Right indicator now working

[Lordspectre]

Well folks how's it goin. I picked up a 2005 sv650s yesterday cracking bike. Got about halfway home and copped that the right indicator light is not working. It was working at the sellers house.. hazard lights flash, left indicator works just not right one. Any ideas? Hoping it's a fuse.lashing rain at the moment and no garage so can't have a look just yet

[daktulos]

If it's anything like the curvy, it'll be the switch. It's pretty basic, and can get corroded. Taking it apart to clean is easy enough, as long as you remember where everything goes. As I said - only have experience of a curvy, but I imagine it's not too different.

Originally Posted by Lordspectre

Well folks how's it goin. I picked up a 2005 sv650s yesterday cracking bike. Got about halfway home and copped that the right indicator light is not working. It was working at the sellers house.. hazard lights flash, left indicator works just not right one. Any ideas? Hoping it's a fuse.lashing rain at the moment and no garage so can't have a look just yet

So, neither front nor rear right indicators work when you operate the switch, but they do work when you turn on the hazard lights and the left side indicators work properly. If that is right then it can’t be the fuse (or the left side would not work), or a bulb (otherwise the hazard lights would not work on the right side) or any of the wiring leading to the lamps (same reason), so by elimination it has to be either the indicator switch or a bit of the wiring (maybe a connector) close to it.
It should be quite easy to check, find where the green wire emerges from the switch and check the voltage out (you can compare it with the black wire that feeds the left indicators). Some contact cleaner might well fix it.
Good fortune.


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[Lordspectre]

Thanks lad will give it a go first chance I get

[Lordspectre]

Many thanks will update over next few days when I get a chance to look

[Heorot]

I had something similar. I hadn't realised the horn wasn't working until the right rear indicator stopped working. Like yours, the hazards still worked on all the indicators. Checking the left control cluster I found the flasher not working either. A real cluster feck. Full of corrosion so the solution was to replace the whole unit.

[Lordspectre]

Your getting me worried now....hazards, horn, everything else works perfect. Left unit. Light flasher works, left indicator fine just the right one. Very brief look yesterday whiteout opening the unit and the 2 wires look in good nick. Will try opening tonight for a better look

Originally Posted by Lordspectre

Your getting me worried now....hazards, horn, everything else works perfect. Left unit. Light flasher works, left indicator fine just the right one. Very brief look yesterday whiteout opening the unit and the 2 wires look in good nick. Will try opening tonight for a better look

Before you open the switch and risk losing bits down the drain just check the electrical output at the green and black wires with a voltage meter (as above). The black one will be normal (so use that as the reference) - if the green one is normal then the switch works and the fault is in the connector after it. If the green one isn’t normal the fault will be at the switch - so at that point open up the switch and find out what is wrong.

When fixing things always check the easiest (and cheapest) things first.


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[daktulos]

For what it's worth, here's a photo of what mine looked like. The switch is pretty complex (mechanically) and basic (electricaly) at the same time. You can see the corrosion on the top contact. (Curvy caveat).

[Lordspectre]

Many thanks, will pick up a voltage tester in the morning