okay tried the electronic flasher and unplugging the dash light, for some reason now even with the turn signals off the right side is illuminated very dim...? and it still wont flash

im not sure what to do from here, any suggestions?

 

do you remember which flasher unit you used? possible part number?

 

Just put an inline resistor in, for crying out loud! The flasher unit needs to see a "load". A diode is not a load, as far as the flasher unit is concerned. Adding the resistor will fix everything, including having a working indicator on the dash unit.

You could have spliced a resistor in on each side, and been done with it in a fraction of the time it took you to rip it all apart to get at the flasher unit. A 6 ohm, 50 watt resistor on each side will simulate a 2 amp load. That should be about right for the 2 lamps you replaced with LEDs on each side. Just do it, and quit dinking around.

 

done and done lol gave up on the flasher unit, ide rather be riding! Thanks for all the input guys, hope this helps other people down the line!

 

Riding beats wrenching... any day!!!

 

Hahahaha..I have the same question about the installation of my turn signal light .Thanks for your post.

 

Having similar difficulties with my 500 eX ninja. It sounds like I need a set of resistors and the electronic flasher and is it true that the dash bulb needs to be replaced with a diode..... anybody out there...

 

> A 6 ohm, 50 watt resistor on each side will simulate a 2 amp load. That should be about right for the 2 lamps you replaced with LEDs on each side. Just do it, and quit dinking around.

I just did this. Tried 6 ohm and then two in series for 12 ohms. No effect whatsover on the flash rate. It works fine with an aftermarket bulb which is 1.5 ohms.