poorredman
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Haven't seen these mentioned on the forum, so I thought I'd post up my installation experience:
What: pair of BikeVis Bullet LED Running lights, saw originally in a webbikeworld review, ordered from the US vendor Whitehorse Gear.
Where: These lights really are small. My intentions were to add another attention-getter to the front of the bike in the most unobtrusive way, ie. I didn't want the big Hella lights hanging out front. The only challenge is that the wire from the light come out on the flat bottom, so in order to mount them, you need a hole in the mounting surface.
How: As I did not want to drill a hole in any of my plastic, the mounting options of a flat surface are limited on the FJR. So I decided to use the reflectors at the bottom of the fork as my surface. Just drilled a hole right through it with a nice sharp bit, didn't crack. Down lower than I would have liked, but far enough away from the headlight that they won't merge as a single light source from a distance. Plus, replacing the reflectors is a lot cheaper.
Wiring wise, I ended up routing the wire up the brake lines, up through the triple tree, then back down to the side-marker/turn signal lights. The middle lead on the signal harness is 12v always on. These lights supposedly only draw 30mA, so no need for anything fancy.
Results: Took maybe an hour to get them installed. Spent more time figuring out where to mount them. I'll try to get some street pics at night.
What: pair of BikeVis Bullet LED Running lights, saw originally in a webbikeworld review, ordered from the US vendor Whitehorse Gear.
Where: These lights really are small. My intentions were to add another attention-getter to the front of the bike in the most unobtrusive way, ie. I didn't want the big Hella lights hanging out front. The only challenge is that the wire from the light come out on the flat bottom, so in order to mount them, you need a hole in the mounting surface.
How: As I did not want to drill a hole in any of my plastic, the mounting options of a flat surface are limited on the FJR. So I decided to use the reflectors at the bottom of the fork as my surface. Just drilled a hole right through it with a nice sharp bit, didn't crack. Down lower than I would have liked, but far enough away from the headlight that they won't merge as a single light source from a distance. Plus, replacing the reflectors is a lot cheaper.
Wiring wise, I ended up routing the wire up the brake lines, up through the triple tree, then back down to the side-marker/turn signal lights. The middle lead on the signal harness is 12v always on. These lights supposedly only draw 30mA, so no need for anything fancy.
Results: Took maybe an hour to get them installed. Spent more time figuring out where to mount them. I'll try to get some street pics at night.
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