[cbrf23]

ok, so i got bored tonight, its like 2:30 am now, started about 12:30, not a bad timeframe considering i took a break to eat and other random sh*t. So, I decided it was time to wire up my signals, since my new box of LEDs just came in on monday and I was excited. lol.

so here we go:

first i trimmed the little tabs off the tail to make the stock tailight opening smooth all around, no pics, sorry, not really important. Anyways, first real step was to get an idear about how i wanted em postitioned and spaced out.

so once i got what i liked, i taped it down and took a mearsurement of the overall length (in mm of course) and then after figuring out the spacing, made a template with an old french curve i had laying around. that made getting em the exact same on both sides possible

then i drilled some holes. 1/8 drill bit is perfect for 3mm leds.

next i stuck the leds in the hole, bent the legs over and spread em a bit to figure out how i was gonna solder em togeather

then i soldered em togeather. imagine that.

so after soldering them togeather, i soldered wires for +/- and added the resistors

and this is what i ended up with. i'll take some good in use pics when i mount it on the bike tomorrow.

 

[cbrf23]

so i finished em up today. rest of the steps were as follows...

I used black duct tape to secure them. This way i can remove them later when i paint all the plastics, plus its cheap and easy and non permanent, so easier to get to if I ever need to fix anything.

Put the undertail on the tail

Put it all on the bike

Connect left side to left turn signal wires, right side to right turn signal wires, and its done!

 

[Idrove]

nice bro

-d

 

[SilentBob27]

very nice. i like it

 

[Guest]

Honestly, not even bright enough..

 

[600rrrider]

Very nice......Tripage may have some competition.

 

[cbrf23]

I went riding with my buddy today, he said that you could see em really good. He said the brake lights brighter, but you could still see em.

I took those pics in a pretty well lit garage, with sun coming in, and overhead light, and a lamp on. Plus, i can always add more if i want, i have 18 more sitting around...

I aint selling nothing yet, so no competition, lol. I just posted up in case anyone else wants to do something similar or wondered how to go about it.

 

[cbrf23]

sidenote, I'm 84% evil...

 

[shiftn3rdon1]

Hahaha i can see that Punching bag jsut coming loose and BAM...right into the bike.

 

[Kelvrick]

Maybe you can punch another hole next to each of em and have pairs trailing on each side.

 

[Idrove]

Maybe you can punch another hole next to each of em and have pairs trailing on each side.

good idea...i think that might be a good choice as far as safety goes.

-d

 

[farbio615]

i think its awesome man. ANything a lil different is sweet. I also think that undertail is going to sell mad units for the 07 + rr's bc of that mudflap brake light design. Good job on the work you did

 

[James06CBR]

The turn signal led's in the shape of arrows to each direction would make it more obvious to cagers what the lights mean. Although they should know, arrows spell it out for them pretty well usually. I'm thinking of just triangles filled in, not just outlined in led's.

 

[sideout]

Ok..maybe i am losing it, but the first thing that made me wonder is....where does the exhaust go?...
Looks great though....would like to see it on the bike

 

[CHEWKNOW]

looks good bro....

 

[phatmitzu]

Coool DIY mod!

 

[lawcbr]

looks good man

 

[LandlordCarL]

Ok..maybe i am losing it, but the first thing that made me wonder is....where does the exhaust go?...
Looks great though....would like to see it on the bike

The exhaust comes off the side, its not an undertail exhaust, thats the tail section off a gixxer 750. In his signature you can see he built the bike up with parts off of everything. It sounds pretty crazy.

Any pics of the whole bike?

 

[MilanoRex]

good DIY, I like it!

 

[cbrf23]

I got some crappy camera phone pics thats about it right now. Gotta 05 gsxr headlight coming in, gonna put my projector in that. I also got an 06 1000rr body coming, dunno if I'm gonna use that or not yet...