Blinker's on the Blink....

mexican said:

Yes, i'm an expert on blinkers, like them so much that i leave them on at all times

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TURBO200R4 said:

that is one of the reasons i like to ride in the back

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TURBO200R4 said:

pulling the turn signal flasher(like croft said) is a good idea to start. also replace fuse turn on ign before starting check horn,breaks,clutch pull,kick stand up and make sure fuse is good before starting.
there is another thread having problems.
Rocket 3 Classic - Electrical Problems
may help if u keep an eye on this.

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cr0ft said:

Not sure if it would help, but try pulling the relay for the indicators. It's on the right-hand side under the side panel on the non-Tourings. Then try running the bike to see what happens. Without the relay the blinkers should be disconnected so that would let you see if it's the blinker circuit or the horn/something else that's shorting.

Could also pick up a new relay in case that's bad. Get a LED-capable relay while you're at it if you ever want to put LED indicators on the bike.

Just tossing ideas out there, whether any of this helps is another matter, but may be worth a shot.

Also, you can disconnect each of the four blinkers individually. Pulling one cable and seeing if you're still shorting can help you narrow things down. On my Touring, the rear harness connects to the main harness under the right-hand side panel. Two white connectors there for the indicators in the rear.

The front indicators connect to the harness with two small white connectors inside the headlight shell on mine. Probably quite similar on the normal Rocket.

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cr0ft said:

Yeah, since you mentioned earlier it only happened when the engine was running, it may be it was vibration related. Ie, something had been rubbing against a metal part that was part of the frame and thus grounded to negative; if a positive wire rubs through there and intermittently makes contact your fuse will pop (well, it's why there are fuses in the first place so that's a good thing).

So it may well be you'll have this issue crop up again if it was just some cable that got shifted a little during your troubleshooting, could even be something near the relay, you did pull it and wiggle stuff around in the process.

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