New guy here! So I found this on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01M0HRQ1G/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It works good, I like how it looks, nice and bright. Lots of work, wiring and drilling, bending the light bracket to 90 etc, not plug and play. However I found this morning leaving for work if you start it with the brake pulled it kills the bike, has anyone with electrical accessories had this issue? I'm thinking it must have an internal over-current protector or circuit breaker. It requires a reset (pull battery -) and then starts fine as long as you don't touch the brakes. I think the LEDs pull too much current vice the dinky bulb it came with. Any other ideas?
Replaced the brick!
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Very cool!
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Other people mentioned you need a resistor for some brake lights. I have an LED strip tail light but just stripped the wire and connected to stock wire...Mine has no trouble.
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Same with mine, LED running light and breake light, + integrated plate light, also LED. Never had such problem, and no need for any resistor.
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My thought too, LED lights would never be able to pull more power than the stock light.
But I'm running LED light's too on the running light, breake light, and plate light, with no need of any resistors.
It sounds more like a wiring problem, connected one wire wrong perhaps.
But it's still strange that the bike does that thou...
There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 LEDs on the board, and out of 3 wires I can't have wired it wrong, it works as it should Hi-Lo when you pull the lever, in a 12v system if it were wrong I'd have no light or it would be on hi only.
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I had to do this when my original LED strip randomly failed.... got a replacement. Define toy try this.
Ryan, can you post pictures of your LED strip + how to install + which LED strip you went with? I'm very interested in doing this.
Thank You!
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Here is a picture during the day. Integrated turn signals.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01G...469?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=135W0JQ8ZF0NE716XFDR
Very simple installation, just google "flexible led tail light strip motorcycle installation" on YouTube. It outlines what the wires are, only trouble if figuring out your bikes wire diagram but they are pretty universal. If you have any trouble just let me know and I can help. The daytime pic doesn't do it any justice, VERY bright at night.
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I didn't use the turn signal wires on my LED strip.
If your going to wire in separate LED indicators then cut or tape up the 'Yellow & Green.
Loom-------------------------LED strip
Brown----------------------- white = Running
Green+Yellow--------------- Red = Brake
Green----------------------- Black = Negative
If your going to wire in separate LED indicators then cut or tape up the 'Yellow & Green.
Loom-------------------------LED strip
Brown----------------------- white = Running
Green+Yellow--------------- Red = Brake
Green----------------------- Black = Negative
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This looks like exactly what I'm going for. When you get the chance, could you post a few more pics? I saw the other one. Looks like you drilled out the rear fender bolts. I'm hoping to see how you mounter the brake light.
Also, did you use led turn signals? If so, did you add a relay or resistors?
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