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jjones1980 · Mar 21, 2014, 07:49 AM

I bought a used 1999 softail with no maual. When I turn on the turn signals, the rear signals stay solid, won't blink. And the fronts do nothing. I know very little about bikes, and I'm hoping its something simple like a fuse or a bulb. Please help.

odinn7 · Mar 21, 2014, 07:51 AM

Replace the front bulbs and see how that goes. Sounds like the front is out.

jjones1980 · Mar 21, 2014, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by odinn7

Replace the front bulbs and see how that goes. Sounds like the front is out.

OK. But when I said that the fronts do nothing, I meant to say they just stay lit. so I don think that it could be a bulb. Maybe relay? I don't know.

odinn7 · Mar 21, 2014, 08:13 AM

See, now that's different. You said the rear stay solid and won't blink and the front's do nothing. I took that to mean that they don't even light up. If the lights come on, front and back, and don't blink, then the first thing you go for is a relay.

jjones1980 · Mar 21, 2014, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by odinn7

See, now that's different. You said the rear stay solid and won't blink and the front's do nothing. I took that to mean that they don't even light up. If the lights come on, front and back, and don't blink, then the first thing you go for is a relay.

Cool. That's what I was thinking. Sorry about that. Thanks.

Stratmando · Mar 21, 2014, 10:57 AM

Remove the Flasher, if the front bulbs remain lit, you may have a wiring problem. To try and clear up your statement, sounds like both fron and rear stay solid? If so, and removing flasher puts all bulbs out, then you may have a bad Flasher.
Do you have a TSSM(Turn Signal Security Module), Your flashers go through it and also disables Starter and Ignition.

smoothy · Mar 21, 2014, 11:28 AM

THough I'm not familiar with that model Harley, mine is a LOT older than that one... turn signals alternate front back, front back, meaning if the flasher isn't working one would typically be on while the other is off on a given side... they don't flash together.

odinn7 · Mar 27, 2014, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by nazia08

The flasher unit. . Go to the parts store and order a flasher for your make and model then look under the dash until you find the part that looks like the one you bought and replace it with the one you bought.

There usually isn't a dash board on a motorcycle...just sayin'