my 650 maxim project

Is there any DMV Reg sayin' they have to be Amber or some minimum distance apart?

 

I'm pretty sure they have to be amber. I'm not sure on the spacing though. I do belive that it is the least of my worries considering my exhaust lol. Thanks for looking out for me though.

 

You sure about the amber thing?
I guess you mean just for motorcycles... every chevy has red signals (think about Cavaliers, S10s and Silverados).

I know where I am it's illegal to run any other color light than Red, Amber or White. But as far as indicators go, red is fine... Plus the signals I just ordered come with both red and amber lenses (I'll probably still use amber just for safety reasons).


I considered running dual taillights as blinkers too. But I couldn't figure out how to wire them... I mean, If you have your indicator on and you press your brakes, I guess you just lose your indicator (stays solid red)?
Didn't seem like much of a problem at the time.... but what about lane changes and what not...
Like you said, people are going to know you're there anyway with those crazy-ass pipes.

Anyone wired this kind of setup successfully?

 

use a trailer wiring box/harness for a chev pickup or car, they are like $15 and work great, done it to my buddies ninja with his tail light.

 

The rear turn signal do not have to be amber colored. Some Harleys come with red turn signals on the rear.
As Low 1-5-0 stated, the trailer adapter for vehicles works perfect for intigrating your turn signals and taillights work together as one. I did it on mine and it gives me two more brake lights (turn signals are red)

 

Hey I never thought about that - Running your turn signals as brake lights AND as a taillight, seems obvious now...
I think I'm going to go this route. My new taillight is quite small.

So I'll be going for the red indicators on the back afterall. And Amber on the front (I'm pretty sure that you're not allowed to have red indicators in FRONT - where I live... again, this is for cars, so I'm assuming bikes too).

Low-1-5-0, you're Local to me - where did you pick up the trailer adaptor for 15 bucks? Cdn Tire?

 

I looked briefly at the wiring for those lights. I cant figure out how it works though. It's got a ground, and a red and yellow wire. I assumed that the red wire was the running light, and the yellow was the brake light. when i guve 12v to the red wire they come on, but if i give juice to the yellow one they don't. I'm not sure I completely understand how to get them to work as they are supposed to, much less as a turn signals as well. Maybe someone could "shine some light" on this situation.
Thanks.

 

EDIT:
If you're talking about the stock wiring harness on the XJ, your ground [may not be] the wire you think it is.
I cant remember which one is ground, but it wasn't [Necessarily] black - Judging by what you said it must be yellow...
Use a tester to see which wire is on when the bike is going, which is on when you hit the brakes in order to find out which is brake, and which is running light... or you could just try switching the wires around on the bike.

Also, if you're testing on the bike (running power through the ground), you will probably have blown a fuse - so check that too - it will at least be a little burned up, and you dont want your taillight going when you're out on the road.

 

wally world, like $15-$18

 

I forgot to specify, the light sockets that actually came with the lights, not the stock bike harness.
I've got some pics of the lights on, as well as the license plate bracket/light too.

 

They do look plenty bright!!

 

This Bike is Nuts! Love it it's Haggard as hell.

 

you can find some real nice electrical diagrams at this site

http://members.tripod.com/dave_jack/id39.htm

 

This bike is sick. Love it.

As for the lights: I don't know about everywhere else, but in Indiana we're not even required to have turn signals at all, let alone any specification about what color they need to be or how far apart. We don't have to have rear-view mirrors either, haha.

 

I've seen a few bikes get knocked-down at Inspection for having Turn Signals too small for the bike.

It really upsets the Owner who spends some dough for LED's and goes through all that mounting and wiring hassle to find out that they aren't Street Legal.

We have to undergo Inspection every year in Massachusetts.

 

Anybody ever hear from this guy again, I'm wanting to see the finished product! It gave me some ideas on how to keep my chop a little more in budget by keeping my swingarm and not building an entirely new hardtail. would those pipes be feasible with a couple of baffles in each pipe?

P.S. Sorry for digging up an old thread!

 

Good one to dig up though.

I'd be interested to see how it all worked out too!

 

Pa state inspection
section H
can you say "hot sticker" ?
unless he just moved here he should know better

 

I emailed him, so maybe he'll come back and update us?

 

he dang well better! jk but seriously i liked what was going