Sketchy_Racer
31st December 2005, 11:27
I managed to crash my scooter a while back, and in the process it ripped the front lights etc off. Sooo I thought, what an excellent time to 'mod' my lights!!
The original one was waaaay to dim for night riding, which is what I like doing, so I thought I might put some high watt halogen spots on. To supercheap auto I go, and got me some 55w spot lights. Went home wired them up and thought ohhh yea its pimping cool..... Later that night the charging system couldn’t handle the draw from the two lights :argh: and had a melt down.
Not to worry. I’ve got shit loads of magnetos from bigger bikes. with a plate made up and a change to the ignition system, it was all go :yes:
One light is hard wired on, and the other is on switch, although just one is brighter than two normal car lights, well not quite, but they are fucking bright!!, and with both on there is no reason for me not to be seen by cars. I didn’t worry about putting the Speedo back on, but I still wanted high beam and oil light, so gat me a chrome gauge cover and did a home style job on it, but it works so it’s all good.
Next mod on the list,
Replace back light with super super bright LED lights and those new spunky indicators you can get
Cheers, Glenn
The original one was waaaay to dim for night riding, which is what I like doing, so I thought I might put some high watt halogen spots on. To supercheap auto I go, and got me some 55w spot lights. Went home wired them up and thought ohhh yea its pimping cool..... Later that night the charging system couldn’t handle the draw from the two lights :argh: and had a melt down.
Not to worry. I’ve got shit loads of magnetos from bigger bikes. with a plate made up and a change to the ignition system, it was all go :yes:
One light is hard wired on, and the other is on switch, although just one is brighter than two normal car lights, well not quite, but they are fucking bright!!, and with both on there is no reason for me not to be seen by cars. I didn’t worry about putting the Speedo back on, but I still wanted high beam and oil light, so gat me a chrome gauge cover and did a home style job on it, but it works so it’s all good.
Next mod on the list,
Replace back light with super super bright LED lights and those new spunky indicators you can get
Cheers, Glenn