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Lobo:
..I’d agree with Mike - it sounds as though there’s corrosion / component fault within the repeater unit. Such a fault could well show 12v through a multimeter which typically tests at no load, but when earthed through the indicators .. ie having to carry 4A ... gives up.

The fact that ‘shorting’ out the repeater gives steady orange indicators suggests your loom / bullets / earthings are ok.

Just a thought... is your aftermarket repeater rated at 45W or so? (typical markings would be 2x21W + 3.4W). Some aftermarket (LED types) are rated 8W... ie overload protection might be kicking in?

TrickyMicky:
This maybe totally irrelevant, but you say that they are aftermarket replacements without an earth wire, if all 4 indicators have been replaced then don't forget that the rear ones are rubber mounted and most definitely require an earth wire.
     The last time I messed around with my rear end, (the bike's, not mine!), I had refitted the rear mudguard, and wanting to get the job finished quickly didn't pay too much attention to the route of the wiring. The consequence of this being that I severed both earth wires in my rush to get things bolted back together, allied to this was the fact that I had also disembowelled the headlamp whilst fitting new handlebars and switchgear, which meant that being a purveyor of doom and gloom I checked all the complicated things first! Maybe stop awhile and recount anything else you may have disturbed that could offer a simple solution. Be Lucky. Mick.

Dolomite_:
I forgot about the rubber mounting for the rear lights, so thats why they dont work. Well in the end somehow the relay had died, tried a spare one I luckily found and the front ones flash now. Thanks all.

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