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flashing led tail lite?
- Thread starter mikegates
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akbeemer
SURVIVOR
Touratech
Just got this for my '03 Dakar. It's a little expensive, but it's plug and play.
Brake! LED Taillight
Tim
Just got this for my '03 Dakar. It's a little expensive, but it's plug and play.
Brake! LED Taillight
Tim
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Stuff2c
Guest
cjack
K Bikes Complex by Choice
BMW makes a great one for $150. It is a bunch of LEDs under the license plate (the bracket mounts with the same license plate screws) and has a fast blink for brake light and a steady light for tail light. Comes with wiring harness, fuse, etc.
bricciphoto
R12ST
Here's another option: http://www.p3lights.com
Similar to Hyperlites, but bigger, brighter and they have more functionality.
Similar to Hyperlites, but bigger, brighter and they have more functionality.
burnszilla
New member
non flashing, but bright... http://www.motoelekt.com/lighting.htm
rkasal
Unavailable for comment
Second that. I have a set on two of my three BMWs and will be adding a set to my other one and the fourth I'm picking up. The stock brake (break hahaha) light remains and this goes below the stock light. It flashes quickly about four times and then remains on. It really wakes up the soccer moms going blah-blah-blah behind me. Even the guys with the left wrist draped over the wheel suddenly go to both hands when the flash goes on.
Almost causes their Oakleys to drop down onto their goatees.I recently bought , and installed an LED bulb that rotates as you drive along till the brake is applied, then it flashes several times, then goes to steady bright. I was assured it wouldn't work, but it does and has presented no problems to date. the folks who ride with me frequently call it my "disco light". Got it off of E-bay for $13.
Floyd
Floyd
cjack
K Bikes Complex by Choice
Hmmm. Not likely. Sounds like there is something wrong. Did you get the one with the separate red wire and fuse that goes directly to the battery? There were two and that is the latest one. Assuming you got the latest unit, unless there is something I don't know about the CS (we didn't have but one around here for sale) the current drawn by the led setup is not so great as to have an issue with the somewhat standard brake and tail light setup on the CS.
It sounds to me like the brake LED circuit is wired to the tail light circuit and the tail LED to the brake. See, that way it would flash when you first turned on the bike with the tail light coming on and be steady bright from then on (have someone turn on the bike while you watch). Then when you operated the brake, since it is already bright, you probably wouldn't see anything additional happen. Try reversing the wires of the brake and tail circuits from the LED unit. Hard to diagnose from here, but the most likely reason for your symptoms.
Ridealot
Lifetime Member
Raevyn,
On my CS I have a Gizmomill flashing LED taillight and a set of P3 flashing lights on the side of the license plate. My bike is a regular flashing beacon back there. A guy I work with was following me into work. Later in the day he said that someone would have to be blind not to see my lights when I hit the brakes. Which is exactly the response I was going for.
On my CS I have a Gizmomill flashing LED taillight and a set of P3 flashing lights on the side of the license plate. My bike is a regular flashing beacon back there. A guy I work with was following me into work. Later in the day he said that someone would have to be blind not to see my lights when I hit the brakes. Which is exactly the response I was going for.
sudani
New member
Thanks, Ridealot. I'm out for the same thing....SEE ME! Don't run into me! Wake up people, I'm here! *flash flash*...
When I bought the CS, Wezul rode it home for me as I rode behind him in the car. The stock light was so dull at night that putting a new LED was the first thing on my farkle list of things I wanted to change.
When I bought the CS, Wezul rode it home for me as I rode behind him in the car. The stock light was so dull at night that putting a new LED was the first thing on my farkle list of things I wanted to change.
Pics of install
For those who are interested, here are some pictures of the Brake! taillight installed on my dakar:
The connector attached to the LED panel plugs straight into the standard 1157 socket. (The downward facing LEDs you can see in this picture are used to light the license plate, they have a pretty cool effect.)
Then you slide the brackets over the stock reflector, attach it using the two supplied self-drilling screws, replace the brake light cover and voila! you're finished.
Cheers,
Tim
For those who are interested, here are some pictures of the Brake! taillight installed on my dakar:
The connector attached to the LED panel plugs straight into the standard 1157 socket. (The downward facing LEDs you can see in this picture are used to light the license plate, they have a pretty cool effect.)
Then you slide the brackets over the stock reflector, attach it using the two supplied self-drilling screws, replace the brake light cover and voila! you're finished.
Cheers,
Tim
MERKINMUFFLEY
New member
I see them on Ebay fairly often for about $60 including shipping. This looks like the one Touratech sells, but I'd sure ask some questions before I were to buy it. The Tourtech one is setable, I recall it has 3 blink settings and has an ABS switch on it. If this one doesn't have those - I'd pass on it.
