Cornering light mod?

[Drogen Omen]

Jaycar have a 10 amp on/off/on toggle switch. Jaycar Cat No. ST-0576 $5.90
You can use that for 55 W lamps without any relays.
Splashproof hood for the switch is Jaycar Cat No. ST-0592 $3.50.
Relays are Jaycar Cat No. SY-4068 $9.90

The diagram has two circuits,one with relays,one without.

As for lamps.You can get LED alternatives for the Halogen lamps that fit the same housings and don't have the heat and durability disadvantages of Halogens.
Check out these Cat Nos. at http://www.jaycar.co.nz/
ZD-0320,ZD-0340,ZD-0346 None of these require more that 3W for a similar output to a 20W halogen.

Yeah i have both the 20w halogens and the ZD-0346 LED high intensity lights. will test them both out when i have wired it all up.

The only thing I'm not sure about is if any of the lights are going to last through the vibrations that Buell's are known for.

Guess I'll have to solder the hell out of the connections and use heat shrink and hope for the best.

thanks for all the great idea's keep em coming...

[Pixie]

Yeah i have both the 20w halogens and the ZD-0346 LED high intensity lights. will test them both out when i have wired it all up.

The only thing I'm not sure about is if any of the lights are going to last through the vibrations that Buell's are known for.

Guess I'll have to solder the hell out of the connections and use heat shrink and hope for the best.

thanks for all the great idea's keep em coming...

The LED lamps will be the most vibration tolerant option.

[Drogen Omen]

ok have started with my mod.

- have run the wires
- have mounted the lampts
- tested one lamp with halogen

all ok, here are some pics i took about 20 mins ago.

sat there looking at the relay's and scratching my head... have no idea how to connect them up... also think i need more wiring... think i only got enough to connect 1 lamp to the switch, relay and battery... doh!!!

[Drogen Omen]

here is the first test.

pic 1 - standard bike light low beam
pic 2 - standard bike light and halogen
pic 3 - looking at halogen

[CookMySock]

sat there looking at the relay's and scratching my head... have no idea how to connect them up...

http://www.bcae1.com/relays.htm
http://www.teamrocs.com/technical/pa...lay_basics.htm

Steve

[Drogen Omen]

ok so have worked out that connecting the new lights to the headlight lead wire wont work as when i switch from low beam to high beam the lights switch off... have decided to wire the switch wire to the tail light as when i turn the key on the tail light is always on.

also i have tested the lights after my silicon gasket waterproofing... i tested their waterproofness by poring a constant stream of water over the light connection... all is good did not short out ate all.

ok back to more wiring now that i have a better understanding of how to wire up the relays.

thanks for that Steve

[CookMySock]

i tested their waterproofness by poring a constant stream of water over the light connection... all is good did not short out ate all.

Water won't make them short out. It will just make all the connectors rust and go unreliable.

A few times I have even seen 230V mains plugs dropped in a bucket of water, and it didn't care at all. Weird though.

Steve

[Drogen Omen]

ok..

after some small mistakes and some more testing with my friends meter i worked out that i would need 2x 30 amp fuses instead of the 15amp fuses. not sure but think the giveaway was that they kept popping.

so after a trip to jaycar and final touches to the light system here are the results.

if the pics aren't good enough i will take some better pics tomorrow night.

all up i am happy with the result. now just need to paint them lights mat black. wife says they are too shiny....

[CookMySock]

Have you burned a hole through that shed door yet?

Steve

[Drogen Omen]

got side tracked after i finished the lights the other day.

bike goes in for WOF tomorrow morning so should be interesting to see if they pass it with the driving lights....

[Drogen Omen]

bike past WOF no problems, wellighton motorcycles sells Harley Davidson driving lights identical to my home jobs but crome and cost $600 + $180 for wiring kit. and they were 75wat 12v halogens. so 75watt driving lights on a bike must be legal.