No blinkers 79 GS1000

[1983lux]

Hi all,

Have a GS1000 I'm working on. Just put new blinkers on (LED) but they don't come on at all. I expected they might not flash and need an LED-friendly flasher relay, but they don't do anything. The 'indicator control unit' on the side of the battery box was pretty nasty inside, looks like water got in. Soaked it in contact cleaner and cleaned it up the best I could, but it might be toast. Is there a way to bypass that unit, or some other things I should try? Does the bike have to be running for them to work, or just ignition key on? Other lights (headlight, tail, brake) are working.

Thanks

 

[1983lux]

Figured it out, was the turn signal control unit on the side of the battery box. Got water in it at some point and fried. Found a solution to bypass it on here. Now need to figure out how to stop the dash indicator light circuit from making all 4 blink at once

 

[1983lux]

Also solved with ‘metric bike diode kit’ from Amazon

 

[Redman]

Good that you made progress.
Surprised that didnt get any assistance.

 

[Nessism]

This is an age-old problem with the first generation Turn Signal Control Unit boxes. There are tons of posts here about this in older threads. Suzuki changed the system after one year, and the second generation system is much better. Unfortunately, fixing the early system is not as simple as replacing the box with the later version. I've read here that there is an aftermarket box though. I have no experience with it. Some guy that presumably made the box came here and spammed us, claiming his box fixes all, and slices bread too. I can't say either way, but you might want to find some of these posts and explore further.