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Technical => Project Progress => Topic started by: themoudie on October 01, 2018, 05:42:13 PM

Title: SRX600 1JK LED side lights.
Post by: themoudie on October 01, 2018, 05:42:13 PM

After being knocked off Sally and the "OH! I am sorry I didn't see you" comment being recited, I decided to see if I could fit something to Sally that would make us more visible in traffic or low-light conditions.

So after procrastinated 'research', I purchased a pair of LED 'Bright-eyes' from Paul Goff, they arrived promptly and were well packed.

Fitting was straight forward (apart from the intermittent 'short circuit' in the parking bulb circuit that I found after a long trail! :( ), I used Japanese 3.9mm connectors, crimped and soldered to make the connections, using the parking bulb feed for the power and the indicator earths. This means that the central position on the light switch, illuminates the LED's and the rear light and when the headlight position is selected they remain lit. The wee metal 'stalks are fashioned from stainless steel wall ties used to bond brick and concrete block walls to the timber frame of a building that are then bolted to the lower head yolk, using the clamping bolts torqued to their correct torque.

They appear to make other road users aware of your approach, without dazzling them and I suspect cost less than the 'marker lights' fitted to BMW GS1200 bemoths.

Suppliers websites are:-

Goffy' vehicle electrical products: GoffyDaytimeLights (http://www.norbsa02.freeuk.com/GoffyDaytimeLights.htm)

Vehicle-Wiring-Products: Vehicle-Wiring-Products (http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/)

I hope this helps if you intend making this type of upgrade.

My regards, Bill


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Title: Re: SRX600 1JK LED side lights.
Post by: Moto63 on October 01, 2018, 08:00:40 PM

Certainly neat enough, let's hope they do the trick 🤞

Title: Re: SRX600 1JK LED side lights.
Post by: Mutt on October 02, 2018, 01:16:20 PM

I fitted this type of mini LED's to my XBR - every little counts on today's roads and I believe (hope) they grab the attention of other road users. Mine are fitted as two pairs in a similar way and wired to be on with the main beam but off with high beam (more by luck than design). I have bought several more pairs to fit to the other XBR during its re-build. I got mine via EBAY from China (less than £2 per pair posted) and they arrived PDQ. One thing I did because the LED cell seemed loose in the casing was to inject super glue (Poundland's Tommy Walsh brand) in the gap and it worked a treat.