[Sickalar]

My 02 Shadow...

 

[ryzenshyne]

Post where you got the lights and how you hooked it all up if u don't mind. I want to do this....

 

[BudLong]

seriously, i want to do it too.

pics and descriptions would be greatly appreciated

 

[Sickalar]

This is the kit it bought from ebay...LED Motorcycle Accent Engine Ground Wheel Light Kit for Harley Davidson Blue | eBay. Installation was pretty simple, double sided tape to hold the lights in place, then its just a matter of plugging the wires together, and hooking the switch up to the battery. Whole thing took maybe an hour.

 

[Giannishreds]

Ghost Rider

 

[kacealraid]

Beautifully done.

 

[John Hopkins]

At these prices I bought 1 red, 1 blue and 1 white.

5M 300 LED Strip Light 5050 SMD RGB Ribbon Tape Roll Waterproof IP65 12V | eBay

They stick to your bike using Tigerseal or tie wraps and they are marked with cutting points so you can cut them into lengths to suit your bike, wire them to a handlebar switch to that you can switch them on at night when you want to be seen at road junctions and make sure you buy waterproof 5050 size because they are the brightest.

If you use all three colors wire the white ones facing forward, the red facing the rear and the blue so that you can't see the led, only the reflected light, that way you won't break any laws.

John.

 

[SPawn]

I can help with the instructions on the install. I taught a buddy how to do this when I was doing car shows. The secret is hiding them under the lip on the tank so you don't actually see the strips, only the light from them.

The best way to power them is to use a fuse tap on the headlight fuse to run them with the key. You can get into fancy wiring if you want to use a remote. I get most of my stuff, aside from the led strips themselves, from www.oznium.com.

First and second pics are my bike, 2 strips under the tank, 2 more under the side rails on the rear fender, and a small one under the intake. third pic is a buddy's VTX1300, same setup. Last bike is a bike I worked for a retired officer near Toronto.

 

[BudLong]

SPawn, does wiring it the way you suggest mean that the LED's are on if the power/key is on?

 

[SPawn]

Yessir, that is what I found most people want. My bike is different. I have a remote AND the fuse tap. They are isolated with a rectifiying diode. That way they turn on automatically with the key, but when I am parked at bike nightfor example, the remote can be used to turn them on.

 

[80130]

I can help with the instructions on the install. I taught a buddy how to do this when I was doing car shows. The secret is hiding them under the lip on the tank so you don't actually see the strips, only the light from them.

The best way to power them is to use a fuse tap on the headlight fuse to run them with the key. You can get into fancy wiring if you want to use a remote. I get most of my stuff, aside from the led strips themselves, from www.oznium.com.

First and second pics are my bike, 2 strips under the tank, 2 more under the side rails on the rear fender, and a small one under the intake. third pic is a buddy's VTX1300, same setup. Last bike is a bike I worked for a retired officer near Toronto.

So, how do the other guys mount them under the front fender, to shine on the front wheel/tire, without having the wires sticking out and showing on the front? Everything else I could figure out, except that, since you'd think you'd have to have some 'slack' so that if the front end 'stretched out' on a big bump, it wouldn't pull them loose, and where could you 'hide' that 'slack'?

 

[SPawn]

I had the front fender for a while using side emitting LED's, but the ABS on my fender was see through (as it's the off-white, not black) and you could see them through the paint at night. That being said. you go through the bracket at the forks the fender mounts to. You piggy back your wire on the brake line as it has all the slack you need up to the triple tree, then inside the frame right behind the triple tree.

 

[John Hopkins]

I used tigerseal under the tank rim, anything else and they come off when they get wet, the front lights I fitted to the down support of the frame and around the edge of the radiator, they were the white ones and didn't matter if they show facing forward, they act as running lights or even spots, the 5050's are very bright, I ran blue under the tank and frame under the seat and red facing rear on the swing arm and outside of the rear fender on the pannier brackets and around the number plate with black tie wraps, they add to the rear lights.. However this can make your bike look like a Christmas tree. I wired them straight to the battery via a handlebar switch and fuse, this allows me to turn them off if I am stopped by the police who are unsure of the law over here, These lights are legal but our law says that they have to have a separate switch to turn them off without affecting any other lights. I advise you to check your state laws before fitting them to your headlight switch.

I didn't fit any under the fender because if they came loose they could wrap around the wheel and I ride in some pretty dirty roads.. Better safe than sorry.

As an afterthought it is possible to fit these lights to the hub of your wheels with tigerseal by fitting a PP3 9 volt battery secured by looping around the lights and the battery with a tie wrap you have to fit a PP3 connector as well. this illuminates the wheels as you ride and because it is on the hub will not throw the wheel balance off too much.

All of the above information is for using the cheaper lighting strips that I linked to in an earlier post, because they have cut marks to cut the length you need.

John.

 

[Sickalar]

Beautifully done.

Thanks.
I saw the strips also but decided to go with the pods instead and ive been very happy with them. I have mine wired to a push button switch which is mounted just under the seat so it easy to reach.

 

[Dingo.]

I just did that with mine, I went with under frame stick on strips wired to a bus. Two under rear fender, one on each side of the tank, one under front fender. I went with white, and probably should have used two under the front for more light. I wired the bus which has on/off buttons to the battery but I really need to wire it to an ignition source so it powers down by itself. I got the strips and bus from wally mart, the bus is supposed to plug in to a lighter socket and has a master on/off but I cut it off and added a fuse.

Dingo.

 

[SPawn]

Fuse tap or Add-A-Circuit is your friend.

Use that as the trigger for a relay. Relay is before your switch on the positive line, then you don't have to worry about leaving them on unintentionally.

 

[80130]

I had the front fender for a while using side emitting LED's, but the ABS on my fender was see through (as it's the off-white, not black) and you could see them through the paint at night. That being said. you go through the bracket at the forks the fender mounts to. You piggy back your wire on the brake line as it has all the slack you need up to the triple tree, then inside the frame right behind the triple tree.

Thanks for the info. Appreciate it. Exactly what I needed to know.

 

[SPawn]

Dingo, here is a quick wiring workup for you. This should work. That setup is using a standard automotive relay, SPST toggle switch, and a fuse tap in the headlight fuse. It should also satisfy any laws that John Hopkins was referring to requiring an isolated switch.

 

[Scared]

Looks good! Very similar to mine.

 

[Sickalar]

Looks good! Very similar to mine.

Very nice! Gotta love the blue