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LED Side Lights
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:55 pm
by 400whitey
Hey everyone, i was wondering if anyone has fitted any LED side lights like added some LED strips or some of those little BikeVis.com LEDS.
If you have i'd love to see a picture becuase im tempted but not too sure where to put them,
Cheers whitey.
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:25 am
by banner001
they are not a direct swap, you will need to wire (in parallel) some 50W ceramic resistors (
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2X-50W-load-r ... 76f8)...as far as i know.
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:00 am
by 400whitey
Yeah i know, i do electronics
so i "should" hopefully be okay. I was thinking whether a strip inside the fairing near the raidiator cover would look good.
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:09 pm
by banner001
400whitey wrote:Yeah i know, i do electronics
so i "should" hopefully be okay. I was thinking whether a strip inside the fairing near the raidiator cover would look good.
"good" is a matter of opinion...its a 90's bike...styling is purely up to you, but its a nice bike, dont make it look like some wannabe-toad-looking-need-for-speed-ricer-pile-of-crap...
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:51 pm
by petchickens
banner001 wrote:400whitey wrote:Yeah i know, i do electronics
so i "should" hopefully be okay. I was thinking whether a strip inside the fairing near the raidiator cover would look good.
"good" is a matter of opinion...its a 90's bike...styling is purely up to you, but its a nice bike, dont make it look like some wannabe-toad-looking-need-for-speed-ricer-pile-of-crap...
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:34 am
by tobomoto
i made a bracket up for some leds that went under the front fairing, on the mounting bolts. lasted about 10 mins until i had the forks compress and they smashed on the mudguard. was back in 2000/2001 when fast and furious was all the rage. but now- just dont do it.
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:08 pm
by 400whitey
Anything to stop little Mrs Brown pulling out on me on a sunday morning....
But yeah i agree they would just look out of place, dont really know why i thought it'd be a good idea....
My bike hit 10k miles today ahhh!!
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:16 pm
by banner001
400whitey wrote:Anything to stop little Mrs Brown pulling out on me on a sunday morning....
But yeah i agree they would just look out of place, dont really know why i thought it'd be a good idea....
My bike hit 10k miles today ahhh!!
im approaching 42,000 miles...a few weeks and i will hit it, done almost 6000 miles on it this year
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:45 pm
by 400whitey
Nice, is it still running like a new? i read today in mcn that the 400's have better build quality than bigger bikes
im looking for a upgrade after xmas so dont want to do any more miles so i get more $$$
Re: LED Side Lights
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:49 am
by banner001
400whitey wrote:Nice, is it still running like a new? i read today in mcn that the 400's have better build quality than bigger bikes
im looking for a upgrade after xmas so dont want to do any more miles so i get more $$$
well the £1200 ive chucked at it has helped it a bit
runs sweet as a nut now, just passed MOT with no advisory's...ill take that any day