{"id":66761,"date":"2013-11-17T20:47:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T11:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=66761"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:45","slug":"sportster-1200-little-by-little-changes-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20131117\/everyday-events\/sportster-1200-little-by-little-changes-part-4","title":{"rendered":"Sportster 1200: Little by Little Changes, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-4290951535\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Continuing from converting the handlebar to metric and the switches to metric, which means domesticating it.<br \/>\nHow is the difference in turn signal ON\/OFF method being controlled?<br \/>\nI only have wiring diagrams for old Sportsters, so they&#8217;re not much help\u2026<br \/>\nAfter poking around, it looks like the turn signal module is controlling it. (See manual) &#8217;91<br \/>\nGood thing it&#8217;s not mechanical \u2605<br \/>\nTo switch to a domestic push-cancel, there are two steps:<br \/>\n\u2022 CUT the signal coming from the module<br \/>\n\u2022 Install a turn signal relay <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10149418_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Embed the turn signal relay inside the handlebar switch wiring.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a bit pricey, but the Motogadget M-FLASH is the best layout-wise. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10149418_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The Sportster really has so little space, it&#8217;s a real problem. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10149418_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Finally found it\u2026 the module. It was inside the fender right in front of the rear tire. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10149418_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Finally done \u2605<br \/>\nBlinking OK! Push-cancel OK! Hehe<br \/>\nOr so I thought\u2026<br \/>\nHuh? There&#8217;s a position function? On the Sportster\u2026<br \/>\nSo I took it apart again and fiddled around some more until everything was complete.<br \/>\nChecking and double-checking and triple-checking took time.<br \/>\nThe first time is rough.<br \/>\nThe ETC wiring is also done, and it&#8217;s almost finished.<br \/>\nPhew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing from converting the handlebar to metric and the switches to metric, which means domesticating it. How is the difference in turn signal ON\/OFF method being controlled? I only have wiring diagrams for old Sportsters, so they&#8217;re not much help\u2026 After poking around, it looks like the turn signal module is controlling it. (See manual) &#8217;91 Good thing it&#8217;s not mechanical \u2605 To switch to a domestic push-cancel, there are two steps: \u2022 CUT the signal coming from the module \u2022 Install a turn signal relay &nbsp; &nbsp;Embed the turn signal relay inside the handlebar switch wiring. It&#8217;s a bit pricey, but the Motogadget M-FLASH is the best layout-wise. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[117,55],"class_list":["post-66761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-harley-davidson","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}