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Twirlin
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 08:37 pm: |
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Anyone know of an LED flasher for turn signal swaps to LED? Anyone tried this mod from the XBs? http://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread.php?19988- NO-money-LED-flasher-mod |
Froggy
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 08:56 pm: |
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The flasher is built into the gauge cluster. I haven't tested LED signals to confirm if anything will need to be done, but you may just need to wire in some resistors to add load to avoid a fast flash. In theory the software in the cluster could be changed to work with LEDs, but it is not something that can be done outside the factory. |
Twirlin
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 09:17 pm: |
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Thanks, I imagined a relay would be needed as signals are incandescent. |
Terrys1980
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 09:31 pm: |
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I've converted all mine to led and the blink rate is the same. |
Twirlin
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 09:38 pm: |
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Oh sweet. That's what I wanted to hear! Thanks Terry |
Twirlin
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2016 - 11:29 am: |
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@Terry, what did you go with? I'm eyeing up some signals by Lightech and Rumble Concepts, but need to be sure they are bright enough. |
Hughlysses
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2016 - 11:53 am: |
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If the flasher's built into the display, odds are it's a solid state flasher, which would explain why it isn't affected by changing to LED signals. |
Twirlin
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2016 - 12:09 pm: |
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That would also explain why I cannot find the relay. I'm glad this bike has "arrived" and works with LED turn signals out of the box. It's a little surprising they aren't offered from the factory. |
Terrys1980
| Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - 07:55 pm: |
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Just some cheapies off of ebay. I cut a piece of rubber to fill the gap on the front.
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Twirlin
| Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - 11:16 pm: |
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Those look an awful lot like Lightech brand. Are they knockoffs? |
Terrys1980
| Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 08:35 am: |
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Yes I only paid like $8 for a set of 4. |
Twirlin
| Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 08:43 am: |
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@Terry, are you happy with the LED brightness? |
Terrys1980
| Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 10:13 am: |
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Yes, but these have a smoke lens so they could be brighter. |
Twirlin
| Posted on Friday, July 15, 2016 - 10:23 am: |
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Here are mine. Bike master Prism 2 in black.
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Terrys1980
| Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2016 - 01:49 pm: |
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Those are nice and well made. |