lamp issues

[Allenson]

Hey all,

I hate to start a new thread for this...but I did a search and wasn't able to come up with anything concrete.

Anyway, here it goes:

'82 650GL

The other day, I replaced the front blinker units with some sporty new ones. They look good and worked OK at first but yesterday while riding, I lost my headlight, tail light and both front blinker lights. The rear blinker lights will light up but will not flash. The brake light works as does the neutral light and the blinker indicator (though it just stays on as do the blinkers themselves) and the ignition is fine--meaning, the bike will start and run like a dream (:-)).

Now, the right blinkers (front and back) have always been a bit sporadic in their functionality. Sometimes they blink and other times, they just come on and stay on. I'm not sure if this is related to my more pressing matters noted above or not....

Knock on wood but I've never had any stator/charging issues.

I'm sure that I'll be able to track it down eventually but I thought I'd drop the question here and see what the experts might have to say.

Thanks in advace.

[rustybronco]

You more than likely disconnected a wire while in the headlamp housing.
have a look see.

Now, the right blinkers (front and back) have always been a bit sporadic in their functionality. Sometimes they blink and other times, they just come on and stay on. I'm not sure if this is related to my more pressing matters noted above or not....

If your connection are clean, most likely it's a bad flasher

[ohgoodtimes]

Possibly disconnected wire grounded out and blew a fuse. Though I think you would have to blow more than one to do all that. The blinkers stay on if one is out on that side. Are the lamps in the turn signals drawing the same power as the originals? This is as much speculation as I can make. Check the charging system because when mine was failing I had almost the exact same problem with the headlight, tail light and turn signals.

[Allenson]

Yeah, I meant to say that all the fuses are fine and I had a gander inside the headlight bucket and found nothing amiss. :-?

Also, for a brief bit this morning, the headlight did come on...but didn't come back after I shut the bike down....

I hate electical issues, darn it all!

[rustybronco]

push each connector together and twist it a little.
looking at it won't do.
15-20 minutes tops and you done.