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Old Mar 23, 2018 | 07:55 PM
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hello again has anyone ever had any problem with their turn signals melting the lens after installing a led headlight
on a harley breakout. All the turn signals are not led and didn’t have this problem with stock headlight until I changed it to LED headlight
 
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Old Mar 24, 2018 | 09:01 PM
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Nope. Mine is working just fine after I installed my Hogwerkz LED Head light. Have you done anything else to the lighting? What headlight did you install?
 

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Old Mar 25, 2018 | 07:15 AM
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You're saying the you changed the headlight to led, left the turns stock and now the turns get so hot they melt the lenses? Do you have a voltmeter? Measure the voltage the turns are getting. I can't imagine what would cause that, first time I've heard of it
 
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Old Mar 25, 2018 | 07:18 AM
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Not sure if there is a correlation between the 2. I thought they were separate circuits.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2018 | 07:42 AM
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They are, as far as I know.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2018 | 08:04 AM
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What year and model bike do you have and what else have you done to it? And yes, it is a separate circuit. Unless you changed the turn signal bulbs to a higher intensity incandescent or tapped into the turn signal circuit, what you are describing is technically impossible. Unless you damaged the turn signal/security system module somehow. Does the bike have the security system installed?
 

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Hope alls having a good weekend im having a issue and have to change my ignition on my 2014 fxsb. no security or alarm i have two wires going to ignition and one ground and one that is a ignition input to the bcm. I am looking to see if i can install the m-lock from motogadget for a ignition replacement. Does the wire to the bcm connect to the 30 spot from the relay? If someone could clarify this id be very thankful
 
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Hope alls having a good weekend im having a issue and have to change my ignition on my 2014 fxsb. no security or alarm i have two wires going to ignition and one ground and one that is a ignition input to the bcm. I am looking to see if i can install the m-lock from motogadget for a ignition replacement. Does the wire to the bcm connect to the 30 spot from the relay? If someone could clarify this id be very thankful
As a heads up....

You should start your own thread for your question...

It's considered improper to take over someone else's thread, with an unrelated question...

It's referred to as "hijacking a thread"....

You'll get better info and responses that way too....

Make sure to use a short, descriptive heading about your problem, like "2014 FXSB Ignition switch question"... it will allow those with knowledge of your problem to zero in your post..
 

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