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Posted by CDNRatMan
- May 10, 2013, 15:31:51 PM 
ok not an electrican but were would we start to see if there is a short, at the ignition first or the switch?
Posted by Troll
- May 10, 2013, 14:22:28 PMSo, here's what I've been able to glean from the service manual. In the off position, no wires are making momentary contact. Left turn connects the black/yellow and yellow/red wires with the green and orange wires, which send a signal to the control unit for left signal. right signal connects the gray wire instead. If the combination of any of these wires were to be shorted against each other when the key is turned, It will trigger a signal to the controller. If this was actually planned, I'm sure Kawasaki would have written it in the owner's manual..or the service manual...This appears to be a fault that develops over time that is typically Japanese consistent throughout the model range.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- May 10, 2013, 11:37:07 AMok raining really good right now but went out to the shed......and
Quoteinserted key turned it on and no flashing signal lite........okyesterday got home and drive right to shed no signal lights since last corner, stopped truned off bike via keys, pushed it into the shed, leand over and wheel to the left. Did not use the bike today due to work reasons, read the last coupls posts. So went out and inserted key and turned it to on position. Lo and behold the left turn signal commenced a flashin, dash light also flashing.
So I turned it off, turned bars to right, pushed cancel on switch ......will check in the morning......
turned the bars back to natural position and left, going to take care of some house chores and will check later ...
ok like 3 hours later, and went out to clean the shed a bit, inserted the key and turned it on, no signal light.......ok going to try once more in the morning, but thinking now that having pressed the cancel after it was off it will not blink till I start it once more......
Posted by superfragl
- May 10, 2013, 08:55:06 AMGuess what?..
It did not do it this morning. Yesterday morning I pushed the button just to make sure it was cancelled and left to work (did not take the bike).
I will check it again tonight when I leave. I made sure I cancelled it manually before shutting off.
Posted by nhtrikes
- May 10, 2013, 07:33:33 AMOnly had my bike for 8 months now but it hasn't done it once, yet! I only have 3100 miles on her so far and curious to see if it develops over time. Depending on which way I come home I can turn right or left on my last turn up my street and sometimes I remember to push the turn signal off and sometimes it does it auto. Hope this mystery gets solved eventually. I will watch for it everytime I start now.
Take care,
Pete
Posted by Drift1
- May 10, 2013, 05:30:43 AMThere has to be a manufacture reason for this.Someone did mention a safety feature for pulling off witch would make sense but, if they went that far for safety,why my rear running lights?I don't believe it to be an issue being there's to many of us with this.
Posted by kw-retrorider
- May 10, 2013, 04:43:25 AMMy 2002 800 does it at every start...left signal blinking, so perhaps not an early model issue. Never thought much about it, since it was consistent. Just thought it was a default.
Posted by Troll
- May 09, 2013, 19:33:48 PMMine never does this...I suspect it's a wiring problem to the turn signal switch. This is a perfect example of how the same stuff happens to people due to mass hysteria!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- May 09, 2013, 19:28:16 PMok just came in from the shed.......
yesterday got home and drive right to shed no signal lights since last corner, stopped truned off bike via keys, pushed it into the shed, leand over and wheel to the left. Did not use the bike today due to work reasons, read the last coupls posts. So went out and inserted key and turned it to on position. Lo and behold the left turn signal commenced a flashin, dash light also flashing.
So I turned it off, turned bars to right, pushed cancel on switch ......will check in the morning......
Posted by Drift1
- May 09, 2013, 16:23:56 PMI'm going to check mine now and if it's on I'll cancel it out and try again tomorrow and also will post back the results
Posted by superfragl
- May 09, 2013, 15:57:12 PM))) Will check it out tomorrow or Saturday - depends of weather conditions. Will post back ASAP.
Today, before leaving to work I pushed the button, cancelling turn signal (in case it was ON). Will see what happens.
Posted by Drift1
- May 09, 2013, 14:01:48 PMsuperfragl,I'm not to convinced that your mystery is solved,LOL.Reason being yeah 9 out of 10 times on my return home It's a left hand turn into my driveway garage.However,honestly I can't say I use my turn signal before entering my driveway"all the time"...LOL!!!!!I'd hate to say this but,I'll almost bet if you go fire your ride up now that left blinker will be winking at ya 
Posted by superfragl
- May 09, 2013, 09:29:45 AMOne of the folks from Vulcan forums posted today:
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Well... I think I solved it. I tried both...
Made sure my switch was cancelled and when I came out, there was no blinkers going when I turned the key on. Then I also let it auto cancel on my last turn and left it like that. When I came out and turned my key on, it had reset the auto cancel and the blinked was on and blinking.
Mystery solved...
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The funniest part about it - majority of us have left turn signal blinking...
Posted by Troll
- May 09, 2013, 07:50:12 AMAppears to be more of an early model issue...Time for some research.
Posted by marshalldoll
- May 09, 2013, 06:11:50 AMMy 99 1500 also does this when started from a cold start. I never thought much about it and always cancelled it out before taking off.
Dan