Te 449 Indicators Flash Relay

I’ve recently purchased a 2012 TE 449. The previous owner had the indicators removed but now I need them back on for the road safety. I bought some cheap LED indicators from flea bay, whacked them on and nothing! I wasn’t getting power to any of the indicator circuits. Behind the front light I found 2 conductors (show in pic) that were cut and left bare. One conductor had 12v, the other nothing and no reference to ground. Throwing caution to the wind I connected the conductors and BAM! I had indicators. But they didn’t flash. I’m assuming the other component in my pic is then flasher Relay, right? With it removed the indicators don’t light up. I’ve tested one of the indicator circuits with an incandescent bulb to rule out the flasher not linking LED’s and it’s the same result. The regular bulb stays lit and does not flash.

What was cut from the 2 conductors in my pic? I’ve twisted them together and now have power to the indicators.
Is the component in my pic the flasher?
And is there an off the shelf replacement instead of buying Husky’s gold plated priced flasher?

I found the below image in this thread...

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/indicator-flasher-gremlins-511.36686/

It looks like the same two wires I have behind my light that have been cut. In the pic below, is there a mated connector for this or is it just a one sided connector that just joins the 2 conductors?

In the interest of closing this topic off I’ll keep replying to myself with updates

Bought a solid state 2 pin flasher from the local auto parts store and some load resistors. Flasher onto the 2 cut conductors and a load resistor parallel across each of the front indicators.

Results: flashing indicators BUT on the off cycle of the flash the LED’s aren’t completely off, just dimmer then the on cycle of the flash. I can live with this for now but going to see what mate doing the safety recommends for a flasher that’s happy with LED’s and that doesn’t require the load resistors.

Hi Andy,

I have a 2011 TE449. The component in the photo below the cut wires is the lighting relay. It supplies power to the brake light and headlight when the engine is running.

It sounds like you have the wiring repaired albeit for incandescent bulbs. I have not tried LED indicators as my bike is setup for dirt with them removed.

Here's a photo of my flasher relay connection.



Cheers,
Phil.

Thanks for posting up the pic Phil. My TE will be for the trails too but I need it road registered to ride in state forests. I’m sure it won’t be long before an indicator gets torn off. Not sure why the previous owner would cut off the flasher? Remove it, sure. But cut it out - strange. Got an LED flasher coming from flea bay - should give me a proper flash and be able to do away with the load resistors.