Just how hard would this be? Is it do-able? Electrical

Tail light/turn signal


http://www.customdynamics.com/raider_le ... ignals.htm

http://www.kosonorthamerica.com/new/sho ... version-4/

http://www.kosonorthamerica.com/new/sho ... er-pair-4/

As many of you know I laid my bike down and need new signals anyway so I figured why not do something fun while I am at it.

 

I hope someone more knowledge than I comments because that brake light is awesome

 

There is a thread on here with someone trying to get those gauges to work. I think it was called "updating to modern gauges" or something. Brake light should be able to be done with a new led relay or resistors.

 

My only concern would be that the brake light is not DOT approved and may not be bright enough to be seen well in the daylight.

 

Its all possible, but its not just plug and play.

I have Koso instruments on Pumba.

 

Just how hard would it be to switch over to that gauge? What else did you have to do? Can you still use the stock sensors?

 

most likely it hooks up like a vapor gauge.... itll take some wiring and reading of an electrical diagram. also the sensors are most likely going to come with the setup... itll be a magnet sensor on the front wheel like a bike computer or a vapor gauge, and the tach is going to hook up to your coils or coil wires to sense the rpm...
with the led's if you switch out the flasher relay with an led flasher relay (cough) EBAY (cough) none of that should be difficult to wire in. by doing that however you may lose the functionality of your auto cancel... something you just get used to lol.

 

not worried about losing the auto cancel lol... no big deal there. Thanks for the heads up on the relay . The Bike is currently being taken apart after a lowsilde so I have time to fiddle with small things. If anyone has any aftermarket gauges that they've done please link some pics!

I Would like to do different front lighting as well....

One would be a white led strip mounted just above my front wheel that flashes slowly...

Saw it on a zx10r and it made him so easy to see when driving in a car.. Any idea on how hard that would be to do?

Would it be easier to have a shop do this side of it? Or just man up and dive in?

 

For bulb replacements, try superbrightleds.com They have some nice things for tail lights, instrument bulbs, turn signals, etc. Of course, as noted, you will lose auto cancel on the turn signals, but you already said you don't care about that. They make bulbs zzzzs that will plug straight into existing sockets ... which means you could replace your broken ones with OEM design and still get the LED benefits. (reduced power consumption).

 

for the wheel mount leds, i believe using the same theory as the diy headlight modulator (http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=6 ... lator.html) you should be able to wire them into the headlight circuit etc, i really think it'd be easy, i just wired up led foglights that fit under my crash bars and they were da*n easy to wire, the hardest part was fabbing a mounting plate haha.

 

I bought an adapter that went to the speed sensor, and had to play with settings for road speed. I modified the fuel gauge sender to work (documented in my project build) I wanted an oil temp sensor, so I re-tapped a thread in the sump plug for the sensor (documented in my project build).

Doing this to a XJ750 Seca, also meant that I had to allow for the fact the seca had the cluster wired in series for fault detection on the lights.

 

Keep the advice coming! all good so far. Seems like it is do-able but will require some trial and error and patience.

 

The gauges look awfully expensive. The vapor gauges are a lot cheaper.

 

For those interested in the headlight modulator item above, (http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=6 ... lator.html) please be sure to look at the bottom of the thread for the DOT requirements on a headlight modulator.

 

Thanks for the heads up on the vapor gauges. I had never heard of them and they're about 1/2 the price. Anyone with any experience with them?

tumbleweed thank you will check that out!

 

I have them on my X and i LOVE them. easily the best money i have spent on my bike. super easy to set up and accurate as can be.

 

Which one did you go with? did you add the indicator dock?

 

I did not get the dock, i built a mounting bracket that attached to the handle bar clamps, i got http://www.amazon.com/Trail-Tech-Vapor- ... -1-catcorr

 

Did you just not worry about a gas light and brights light?

Did it come with the all of the sensors that you needed?

 

Essentially... I was looking to eliminate most 'extraneous' equipment... But i just wired in a screw in led for the reserve light and forwent the turn and high beam lights... It came with speed sensor, a hook in for oil temp and wires for the tach setup.