blinker issue

frenzy_rumble

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To start with, I have a 80 CX500....
so, as of yesterday - I had ALL electrical working perfectly. Did some repositioning of the wire (took nothing apart, only relocated and tidied them up) Like an idiot, I wired up the battery wrong (backwards) saw smoke pouring out of the wiring "nest"

Everything is in tact, everything is still working

EXCEPT...

The rear blinkers work in unison now. WTF. If I click on the left blinker, they both light up, vice versa...

disconnect the left blinker. Turn on "LEFT", and the right one blinks. Same the other way too. Apparently, something melted and the hots are touching somewhere. There's a small electrical box near the seat, built into the frame. Could the problem be in there? I checked all the wires for the blinkers, they seem ok. Any help (quick) would be great...
 
actually, upon further inspection. Even the front blinkers are kind of screwed up now also. Either selection, the non-selected turn signal's light blinks a little. The brake light is blinking lightly too.

Is it possible I fried my flasher relay?
 
The flasher relay is blind to which side it's flashing. Most likely you shorted/melted something in the selector switch on the bar.
 
If that bike has a single "idiot light"that works with both flashers, it might be the box of diodes.
 
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