Electronic Flasher Update

[beemerbob71]

Hi Folks,

I added some LED turn signals to my '80 XS650SG. Naturally, my stock turn signal flasher would allow illumination, but no flash.

After reading several posts on various boards, I seemed to be getting many conflicting answers. Someone on this board recommended that a CF13JL-02 flasher be purchased from superbrightleds.com. I purchased the flasher, but it cannot be just plugged in.

I ran the brown/grey wire to the L terminal. The brown wire went to the B terminal. The E terminal went to ground. The yellow/green wire from the original flash connection was left disconnected.

On the advice of several posters, I placed the flasher near the battery, away from the coil. All seems to work quite well though I did lose the self cancellation feature.

I only post this in the hopes that I can bring a little clarity and closure to what was a perplexing issue for me.

[xsleo]

I don't know who recommended a three prong flasher. I recommend the the LF1-S-Flat flasher from Superbright. It's a two prong flasher and comes with leads that go into a plastic housing, remove the wires from the housing, this leaves the wires with flat blades that plug right into the plug the stock flasher goes into. The red or grey wire into the brown wire, the black to the brown/white.
Leo
The flasher I recommend is $8.95, $4 less than the one you used.

[speez]

so far what I've read up there's no plug and play for flashers for these bikes as to make it simple 2 prong is the way to go as there's less wires to guess where they go! standard pin locations on 2 and 3 prong flashers won't plug in and work without modifying plug, for a simple circuit like the turn signals it's becoming a bigger problem with all these types of flashers! so far the 1 on my bike i moded the flasher unit and made it plug and play just because i had sitting in a bin worked out well don't even remember how much i paid for it! it's the Grote 44890 - Flasher had the ground coming off the top and didn't need the "P" pilot so i bent the pin inside not to make contact with power and soldered the white wire coming from the top plugged it in and worked great! maybe i should take pics and post them!