RedBaronX
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Modifying a motorcycle tail light... This light is designed to run at one brightness as a running light and then at a brighter brightness as a brake light... if I were using a motorcycle wiring harness, I am sure it would be wired up to work like that, but I am building my own system. That means I am adding LEDs to be the running lights while the bright center light will be the brake light (I might even adde a relay to make it flash, but I haven't decided). The yellow piece of plastic is actually a cut-up DVD case painted yellow and will fit inside beneath the bulb. (if I had been thinking, I would have used a white DVD case, but I JUST thought of that... I guess I still have time to change that...)
I am going to mount this to the rear fender with a bent corner brace, and there will also be turn signals-- I just finished painting the chunk of PVC pipe that they will be sprouting out from.
The brake light switch is built in to the brake lever I am using-- I think it is off of a 1970's Yamaha (eBay). Using a generic motorcycle switch unit that controls headlight, turn signals, and horn.
more pictures to come as things get assembled (I can't find the rest of the LED lamps, so I have to order more before I can complete the LED panel that gets fitted into the tail light... I am sure I will find the missing ones an hour after I place the order for the new ones...)
I am going to mount this to the rear fender with a bent corner brace, and there will also be turn signals-- I just finished painting the chunk of PVC pipe that they will be sprouting out from.
The brake light switch is built in to the brake lever I am using-- I think it is off of a 1970's Yamaha (eBay). Using a generic motorcycle switch unit that controls headlight, turn signals, and horn.
more pictures to come as things get assembled (I can't find the rest of the LED lamps, so I have to order more before I can complete the LED panel that gets fitted into the tail light... I am sure I will find the missing ones an hour after I place the order for the new ones...)