Motorcycle web sites sell motorcycle specific eliminator kits for $50 and up. I looked closely at the images of these kits and discovered quickly that they were simply trailer hitch adapters. A small box that ties into the tail lights of passenger cars and trucks, designed to lead to trailers and run the trailer lights. Trailer Hitch Adapters can be found at any auto parts store. I found mine at Autozone for around $11 with no shipping. About $50 less than any online source I found. The only disadvantage was their were no motorcycle specific instructions. No matter, its an extremely simple process.
The trailer hitch adapter is basically a small black box with a nest of wires coming out of it. A simple diagram is printed on the top of the black box that correlates with the wires and their colors as they come out of both sides. One side is labeled "In" the other, amazingly enough, is labeled "out".
All one has to do is match up the bikes wires to the trailer hitch wires. Not all hitches have the same diagram or the same color wires. Some may be different so I'm not going to go into to much detail. But to reassure any wary readers, it is very self explanatory and the easiest part of the process. Just remember to run good ground wires and that nothing will work until the whole process is completed. Any loose or bad connections will result in nothing working. To prevent this, I soldered every connection then finished off the connection by using shrink tubing.
The wires going in were, left and right signals, brake light and running light. Fewer wires come out, the brake light wire and signal wires are combined and
then tie directly into the two brake light bulbs.
See the Video Here: TURN SIGNAL ELIMINATOR
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Now for the disclaimer. The turn signal eliminator does make the rear signals more difficult to notice. It does a great job of making the back of the bike look nice and I've had several comments from car drivers about how cool it looks. Also, the eliminator may make state inspections more difficult to pass depending on your relationship with you dealer and finally, depending on state law and the attitude of local police, this may be illegal and may garner an additional ticket and/or fine. After running with the eliminator for a year, I added rear turn signals back to the bike to supplement the blinking brake light (Which I still think is super cool!) to make things easier for fellow motorcyclists who sometimes follow me. In any case, use judgment.
