Blue LED in zzr

[sellywin]

I guess one could say I got a little bored this afternoon, and had some ultra bright LEDs lying around take a look. Can't wait to seem em at night.

[CookMySock]

I guess one could say I got a little bored this afternoon, and had some ultra bright LEDs lying around take a look. Can't wait to seem em at night.good fun. blue LEDs look teh shiz dont they :cool:

I saw some red bike near tauranga the other day - hed some red LEDs up front somewhere.. it looked quite shocking (the good sort.) It was gone in the blink of an eye, so thats all I saw.

DB

[Swoop]

Isn't it a requirement that all forward-facing lights on a vehicle, are white?

[nodrog]

Isn't it a requirement that all forward-facing lights on a vehicle, are white?

its also a requirement to never break the speed limit :shifty:

[LilSel]

That looks mean!!! :niceone:

[fireball]

That looks mean!!! :niceone:
and no you cant dear..... :lol:

[LilSel]

and no you cant dear..... :lol:

but why not??? I Can get all the bits n bobs from work :innocent:

[fireball]

they look cool..
so how are the wired up?

[Swoop]

its also a requirement to never break the speed limit :shifty:
Nobody would do that... It's against the law and might be dangerous...:rolleyes:
We're all law-abiding citizen's here.:whistle:

[CookMySock]

Isn't it a requirement that all forward-facing lights on a vehicle, are white?they isn't lights, they is diodes lol.

You need a series resistor with LEDs coz or else you will eff them.

http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=blue+led+series+resistor

Get packs of them off trademe
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/SearchResults.aspx?searchType=all&searchString=blue+led+super+bright+pack&x=0&y=0&searchRegion=100&type=Search

DB

[Swoop]

they isn't lights, they is diodes lol.
Tomato, Tomato.

[Finn]

The Hass gives you the thumbs up.

[sellywin]

as DB sed, series with 150 ohm resistor, i got them out of a broken neon tube for cars. @Swoop, thats why I hooked up a switch in that handy compartment the zzr has.

[Wasp]

ooooh i feel a mod for the 636 comming on....

lucky for me my oldest bro is a sparky and the next oldest is some sorta electrical engineer thingymugummy


so do you just have the lights sitting inside the air intake?
did you tape them down or something?
what about the wires, how did you run them?

[skidMark]

Nobody would do that... It's against the law and might be dangerous...:rolleyes:
We're all law-abiding citizen's here.:whistle:

Yeah um sure, now....where did i misplace my license....

[sellywin]

...so do you just have the lights sitting inside the air intake?
did you tape them down or something?
what about the wires, how did you run them?

Yup, inside the air intake, which doesn't really take much air in lol. They're mounted on a pcb, so they're all one piece. A litlle bit of double sided spongey tape in the middle, then some silicon rubber along the top just to make sure. I hooked them up to the dip beam, with a switch in the middle of it all. Easy as pie.

[Wasp]

Yup, inside the air intake, which doesn't really take much air in lol. They're mounted on a pcb, so they're all one piece. A litlle bit of double sided spongey tape in the middle, then some silicon rubber along the top just to make sure. I hooked them up to the dip beam, with a switch in the middle of it all. Easy as pie.
Cool, ive seen a zxr up close and the 636 is a bit different - i think it sucks alot of air for a start, im concerned about securing the leds

how did you run the wire out of the intake tubes? the 636 ones go straight through not up n over like the zxr

Freakshow? (i think it was him) had some blue leds mounted in the fairing of his old gsx

cheers

[sellywin]

They're more a asthetic thing, the intakes in the front, as in behind the hole there is no tube, so it actually doesn't suck any air in, just lets it through. The real intake is under the seat. Right behind the holes in the front is the headlamp unit. So getting wiring from the leds to the wiring for the main light was easy, really i should take pics and show you all what i mean when i get time.

[NighthawkNZ]

I guess one could say I got a little bored this afternoon, and had some ultra bright LEDs lying around take a look. Can't wait to seem em at night.

I have something similar... as well as glowing radiator and glow on the rear hugger... I was board as well

http://www.quantumillusions.com/photo/index.php?twg_album=Motorcycle%2FNighthawks%2FNigh t+Bling

[Wasp]

as in behind the hole there is no tube
ahh i see, yea mine arent for asthetics


So getting wiring from the leds to the wiring for the main light was easy, really i should take pics and show you all what i mean when i get time.
oh i see, and you ran one loop of wire up to the handle bars for a switch?


I have something similar...
thats cool :yes:

[Freakshow]

Cool, ive seen a zxr up close and the 636 is a bit different - i think it sucks alot of air for a start, im concerned about securing the leds

how did you run the wire out of the intake tubes? the 636 ones go straight through not up n over like the zxr

Freakshow? (i think it was him) had some blue leds mounted in the fairing of his old gsx

cheers
Yeah I did have the GSX wired with a cheap repco kit.

The 636 wont be much of a problem as the botom lip comes out and a few lil holes in the right place and push them in place and preto...

I think the legal view for neons etc is you can have this sort of thing if the light source is not directly viewable.

I am planning to have some LEDs in the top of the lip and under the bike as soon as they arrive...

I do like the look of the blue at the front.

I was also thinking about orange down the side of the bike connected to the indicators to make it that much more visible???