CanberraR3
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Apologies to all those who already know this but as I'm generally scared of anything electrical I thought I'd share some experience.
Short Version
If you've fitted LED globes and they won't work, try reversing the wiring connectors.
Long Version
I actually quite like the look of the OEM indicator stalks and have no problem with them being both visible and sitting out out the way they do. I swapped out the lenses a year or so ago with clear ones and hated the look on my bike so I swapped them for the dark smoked ones, which I reckon look great. Only drawback is the visibility of them. I was being told they're just not bright enough so I got myself some LED bulbs to put in and a replacement flasher unit.
Simple job I thought. I put the bulbs in, replaced the flasher and gave it a whirl. Only one globe lit up and there was no flash. WTF.
Then I put the original flasher back in because I'd heard you'll still get a flash, just really fast. Nothing. Not sure why, and just as I was about to put the old stuff back in, but I remembered that, unlike ordinary bulbs, LEDs are sensitive to the way they are wired up. So I pulled the three non-working indicators apart and reversed the connectors on the pins inside. Bingo. Ish. Ish because I now had 4 indicators lighting up but still no flash. I had another go with the old flasher unit back in and hey presto, flashers, albeit really fast and loud clicking. Faulty flasher unit I thought. Apparently so! New flasher unit fixed it and I'm real happy with the result! 
Short Version
If you've fitted LED globes and they won't work, try reversing the wiring connectors.
Long Version
I actually quite like the look of the OEM indicator stalks and have no problem with them being both visible and sitting out out the way they do. I swapped out the lenses a year or so ago with clear ones and hated the look on my bike so I swapped them for the dark smoked ones, which I reckon look great. Only drawback is the visibility of them. I was being told they're just not bright enough so I got myself some LED bulbs to put in and a replacement flasher unit.
Simple job I thought. I put the bulbs in, replaced the flasher and gave it a whirl. Only one globe lit up and there was no flash. WTF.
Then I put the original flasher back in because I'd heard you'll still get a flash, just really fast. Nothing. Not sure why, and just as I was about to put the old stuff back in, but I remembered that, unlike ordinary bulbs, LEDs are sensitive to the way they are wired up. So I pulled the three non-working indicators apart and reversed the connectors on the pins inside. Bingo. Ish. Ish because I now had 4 indicators lighting up but still no flash. I had another go with the old flasher unit back in and hey presto, flashers, albeit really fast and loud clicking. Faulty flasher unit I thought. Apparently so! New flasher unit fixed it and I'm real happy with the result! 
