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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: Atabeach on June 25, 2025, 04:54:51 PM
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So I want to add Amber LED Directional lights ( 12 watts ) to the top box of my k75 ( 35 Amp Alternator )...I would like to tap into the wires supplying power to the stock lamps....Otherwise I would need to run 12V power to relay(s) and feed from them.....TIA
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(https://www.motobrick.com/gallery/4/1601-260625084938.png)
I'd put one of these on each of the existing power and ground signal connectors then connect each pair of those to the box lights, if I thought doing that would increase my safety, but I don't believe it would.
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(https://www.motobrick.com/gallery/4/1601-260625090512.png)
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I live in Florida….apparently older people and those on their cell phones do not see the 3 LED strips or their incessant blinking. Tires are always screeching behind me. Thank Laitch, you saved me a ton of work. I will be adding a center brake light also. [ Invalid Attachment ]
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Keeping it real:A)Cellphones are a problem almost anywhere there's a signal. If drivers can't see ambulances stopped ahead of them, will another egg-sized amber light or two be the key to getting their attention?
B)You haven't been saved a ton of work unless it works. :laughing1:
Older folks often have cataracts start forming in their eyes. LEDs appear excessively bright when viewed through cataracts. A case can be made that the LED strips potentially dazzle followers and make judging distance from the lights difficult, and then there is the lessened reaction times accompanying aging and so removing the LED strip could be helpful.
I like South Florida—the rain squalls rolling over the Everglades, the Poincianas in bloom, a cool anón batido in July, doing the two-step on a dock in North Key Largo to the twang of a country band. The traffic is usually hellish everywhere unless you're deep in the boonies, then paramilitaries out for practice or the mosquitos are the problems. O, well.
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….until a minute ago I thought they might help, didn’t realize they could be…..harmful😳😳😳
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….until a minute ago I thought they might help, didn’t realize they could be…..harmful😳😳😳
Don't worry about it. Do what you think will help. We're all kidding ourselves anyway.
You could always move where drivers are younger. Of course, cellphones would be more common and then there's the X-factor in so many more bloodstreams. :laughing4-giggles:
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Ok so prior to embarking on this great endeavor...I have perused MOTOBRICK and noted the famed hyperflash ( and its sb sequential fix ) by modifying the stock relay...The original post was around 2016
Question: it appears there are two different chip boards coming out of the relays for these bikes. ( please correct me if I am wrong )... I have a 1990 & a 1994...Should the chipboard be the same...ergo the same " cut"? TIA
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You wrote that 12W amber lights were being considered but you didn't write that you were considering LEDs. Are you installing LEDs?
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Yes amber LED lights… my tail light feed and brake lights are tied into LEDs ( photo above )… just in case that matters
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Question: it appears there are two different chip boards coming out of the relays for these bikes. ( please correct me if I am wrong )... I have a 1990 & a 1994...Should the chipboard be the same...ergo the same " cut"? TIA
Years don't matter. Layouts can be different as that 2016 thread (https://www.motobrick.com/index.php?topic=659.50) indicates.What matters is that the relay has the integrated circuit with the trace that needs to be cut, so you'll just need to find that one in the relay you're modifying, verify that you're numbering the traces correctly, take a deep breath then exhale slowly while making a clean cut through the trace with a well-sharpened blade, preferably not a meat cleaver.
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I live in Florida….apparently older people and those on their cell phones do not see the 3 LED strips or their incessant blinking. Tires are always screeching behind me. Thank Laitch, you saved me a ton of work. I will be adding a center brake light also.
I once thought of rigging up a cell phone jammer on the bike, but realized quickly that the loss of signal would make people stare at their non-operating phones causing even more chaos.
Frank
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I once thought of rigging up a cell phone jammer on the bike . . .
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