Blinker module

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So I just took the fairing off of the 81 interstate that I bought. Put a very straight forward single headlight and turn signals on it, and I thought that the wiring job was a peice of cake. Aparently I was wrong. The headlight hi and low beam work great, as does the horn, etc. and the turn signals light up as running lights, BUT... they don't blink! When I looked through the wiring in the fairing )which contained the original turn signals) it looked like the wiring went up from the bike through the fairing with no "blinker" (like you would find in a car) in the way. I was very careful about my testing, made sure I had the correct wires to go to the signals and the headlight. Did I cut the blinking module out and leave it in the fairing, or is there another explanation? I know what a blinker module looks like in a car (an older one anyway) what does it look like in an 81 GL1100?



On an aside, all of the wires under the fairing and where a headlight would usually be on a regualr bike go into a box with a big cast iron heat sinc. Why is this? Is there any reason I can't remove that box to mount the headlight higher than I have it?