Front turn signal/ indicators

onesonofamitch

onesonofamitch

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So I feel kind of stupid asking this... but does anybody know of a "how-to" on swapping out the front turn signals for aftermarket led ones? that is specific to the FZ8?
The only thing i could find was a video on youtube showing some guy with suzuki doing the swap, and that helps for the wiring portion. But i guess my main question is, how do i get the old signal off? I currently have the turn signal dangling by its wires and i'm not sure if i just clip them and solder the new ones together or what. I'm probably over-complicating this...

Any advice is sincerely appreciated, and if there is already a thread on this I'm super sorry. I tried to find one and came up with options of blinkers, but no how to's.
 
MotoZen

MotoZen

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On my bike, the connections for the signals were cable tied to the bracket behind the headlight. Whenever possible, I try not to cut any stock wires so that I can either put it back to stock or sell the stock parts.

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Keach

Keach

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As MotoZen mentioned you can disconnect the turn signal wires behind the headlight. I ended up not cutting the wires, but after the hassle if I did it again I'd probably just cut and solder them. The connection type on my aftermarket wires was the same, but a different size, so I ended up crushing the male and female ends together...which will probably end up coming loose with time lol. I also found there was very little slack on the female end (where the wire is zip tied behind the headlight) so getting it plugged in was a PITA
 
bikee4

bikee4

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If your going LED I'd get one of these:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XN8WVY/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AFV4HRYFSWIJH]Gen 2 LED Flasher Relay 2-Pin to Slow Signal Rate for Yamaha FZ6R FZ1 FZ8 R1 R6 R6s All Years : Amazon.com : Automotive[/ame]
 
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