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I have a 95 softail and got the newer style bullet turn signals to replace the giant stock ones. I've wired many a bike and can't figure this out for the life of me. In fact ive rewired the entire bike, and this is the last mystery. Here is the problem:
New front bullett signals have 3 wires. Black (ground?)purple (turn?)and blue (running?) Stock setup only has 2 wires. I'm guessing this is what these are from all my research. One would figure if you don't use the blue (running?) and wire black and purple up,I should be ok. When I wire it this way, all 4 turn signals are on all the time. They do blink when I hit the right or left turn button but they are always on. Why is this happening. Do I have the wiring wrong? The stock turn signals are only 2 wire. The kit I bought has rear signals that are only two wires (black and purple) no problem, plug and play. As I mentioned above, the fronts are three wires. I do not want them to run as running lights.
Please help, I'm about to just ditch them all together which will only end up in traffic tickets!
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