Hey Graham, any luck with those turn signals?

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> No problem, I hope it is of some help.
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Graham Rogers
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> thanks Allen, I'll check all this out tomorrow,  Graham
>>
>>
>> On Jan 24, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Allen Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> Graham, I think I found the right wiring diagram here:
>>>
>>> http://www.cmsnl.com/classic-honda-fansite/honda_wiring_diagrams/CB650C.jpg
>>>
>>> So breaking this down into two different issues to make it easier
>>> since it doesn't appear that both circuits are connected (almost).
>>>
>>> Brakes:
>>> The green is ground, brown is tail light power, and Green Yellow is
>>> brake light. This should be pretty straight forward as both brake
>>> switches get power straight from the fuse block off of the Green White
>>> wire. The horn is also powered off of that same Green white wire and
>>> the horn switch is a ground switch so does the horn work? Lastly the
>>> power feed for the turn signal relay is guess what the same Green
>>> white wire. I'm thinking that you have a short on the Green white
>>> wire. I'd test it after the fuse, then at the horn, then the turn
>>> signal relay, then at the front brake switch, then lastly at the rear
>>> brake switch. if you have power from all of those points then I'm
>>> stumped.
>>>
>>> Flashers:
>>> Well if you have power to the flasher relay on the Green White wire
>>> then you should be getting power over the Green wire to the turn
>>> signal switch in the left hand control. from there depending on if you
>>> have it set to left or right you should be getting power to either the
>>> blue (right) or the orange (left) wire. It does appear that the power
>>> to the rear turn signals has to first go through a bulkhead plug on
>>> each front turn signal so you might want to check how the front
>>> signals are wired someone might have did a hack job when mounting
>>> aftermarket signals. I tend to think that this is the issue because
>>> when you activate the turn signal it should supply power to the
>>> opposite running light and shut off power to the the side that is
>>> supposed to flash. I think someone wired it backwards. so switch in
>>> left position you should have power at the Front left signal on the
>>> orange wire and not the orange white, and on the front right signal
>>> you should have power on the blue white. with the switch in the right
>>> position you should have power on the front right signal over the blue
>>> wire and none on the blue white and on the left side you should have
>>> power over the orange white.
>>>
>>> Of course if I have the wrong wiring diagram all of this is a load of
>>> bunk...
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Graham Rogers
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Moving from the Kawasaki 454LTD problem (hard to start) which maybe the
>>>> starter motor, to a 1984 Honda Nighthawk CB650.  I have an electrical
>>>> problem that has me as confused as a stunned mullet. Both front running
>>>> lights work, the tail light works.  However the rear turn signals do not
>>>> work at all, neither does the brake light, when activated by either the
>>>> brake lever or the brake pedal.  Not only that but when I do activate the
>>>> turn signals the opposite side running lights shut off.  There is no
>>>> power
>>>> to the turn signal wires (orange and blue) at either the rear turn
>>>> signals
>>>> or at the connections in the headlight bucket.  The ground is OK.  The
>>>> fuses
>>>> are good and the roast in the oven smells real good,  Graham
>>>>
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