turn signals stopped working on 91 Kaw Eliminator

turn signals stopped working on 91 Kaw Eliminator. bulbs and fuse looks ok.
please email ideas on troubleshooting to

 

Use your brain[1], or else hand signals.

Shan't.

[1] "Turn signals" or "indicators" - let's see now: bulbs, fuse, flasher
relay, switch. Plus various wires connecting them together. Safely
assume that all four wires to all four flashers haven't simultaneously
fallen off. Ditto for the bulbs. So that doesn't leave much, really,
does it?

 

Not much useful advice given to you I noticed so here's mine:
That guy's right; there's not much to flashers. First, always check the
fuse. If you know the switch works (check with a multimeter set for
resistance or a continuity checker if you have one) and the leads to all
the parts from the switch are continuous, check the flasher relay.
They'll be in the circuit, usually under the seat somewhere. The bulbs
don't matter cuz they aren't Xmas tree lights. One can burn out or break
a wire and the rest should still flash.

I had the same problem, they went out altogether and wouldn't flash or
come on. The problem was the guy before me had 2 relays wired in so when
one of them went bad it didn't allow the lights to even come on steady,
indicating a shot flasher relay. Now that was a mystery when they all
stopped coming on.

Btw, a car flasher will work just fine as it's just a simple electric
circuit indentical to a car. So don't pay extra for super duper
motorcycle flasher relays. Go to a scrap yard and grab one for a buck or
two.

-Stone

 

This would be my first port of all, actually. And they're often behind a
side panel, too.

What he said.

Let's hope he's reading this.

 

Thanks for the "good" feedback. What was mentioned is what threw me off--
that i got nothing. I didn't get the kind of symptoms i'd see on a car if a
bulb or flasher went.the fact that they all went out at once puzzled me, as
i'd expect at least one side to work and for the bad side to come on but not
flash, like a car, or for both to light but no flashing. I thought it would
be very low chance that the switch would go bad to both contact sides at
once, giving me nothing on either side. I'll look for a flasher, and in the
interim, it seems if i jump across the flasher, that the lights should light
up , but without the blinking, so that could tell me the problem is there,

Otherwise, i guess it's conceiveable that the switch went, but since it's
garaged, rarely in bad weather, and in very nice shape, i would be
surprised that the switch went bad from some type of corrosion. .

 

Wise move - it's almost certainly going to be the flasher relay, or
conceivably the connections to it.