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Indicators blinking faster when revs are up
09/25/19 at 06:51:43

1995 LS650P

When idling the blinkers work fine but when I give some throttle the blinkers start flashing a lot faster. The flashes are very short and you can't almost see the light when revs are higher. So it's an issue when driving in traffic.
Revving doesn't affect other lights - they don't go brighter.
All the bulbs are ok and with equal wattage.
Issue started only recently and is not constant.

Could this be a grounding problem or?

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #1 - 09/25/19 at 08:09:02 Doesn't matter which side?
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AaduKala YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #2 - 09/25/19 at 09:04:30 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/25/19 at 08:09:02: Doesn't matter which side? No.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #3 - 09/25/19 at 09:55:07 :all four flashing? Have you done anything to it?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28755 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #4 - 09/25/19 at 10:24:29 Flashing fast is an indication of a burnt out bulb but also happens with LEDs which are low current. Could it be that you have a loose connection somewhere? maybe at the flasher?
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Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up
Reply #5 - 09/25/19 at 11:06:11

No-no.

Picture this.
I sit on my bike and it's idling.
I push the indicator switch to left to turn on the left indicators. They work normally - front and back. I switch to right - indicators are blinking normally on right side too. Bike is idling nice.
I keep the right side indicators on and twist the throttle, revving the bike.
When revs go up the indicators (both front and back right side only because that's what I had on) start blinking faster.
The more revs the faster they blink.
Same deal when I switch to left.

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RocketScienceSmurf Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 268 Sweden Gender:	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #6 - 09/25/19 at 11:36:16 Have you compared voltage at idle vs at higher rpm?
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2625 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #7 - 09/25/19 at 12:06:53 Maybe they are flashing slowly at low rpm (low voltage) and normal at higher rpm (14+ VDC).
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #8 - 09/25/19 at 12:10:10 Until you Visually inspect and can report that all four lights are flashing, it's just not reasonable to pursue. Prior to this, have you done ANY work on it?
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Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up
Reply #9 - 09/26/19 at 09:05:27

RocketScienceSmurf wrote on 09/25/19 at 11:36:16:

Have you compared voltage at idle vs at higher rpm?

Only from battery. Stayed the same when idling and when revving.
13.7V wich is tiny bit low actually.

Gary_in_NJ wrote on 09/25/19 at 12:06:53:

Maybe they are flashing slowly at low rpm (low voltage) and normal at higher rpm (14+ VDC).

They blink normal when idling and really fast when revving. Like you hardly see the bulb turning on and off.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/25/19 at 12:10:10:

Until you Visually inspect and can report that all four lights are flashing, it's just not reasonable to pursue.

Prior to this, have you done ANY work on it?

I had one of the handlebar end indicators loose at some point.
They don't have proper mounts and are stuffed in there with tape around the indicator stem. It gets the grounding from handlebar itself and I stuffed some bits of copper washing sponge in there to get connection from the end of indicator to handlebar inside.
It was a quick fix in front of a shop just to get back on the road. But as with quick fixes that work happens - they sort of get permanent.
Other then that - no.

verslagen1 wrote on 09/25/19 at 10:24:29:

Flashing fast is an indication of a burnt out bulb but also happens with LEDs which are low current.
Could it be that you have a loose connection somewhere? maybe at the flasher?

All bulbs are ok and no LEDs. Regular 15W if I remember correctly.
But yeah, gotta go through the connections I guess. Don't have the bike at my current location this week but will be checking on it asap.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #10 - 09/26/19 at 09:28:57 Bulbs good, ,good Are all of them WORKING?
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Indicators blinking faster when revs are up Reply #11 - 09/26/19 at 19:28:46 If your ground is only the handlebars .that may not be solid. the front end is hung on greased bearings that may resist flow, and your copper sponge may have oxidized over time. Each turn signal should have it's own ground wire that leads beck to the main frame behind the fork neck .
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