Pod Mod - Lights!

Haileyan said:
I thought that FZ1inNH did a great job with photos. Here is a diagram I whippped up for you. I hope the colors come out looking right right I added text anyway. The key is that the black wires from the signals is not used at all.
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Damn Brad! Your a jack of all trades! Nice diagram. The only way it would be easier is if you came and hooked them up!
 
Haileyan said:
Well if you can wait until February I will be in NY for an IT Governance meeting. :)
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Oh I think I will have it sorted out by then :th_smiley_rotfl2[1] Now that it looks like it will be getting too cold to ride I will have time to take the side panels off again and double check the wiring. I see that we're both in IT :tup: And what exactly will you be doing at this conference?
 
I finally had a chance to take a snapshot of the Super Bright LED's installed. This is the before and after so you can see the difference between incandescent bulbs which I had originally, and the LED's.


Regular Incandescent 194A Bulbs (Before)
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Super Bright L.E.D.'s (After)
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FZ1riderNY said:
:nerd: Sounds very interesting. I should have taken computers instead of Architectural Technology way back when. Do you have the proverbial pocket protector with the pens and pencils in it? LOL!
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Sort of... it grew into a Cortech Sport Tailbag though! :sinister:

Nice pics! Great job!!
 
Bought the Parts

Hey, thanks for the know-how FZ1inNH. I bought my parts today and will be doing the install tomorrow since it'll be raining and I'm off from work.

Normally I complain that every city looks the same with all the same stores, but this time I can't complain at all; atleast not until after I do the install. There's an autozone two blocks away. Score!

Oh yeah, I'm an IT guy also and not the scary clown kind.
 
OIBhaP2ride said:
Hey, thanks for the know-how FZ1inNH. I bought my parts today and will be doing the install tomorrow since it'll be raining and I'm off from work.

Normally I complain that every city looks the same with all the same stores, but this time I can't complain at all; atleast not until after I do the install. There's an autozone two blocks away. Score!

Oh yeah, I'm an IT guy also and not the scary clown kind.
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:D Cool! A short video or it didn't happen. :deal:

You're welcome! I hope it's all the info you need!
 
FZ1riderNY said:
Yeah, I saw that vid Brad. I hope Tony sees it. He'll have to rewire his setup. His lights aren't going on with the key, only with the turn signals.
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It's not a matter of rewiring. It seems that since I have the LED turn signals there is not enough resistance to make them work properly if I wire them the way Brad did. I tried it a few weeks ago and it just wouldn't work. All I got were dimly lit bulbs and not much else. I just forgot to post on here. It's not a big deal to me that they only work as turn signals anyway so I'll just leave them alone for now.
 
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NJFZ1 said:
It's not a matter of rewiring. It seems that since I have the LED turn signals there is not resistance to make them work properly if I wire them the way Brad did. I tried it a few weeks ago and it just wouldn't work. I just forgot to post on here. It's not a big deal to me that they only work as turn signals anyway so I'll just leave them alone.
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Thats right! I forgot that you have LED signals. Yep, thats the reason. Well, I have a brand new relay from my Honda that I never used if you ever want to install it. It's a simple plug and play relay.
 
Dangit

Well I got everything hooked up and working smoothly today. I grabbed a pack of heat shrinks while at Harbor Freight getting my step bit. Whilst standing there admiring the new lights I remembered I hadn't taken any pictures... Doh!

I'll take a video later and showing the nice clean inside, too. The best $20 I've spent in a while...
 
Was going to do this mod as the first thing on my new bike... but the australian models have it built in :)
Just have to change the bulbs to LEDs...

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