Led brake light fender accent

[Ricenoodle]

so while watching the video below i wanted to tackle installing the red led brake light mod as seen @ 36:08. A few questions i have is how legal is it? I'm not doing the whole kit since i don't show my bike, just looking for increased visibility and something different than everyone else. I have the fender eliminator with the motodynamics integrated tail light currently so i think having the wheel well glow red with the brakes would be sweet. I'm thinking of tapping into the brake and negative wire of the tail light to do this. Thoughts or suggestions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9xnE_Kptw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[JT]

I did something similar but tapped them into the turn signals instead
JT FZ6R rear end Blinker MOD - REV 1 - YouTube


I actually have a few extra and could do the brake light as well.

I do believe it is legal and nothing wrong with added safety

please do post install vids pls

 

[JT]

this vid also shows it a bit better

JT FZ6R linker update vids - YouTube

 

[EsrTek]

so while watching the video below i wanted to tackle installing the red led brake light mod as seen @ 36:08. A few questions i have is how legal is it? I'm not doing the whole kit since i don't show my bike, just looking for increased visibility and something different than everyone else. I have the fender eliminator with the motodynamics integrated tail light currently so i think having the wheel well glow red with the brakes would be sweet. I'm thinking of tapping into the brake and negative wire of the tail light to do this. Thoughts or suggestions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9xnE_Kptw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Perfectly legal mod and your thoughts on how to get it done are spot on.
Shouldn't even take 30 mins to install, show us pics when done!

 

[Ricenoodle]

Thanks guys, led's ordered! went with these: New 2X Red 30cm 72LEDS 3528 SMD Double Lines Car LED Strip Light Bright R72 | eBay . Looked under the fender, there's 2 perfect holes to drill into that'll take the wires into the storage compartment, tie in to the tailight and silicone the holes and that should be it. I'll post pics once the led's arrive of the install process.

 

[Rabbitman109]

Sounds like a great idea. Best place to tie into the brake would be on the rear brake switch. Should find the wire under the seat. Follow up from the rear brake MC. Then you are in the general area for the tail light negative wire. Use a wire tester and you can find the positive connection that is active when depressing the brake pedal.

 

[EsrTek]

Should find the wire under the seat. Follow up from the rear brake MC. Then you are in the general area for the tail light negative wire. Use a wire tester and you can find the positive connection that is active when depressing the brake pedal.

I know the wire your talking about is shown in the DIY for adding Gear Indicator.
I can't see the wire w/o taking fairings off, sorry..went outside to look....

 

[Rabbitman109]

I know the wire your talking about is shown in the DIY for adding Gear Indicator.
I can't see the wire w/o taking fairings off, sorry..went outside to look....

You can get to it by taking the seat off.

 

[Ricenoodle]

mind posting a pic chad?

 

[EsrTek]

Here is what I used to find the wire we are talking about....

******Installation Update******

When connecting the power wire, the instruction said connect to a switched power source like the rear brake like switch (2 pole brown or black connector, Brown wire)

The instructions is wrong on which wire and the color of the connector.

The connector on my bike is white or natural (only two prong there is). If you follow the rear brake wires you will find it.

The instruction says use the brown wire. The brown wire is what activates the rear brake light and it is not powered until you hit the brakes. Use the yellow wire next to it, that is the hot power wire.

Hope this helps.

 

[Ricenoodle]

so in this case i would want the brown wire for positive since i only want the leds to come on when the brakes are squeezed? of course black to ground. Not understanding why the yellow is bold above since i don't want it on all the time.

 

[EsrTek]

Sorry was thinking of the part I used when highlighted....:wtfgun:

Actually now that I'm thinking.. I'm not sure that will work. I believe that will make it will only come on when REAR brakes applied.
I personally would probably tap into the wires going to the brake light itself.

 

[Rabbitman109]

so in this case i would want the brown wire for positive since i only want the leds to come on when the brakes are squeezed? of course black to ground. Not understanding why the yellow is bold above since i don't want it on all the time.

Yeah, you're right, the brown is the one you want.

Sorry was thinking of the part I used when highlighted....:wtfgun:

Your right..

Hey man, don't worry about it, happens to the best of us.

 

[EsrTek]

Rabbit.. see my edit plz...

I'm not sure if I am correct on my line of thought or not...

 

[Rabbitman109]

I'm not sure if I am correct on my line of thought or not...

You're absolutely correct. For some reason I completely forgot about the front brake (which I use a lot more than rear). So see, it does happen to the best of us. I think that it can be easily found with a wire tester while applying any brake. Wires would be very close together at that point.

I should just go to bed and restart the day.

 

[Ricenoodle]

Did some research and found the info, I'll post it here to save someone else the trouble.

Black=Ground, Red=Park, White=Brake, Yellow=Right Signal, Blue=Left Signal.