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Unread 07-19-2008, 05:40 AM
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Just FYI I intended to integrate the turn signals into the brake lights. When I bought my rear tail lamps I received them with a signal integrator kit attached. But low and behold it was malfunctioning. I trouble shooted the box and found it to be faulty. Oh well... I wouldn't pay near 100 for a new one when I could buy a set of LED signals for the front and back for that price. It's a tossup. Set of LED's or just integrate the signals into the tail lights...

One thing right now that's pretty neat is that one of my rear bulbs has the "low beam" filament burnt out. SO when I ride normal only one of the lenses is illuminated. Then when I hit the brakes they both come on with the bright filaments. This is kinda nice because it is REALLY obvious when I'm braking. When me and the guys are out for some "spirited" riding I brake hard for some turns more than usual when I anticipate some road damage, fresh asphalt or sand etc. When I do this i tap the brake 2 or 3 times just so they know I'm going in cautiously. I think it's more important on the street to communicate things like this as it's just a part of surviving. There are other signals for other things as well like road debris and law enforcement.

Anyhow I'll probably go through with some signals but if I had all the time in the world I wouldn't mind making my own LED board with yellow and red LED's to shine in the two rear lenses. Oh well if anyone wants to see how to wire your rear brake lights with the signals for a nice clean look check out this link: http://sportbikeguy.com/garage/floor/signal.html Pretty good ideas there.

I think with these tips you'll still need to buy a new flasher relay. They are cheap and you can buy LED flashers cheap if you want to integrate some LED's into the mix. And then they make the LED bulbs that you can plug into your bulb sockets to convert em. There are lots of options.
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