blackhillsfz07 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hey there i am Kevin. i am trying to make my bike look as sleek as i can so i was wondering if anyone has tried using flexible led strips as turn signals. and if you have where did you put them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I found a couple of posts relating to this.#1 #2 #3 And I cannot for the life of find a specific one I know I saw somewhere here on this forum, but the basic principal was to put a bunch of amber LED strips where the blue mesh is in this picture and they flash instead of traditional turn signals: I really wish I could find the post with the video because it does a far better job at showing what I mean but you can still get the jist from this. I hope this helps! Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 This is what I did. Was very easy to do.[video src=http://vid44.photobucket.com/albums/f34/ztfrosty/Video_zps1a8a6a16.mp4] Flashes a little fast but I think it gets more attention that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 And the way its set up you can see the leds from the back and the side fairly easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator mjh937 Posted January 4, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2015 If you want to slow the flash rate to stock it is cheap and easy to replace the flasher relay with an electronic one. It is behind the left tank panel just forward of a thing with cooling fins on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 @mjh937 Yeah i know but i just keep going back and forth on it. It seems like the faster flash would be safer, and lord knows I need it the way people drive around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator mjh937 Posted January 4, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2015 @mjh937 Yeah i know but i just keep going back and forth on it. It seems like the faster flash would be safer, and lord knows I need it the way people drive around here.I was not suggesting that you do it, but I wanted people who were considering an LED turn upgrade to know it is easy to keep the slower flash rate if they want to. I was torn about which way to go but decided to change the flasher and go with the slower flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I understand, very good info to know. Did it bring it back to stock speed? Or is it slower? I've heard both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator mjh937 Posted January 4, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2015 Mine is back to stock speed, or at least close enough that I cannot tell the difference. I did not think to time them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 And the way its set up you can see the leds from the back and the side fairly easy.Yours isn't quite the video that I was talking about, but that is pretty much what I was talking about. I think I am going to do this option actually. Do you have load resistors to get rid of hyper flash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Mine is back to stock speed, or at least close enough that I cannot tell the difference. I did not think to time them . Do you have a link to the new relay? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator mjh937 Posted January 4, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2015 I used this one. Custom LED. If I was doing it again though I think I would remove the stock unit and take it to NAPA. I think many electronic flasher relays are similar enough that they probably have one that will work for less money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I used this one. Custom LED. If I was doing it again though I think I would remove the stock unit and take it to NAPA. I think many electronic flasher relays are similar enough that they probably have one that will work for less money. Ok. Thanks. So you just plug this into where the old one was and it works? Does this also mean both front and rear need to be LED? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator mjh937 Posted January 4, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2015 It plugs in to where the stock unit was. I used Velcro to secure it as the stock unit has a slot that fits on a prong on the bike (it will make sense when you see it). The electronic unit works fine with either stock or LED signals. I tested it with the stock ones before I changed the signals and it worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 It plugs in to where the stock unit was. I used Velcro to secure it as the stock unit has a slot that fits on a prong on the bike (it will make sense when you see it). The electronic unit works fine with either stock or LED signals. I tested it with the stock ones before I changed the signals and it worked fine. Ok. Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I know the video you're talking about @panzer716. The whole fake vent thing was full of leds. Looked for it and no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I know the video you're talking about @panzer716. The whole fake vent thing was full of leds. Looked for it and no luck. Exactly. I have no idea where it went but I know I saw it on here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruizin Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 This is why i keep asking people to hastag posts, it would be easy to search for. I know the video you're talking about @panzer716. The whole fake vent thing was full of leds. Looked for it and no luck. Exactly. I have no idea where it went but I know I saw it on here.. Yamaha MT-10 ForumYamaha Tracer 900 Forum Yamaha Ténéré 700 Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 This is why i keep asking people to hastag posts, it would be easy to search for. Exactly. I have no idea where it went but I know I saw it on here.. I thought you only wanted us to do that with important posts. Would that have been important enough to do that with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator mjh937 Posted January 5, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted January 5, 2015 Hashtag them all. It makes it searchable. Something that you think is not that important might be something someone else wants to find. It does not hurt to over-hashtag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member motomeek Posted January 6, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted January 6, 2015 It's a good call to place them on the vents opposed to the tail… depending on your state laws. Here in CA, turn signals must be a minimum of 9" away from each other. That's why I haven't done something like integrated tail light signals. Cops love me. Instagram: @meekmade | You don't need to flat foot a bike to ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Hashtag them all. It makes it searchable. Something that you think is not that important might be something someone else wants to find. It does not hurt to over-hashtag. I don't do Facebook or Twitter. Can someone please give me step-by-step directions on how to "hashtag" something, then perhaps follow up with an example or two? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 # <- thats a hashtag. I called it a pound sign growing up, but whatever. Anyway, [HASH]example1. It has to be a '#' followed by whatever the topic or important info is, and it cant have spaces in it. So "this is just and example" would be [HASH]thisisjustanexample. Hope that does it for you @zephyr07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 See how it turns it into a link? Its the same thing when you tag someone in a post, with is "@" followed by the user name, again with no spaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Thanks Frosty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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