I changed bars and was trying to figure out why the turn signals aren't working. I inadvertently touched two of the signal wire, one for running lights one for blinkers, together. Blew a fuse. Replaced that. Headlight now isn't working. Or the turn signals...A little help, please.

 

Simple stuff first, bulbs, fuses, look for pinched wires at the clutch perch and the front brake master cylinder. The two power wires touching each other may blow the fuse and over volt the bulbs as well.

 

I'm going from running/signal to only signals. Three wires to two wires. I can get the right to react with solid light, it blinks but only when I add the orig signal to the circuit. I have power to the left but no thing via the left switch. Checked all the bulbs. Do you think it's the turn signal module? Will this correct the headlight?

 

Headlamps are a completely separate circuit, does high beams work? Do you have power on the blue wire? Brown wire for the right side and violet for the left is the turn signals, are you sure that those are single filiment bulbs (1156) or are they dual filiment bulbs (1157)? If they are dual filiment bulbs then the turn signals will be wired as follows, blue to the marker light wire and brown or violet to the turn signal wire and the black ground to nothing as the turn signals will use the frame and housing as ground. So if you really wanted to ensure that you had a good ground then you can put the black wire to the mounting point of the turn signals. Likely this is why it isn't working. Headlamp may be impacted as you are on the lighting circuit but check for power at the yellow wire on low beams and white on high beams and continuity to ground on the black wire of the H4 connector.

 

I will only have signal lights, no marker. So brown or violet to the signal? Black to nothing? Fyi - The new signal lights are mounted in the bars. 2 wires black and yellow.

 

If it is a single filiment then black to black and brown or violet to color. Blue not connected and capped off.

 

I have it figured..almost. Headlamp is working. Turn signals have power. Waiting on a new switch. BUT, when it give power they still will NOT flash? What makes them flash? Again, I can wire the originals back into the circuit with the new lights attached. Now, they flash. Only tried the right side...

 

Turn signal module.

 

 

That would be the TSM, they fail causing the issue that you are describing. Yes you can wire them back to the TSM and they should all work just fine.