fireblade1
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Ever ride at night and get discouraged because you can't see inside the tail secion of your bike? I did, but not anymore!
I purchased a button style pressure switch (usually closed model) from Radio Shack, an inline blade fuse assembly, and a LED assembly from superbriteleds.com.
I made this an "add on" mod so that there is minimal work to be done. In fact, you could go as cheaply as JB Weld on this. I placed the switch along the center spar for the subframe (at the lock plate) and placed a piece of strapping steel around it, then tac welded it into place. You must wire this to a continuously hot wire. If you wanted to take the time to figure out where in the fuse box to connect to, then you could eliminate the extra inline fuse. Mine taps into the memory power wire for the gauges (can't remember which wire it is, tired when posted). You can tap into any ground wire in the tail section or simply ground to the subrame (tapping into a ground wire is best). Be sure to solder everything and cover with heat shrink tubing if you plan on this being permanent. I used quick connectors so the mod could be removed as needed.
This allows for the switch to remain open when the seat or hump is in place. Once unlocked and removed, the led comes on and you can see everything in your tail section. Placement of the LED itself is personal preference. Mine was mounted w/ double sided tape to the bottom of the center spar and aimed down and to the rear of the tail section since this is the most difficult place to see in that part of the tail.
You can adapt this mod to come on when the key is turned on (works great for when you wnat to fake neons) by connecting it to the brake light power wire.
As soon as the bike gets back from the shop w/o the bodywork on it, I'll take pics of this mod so you can see it in action. Here's the link to the LEDs I used:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini_tubes.htm
I purchased a button style pressure switch (usually closed model) from Radio Shack, an inline blade fuse assembly, and a LED assembly from superbriteleds.com.
I made this an "add on" mod so that there is minimal work to be done. In fact, you could go as cheaply as JB Weld on this. I placed the switch along the center spar for the subframe (at the lock plate) and placed a piece of strapping steel around it, then tac welded it into place. You must wire this to a continuously hot wire. If you wanted to take the time to figure out where in the fuse box to connect to, then you could eliminate the extra inline fuse. Mine taps into the memory power wire for the gauges (can't remember which wire it is, tired when posted). You can tap into any ground wire in the tail section or simply ground to the subrame (tapping into a ground wire is best). Be sure to solder everything and cover with heat shrink tubing if you plan on this being permanent. I used quick connectors so the mod could be removed as needed.
This allows for the switch to remain open when the seat or hump is in place. Once unlocked and removed, the led comes on and you can see everything in your tail section. Placement of the LED itself is personal preference. Mine was mounted w/ double sided tape to the bottom of the center spar and aimed down and to the rear of the tail section since this is the most difficult place to see in that part of the tail.
You can adapt this mod to come on when the key is turned on (works great for when you wnat to fake neons) by connecting it to the brake light power wire.
As soon as the bike gets back from the shop w/o the bodywork on it, I'll take pics of this mod so you can see it in action. Here's the link to the LEDs I used:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini_tubes.htm