Geek_Law
Well-Known Member
Ok, this is a bit silly, but I'm gonna do a post for the front blinkers. This is really too easy, because there are already holes up there to mount the blinkers, and also the front blinkers have 3x wires which accommodate running lights, so it's seriously plug and play.
Anyway, I didn't want to take apart the head light to get to the wire source for the blinkers, so instead, I bastarized the front blinkers thinking nobody would likely want them. I removed the bolt in the middle and pulled (reallly hard) the lens portion from the mount portion, and exposed the wires right behind the OEM light socket. I clipped the 3x wires there, and tada ... I had electrics.
So then I just finished removing the OEM post to expose the bolt hole, put 3x crimp ends on the 3x wires, and then grabbed the new blinker. I don't remember which wire was which, but basically, take the three wires and just see what works. Leave the blinker off, so that you can find the HOT wire and the RUNNING light wire.
Get the new blinker to light solid, and then try the other wire to bounce back and forth between the BRIGHT fiiliment and the WEAK or DIM filiment, and then, of course, choose the DIM filiment to wire up to the running lights, and also wire in the hot wire, preferrably with your little crimp ends.
Finally, flip on the blinker just to make sure you've got everything right, and verify that the blinker activates the THIRD and final wire which should be the BRIGHT filiment. Connect the crimps, bolt in the blinker, and tuck the wires back with zip ties or electrical tape, or whatever.
So this is seriously easy, and cheap, and a pretty cool little bit of customization over the HUGE lollipop style blinkers. Here is a pic showing both styles at once on the bike. There are lots of types of blinkers available, so don't be afraid to make a change.
Oh, I should note, if you go with LED blinkers, you have to play some magic tricks to get the resistance high enough to make the bike happy. I won't go into those issues here, but I used traditional filiments and the whole thing couldn't have been easier.
Here are those pics. In one pic, you see only the running light on each, and in the other pic, the new blinker is brighter because the blinker is actually activated, and the OEM lollipop is still on the running light only.
Obviously I'm doing both, but this gives you a good idea of the type of difference in the look. I'm a safety first guy, so I can happily say that these are every bit as bright and visible when being used, but don't look nearly as silly when you'll just tooling down the road.
Hopefully this can help others who are afraid to start cutting wires and ripping apart their blinkers. Good luck!
Anyway, I didn't want to take apart the head light to get to the wire source for the blinkers, so instead, I bastarized the front blinkers thinking nobody would likely want them. I removed the bolt in the middle and pulled (reallly hard) the lens portion from the mount portion, and exposed the wires right behind the OEM light socket. I clipped the 3x wires there, and tada ... I had electrics.
So then I just finished removing the OEM post to expose the bolt hole, put 3x crimp ends on the 3x wires, and then grabbed the new blinker. I don't remember which wire was which, but basically, take the three wires and just see what works. Leave the blinker off, so that you can find the HOT wire and the RUNNING light wire.
Get the new blinker to light solid, and then try the other wire to bounce back and forth between the BRIGHT fiiliment and the WEAK or DIM filiment, and then, of course, choose the DIM filiment to wire up to the running lights, and also wire in the hot wire, preferrably with your little crimp ends.
Finally, flip on the blinker just to make sure you've got everything right, and verify that the blinker activates the THIRD and final wire which should be the BRIGHT filiment. Connect the crimps, bolt in the blinker, and tuck the wires back with zip ties or electrical tape, or whatever.
So this is seriously easy, and cheap, and a pretty cool little bit of customization over the HUGE lollipop style blinkers. Here is a pic showing both styles at once on the bike. There are lots of types of blinkers available, so don't be afraid to make a change.
Oh, I should note, if you go with LED blinkers, you have to play some magic tricks to get the resistance high enough to make the bike happy. I won't go into those issues here, but I used traditional filiments and the whole thing couldn't have been easier.
Here are those pics. In one pic, you see only the running light on each, and in the other pic, the new blinker is brighter because the blinker is actually activated, and the OEM lollipop is still on the running light only.
Obviously I'm doing both, but this gives you a good idea of the type of difference in the look. I'm a safety first guy, so I can happily say that these are every bit as bright and visible when being used, but don't look nearly as silly when you'll just tooling down the road.
Hopefully this can help others who are afraid to start cutting wires and ripping apart their blinkers. Good luck!
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