I have tried it and it has worked fine on my bike for 8 months and 10,000 miles.
Doc_69 how did this work for you? I'm thinking about making the cut. I believe bikerboy when he says he's had no issue with it, but it would be nice to have one more verification that this works before I go and muck up my bike even more.
Doc_69 how did this work for you? I'm thinking about making the cut. I believe bikerboy when he says he's had no issue with it, but it would be nice to have one more verification that this works before I go and muck up my bike even more.
If you want one to experiment with.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Oem-Bmw-Nos-Flasher-Relay-Part-61311459224-/271842606623?hash=item3f4b14fe1f&vxp=mtr
$20 so far.
Cut the connection to the leg beside the red dot:
Cut the connection to the leg beside the red dot:
Inge's suggestion is to cut through the IC leg.
I cut the trace and only get a solid light, did I screw up?Post a picture of the trace you cut, Red. This is the time a photo would really clarify what you've done.
I'm assuming it's because I didn't have my rear led lights wired. If when I wire them up and it doesn't solve the issue I shall assume I fudged upMy suggestion is not to get ahead of yourself but to do one task at at time.
Here is where I cut. I know it's hard to see but I cut what I believed to be the right lead from the pictures shown.I can't even be certain that's the same relay from that photo, Red. Can you shoot another with a pencil point indicating where you cut?
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Any chance you can get us the pictures in the post above. They're not showing.I'm logged in and they are showing on my Mac right now.
Sorry to relaunch this . . .. Is it this one?Why are you sorry? Do you think we're doing something important here that you're interrupting? : :hehehe
I guess i need to cut the one that i marked with "option 1", but i just want to be sure :)Yes, option 1, not option 2
One thing I will add here is my own set-up. I have used GS12 switch clusters on my special build which has thrown in it's own unique set of difficulties. Basically the wiring arrangement to the clusters are CANBUS style. One common feed and eight return switched feeds. Because the 'K' wiring system uses switched grounding paths I have had to implement the use of relays to effect the necessary grounding of each function.
One question here is, will the turn signal 'cancel' function still work after the cut..?? Second question, the hazard warning switch, 3 wires, one is ground so the function of the switch is to ground the (Y/V) and (L/W) wires ???
What can I say, (No photo's needed here), I tried the modification shown on this thread for the first time today along with my own mods (see above) with the GS switch gear and it worked straight off, no messing around whatsoever, it just worked..!!! . . Thank you to whom ever thought this one through and pioneered it... :hail:The first person to present this method was bikerboy. Others in thread refined his method down to cutting the trace to pin #7—all significant contributions to the LED-craving community.Hello from France too. No need to go to great lengths, just open the existing relay and cut pin 7 to the chip in it. Works fine on mine and I have LED indicators front and back now.
Laitch, highlighted by someone on another forum (more than likely an inmate on here too) did you or anyone else reading that has gone to LED all round modify the tail/brake wires going to the 'Bulb Monitoring Unit'..??http://www.kbikeparts.com/classickbikes.com/ckb.tech/0.ckb.tech.files/bmu/bmu.htm
While I'm on may as well be a cheeky sod and ask, fan override switch anyone...??? I have spliced directly into the switched 12v feed to the fan itself from the relay, back feed from the override switch to relay...?? problematic..??There are two recommended circuits for adding fan override. One is to bridge the switch across terminals "A2" and "15" on the temperature relay. The other is to connect one side of the switch to ground and the other side to terminal "E". One or the other; not both. If you've done something else (and it sounds like you have), then yes it is problematic.