Dave,

This pertains to my 2013 S40.

I wired the LED into the flasher. From the LED I hooked up the Red wire into the Brown wire on the flasher. I hooked up the Black wire from the LED into the Blue wire on the flasher.

The LED Cluster has a sticky back and I stuck it onto the top of the headlight for it to reflect off of the Fly Shield. AT 12 noon on a bright sunny day I cannot miss seeing that I have a turn signal on.

I am night blind so I do very little riding after dark, but I am sure there is a satisfactory way to minimize the amount of "brightness".
Since the back side of the LED is sticky I think it could just be moved to the underside of the headlight at night. I would probably just put a piece of black electrical tape over the LED Cluster and that should cut off most of the green light. At night on my motorcycles I can see the front turn signal blinking.

Kenny G

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/18/15 at 11:08:23:


How about just returning the switch to center as he completes his turn? Afterall, there is already a warning indicator to confirm the action.

Kenny:

I wear a full face helmet, and found having to completely rotate my head down and lose all sight of the road to read the speedometer or instrument lights very scary.

Now that the bike is a Cafe' bike and has all that stuff up on the handlebars...it is no longer an issue.

Dave

Not judging Kenny. We're both life-long motorcyclists, and sure, I've left the directional on in the past. I've developed a habit where I don't take my thumb off the switch until I've returned it to center. If I'm not sure it's centered I glance at the indicator.

I've also owned bikes in the past that had self-cancelling directional switches. I don't know why they aren't all that way. Maybe that's what you really want to install.

Gary,

I would sure like to have one of the devices to cancel the turn signal, but they cost $75.00 to $100.00 and I cannot afford that at the moment. I was able to afford the $11.50 for the LEDs.

And I have enough LEDs left over to do 3 more motorcycles. I am definitely going to do my Blast and probably give away the rest.

Kenny G

Dave,

Other than than fact that they are both one cylinder motorcycles there is not much to compare.

The biggest disadvantage to the Blast is that Harley Davidson manufactured them. The isolator and the shifting mechanism are the really weak points. If you want to soup one up the parts and information are readily available. They still run them for records at Bonneville.

The Suzuki 650 single is much more refined and I don't have to point out the weak points on here, because everyone that has been here for a while knows them.

Both motorcycles will do about 95 MPH, but I am sure my Blast will do it quicker. The torque on the Blast really chews up rear tires in a hurry. My last Pirelli Diablo only made it 3400 miles.

The reason that Blasts get such a bad rap is because of the bikes used in The Riders Edge Program. They sell this junk, that should have been scrapped, to unsuspecting first time motorcycle owners. The darned things wont shift out of 3rd gear and within a couple of hundred miles a lot first time motorcycle riders become last time motorcycle riders.

Harley's business model is aimed at screwing both new and old riders in one way or another without discrimination.

Kenny G