Taillight LED bulb

[My Name Is Dave]

and I have a backoff brake light modulator, not sure if that works with the integrated taillights/signals.

This is the main reason why I haven't ventured into the LED taillight for my GS.  I know for a fact that the LEDs would blink rapidly no matter if you have the brake depressed or not if you have a brakelight modulator installed.

Check out my video clip at the bottom of this link:
http://web-designs.tripod.com/

Dude, please explain that project. I haven't seen that.

[annguyen1981]

I purchased some LED accent lights that are designed to insert into your car's headlight to give them a bit of color (not a lot).

I got lazy and never installed them into my car.  After I installed the brakelight modulator into the GS, I decided to put the LED accents on , so I rigged them up so that they would turn on when I pressed on the brake.

Because of the modulator, and the LEDs having a lower resistance, the LEDs actually flash on/off.  The modulator is designed to puslate the power to the brakelights, but not on/off.  There is only a slight decrease in power, so the brakelight bulbs actually stay lit the whole time, but the LED flash on/off.

[blue05twin]

Don't see how haveing intergrated turn signals will cause a driver not to see you.  The on comming traffic are the ones that you need to worry about.  And they won't see yoru rear turn signals till your past them.  People behind you will see your brake light once you hit the brakes.  If you turm on your turn signal and use your brakes they both come on.  Personally I think the bright ass brake light would attract more attention that a flahing yellow bulb.

And for rider safter we should all get LED body kits then you won't have to worry about people not seeing you.

And yes the stock turn signals are ugly, at least to me.

[VTLucky]

Just as an FYI, I'd put money that my LED taillight's turnsignals are more visible than the stock signals hand over fist.  I have a 2006 though and the Clear Alternatives taillight is an actual board of LED lights, not just two clusters like in the picture...

I didn't want to jump into that mess with led turn signals. Do they blink fast?

I also don't know if I trust cagers, they might just think there is something wrong with my brake light. (if their real dumb, most are), and I have a backoff brake light modulator, not sure if that works with the integrated taillights/signals.

Yes, they do blink slightly faster than stock, not very much...but I have also installed resistors.  As far as the whole "there might be something wrong with my brake light thing", I don't think it's humanly possible.  I mean, the LED board is completely red, and when a turn signal is on, half of the board flashes between amber and red, and if they can't distinguish their colors, well then they shouldn't be driving in the first place. 

[blue05twin]

The kit comes with resistors so the lights flash the same as stock.  Nice little kit actually your choice of cover / clear or smoke. reisitors connectors insturctions and the lights.

[galahs]

I am also a fan of wider spaced blinkers.

I have followed bikes with integrated blinkers and you do have to concentrate uch more on determining what direction they are turning.

And we all know how well cagers concentrate on avoiding overtaking bikes just as they want to change lanes. 

[anitanium]

does clear alternatives have a full LED panel (not bulb, but the whole panel) for the GS tailight as well?

I'm thinking of getting the clear or smoked lens and putting a full LED board in there, like this

[porsche4786]

The bulb type has the same amout of leds on it.

http://clearalternatives.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CA&Category_Code=INTEGRATORBOARD

http://clearalternatives.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CA&Product_Code=LED-26-IT&Category_Code=INTEGRATORBOARD

[rangerbrown]

i have a clear led in the front runing lamp on the f model. at night it brite enought to light a good 5 foot area infront of the bike, and saves the battery while waiting to make calls in the mountan. which is why i did it. i need to run them in the rear as well now so that i can run them much longer.




any one know how to make the turn sigs into haz lites?

[porsche4786]

any one know how to make the turn sigs into haz lites?

Why don't they do that at the factory?  Seems like it would be a great saftey feature.

[rangerbrown]

you'd think but then again....

[porsche4786]

does the kawi 500 have that feature?

[rangerbrown]

no

[galahs]

i have a clear led in the front runing lamp on the f model. at night it brite enought to light a good 5 foot area infront of the bike,

Any pics of the light cluster.

How does it look? I want to replace the running light too, as the stock little fella is all but useless and just wastes watts.