Hi all,
Background to my current situation.
In Australia we have design rules that specify that bikes rear turn signals are required to be 300mm apart from each other.
I bought my bike off my cousin who installed an integrated LED tail light (which I now know is illegal). The integrated flashes as normal. I've also lowered my bike and a friend pointed out that a truck would have trouble seeing the signal from my integrated. I agreed so I went out and bought a pack of LED turn signals.
TEST RUN
I've only installed the right rear LED turn signal - so to test my wiring went like this:
Left front: Stock bulb
Left back: Integrated LED tail light
Right front: Stock bulb
Right back: LED
Switch bike on and try the signals.
Pressing LEFT: Signals flash as normal
Pressing RIGHT: Signals solid.
I've returned it back to normal for now while I try to figure out how to fix the right side first.
My question:
Since I'm intending to install only rear LED signals with stock front ones, should I be using resistors to slow down the flash? Is there any other alternative?
Thanks in advance for your input!
Background to my current situation.
In Australia we have design rules that specify that bikes rear turn signals are required to be 300mm apart from each other.
I bought my bike off my cousin who installed an integrated LED tail light (which I now know is illegal). The integrated flashes as normal. I've also lowered my bike and a friend pointed out that a truck would have trouble seeing the signal from my integrated. I agreed so I went out and bought a pack of LED turn signals.
TEST RUN
I've only installed the right rear LED turn signal - so to test my wiring went like this:
Left front: Stock bulb
Left back: Integrated LED tail light
Right front: Stock bulb
Right back: LED
Switch bike on and try the signals.
Pressing LEFT: Signals flash as normal
Pressing RIGHT: Signals solid.
I've returned it back to normal for now while I try to figure out how to fix the right side first.
My question:
Since I'm intending to install only rear LED signals with stock front ones, should I be using resistors to slow down the flash? Is there any other alternative?
Thanks in advance for your input!