthing....would it be one from the clock or one of the two wires from the main loom ?

[scannerzer]

one from the clock would need earthed the other from the clock would go to the joint of the 2 diodes

[hornet6]

Cheers....will try at the weekend. We have got a maplins near us.

[scannerzer]

I'v just re read wot i posted and i may not be too clear. each wire from and indicator will go to a diode the other end of the 2 diode's
at the silver band end are joined together and then this joint to the wire from the dash. it should say in the info that came with the dash
which one needs earthed

[hornet6]

Well,I bought the diodes today and tried to wire it up as in the last couple of posts. Nothing at all. I even tried changing the wires round from the clock and from the loom. Then I tried turning the diodes round,but still nowt. I,me thinking now whether to bother with the display light at all......but not sure if its a legal requirement for the mot. 

[scannerzer]

the other option would be to take a live from the wire that run's from the flasher unit to the switch
tap into it and run this to the dash warning...pretty sure the teltail is a requirment