Fred H. GIVI V46 Light Assembly

[Stephen]

FINALLY got around to installing Freds LED taillight/brake light assembly into my GIVI V46 box. Pretty cool stuff.

Fred, FWIW: I noticed right away that the little connectors supplied were wrong for the job. Those are circuitboard connectors... not condusive to unconnecting a lot. I replaced them with trailer connectors. I used the multi-wire ones because I'm going to install an internal 12v light INSIDE the box.

Anyway, here's what I did.

I need to get more of those sticky wire looms to complete the job.

 

[wfooshee]

Cool. I'd recommend dumping those crimp connectores under the seat in favor of soldered connections covered with shrink wrap. The crimped connectors will corrode enough in time to make the connections flaky.

 

[Stephen]

The squarish-looking blue thingies are 2A inline fuse blocks.

The round blue connectors are really cool wire taps. They have been silicone sealed.

 

[Stephen]

Oh, by the way............ when I ordered the GIVI V46, I specifically asked them to send me their fastest box.

They did! Sooooooo.....a silver V46 MUST be the fastest.............right??? :yahoo: :yahoo:

 

[juniorfjr]

So, when we talked down in Packwood, you said you were thinking of selling it. Mind changed?

 

[Stephen]

So, when we talked down in Packwood, you said you were thinking of selling it. Mind changed?

Not really. I'm just installing the stuff that I purchased many, many moons ago. I'm probably going to take it to CFR in June.

1. I installed the GIVI rack & V46 tail box with tailight/brakelight circuit.

2. I installed a dual outlet powerlet.

3. Installing an auxillary fuseblock for all the farkles: heated vest cabling, wiring loom for Sirius satellite radio, radar detector, ipod, Quest GPS & a Mixit2 for all the audio.

Cool!

The power leads hanging are just pigtails. I haven't started the wire harness yet.

 

[Geezer]

The trailer connector is a good idea, except I keep forgetting to unplug the lights before I yank the top box off. The connector that Fred supplies just pulls right out without damaging the wires.

 

[Stephen]

The trailer connector is a good idea, except I keep forgetting to unplug the lights before I yank the top box off. The connector that Fred supplies just pulls right out without damaging the wires.

Sometimes I do the same thing..... sorta.

When I go to wash the bedding, I just pull everything off the bed. Sometimes I forget she's still in it. :blink: