Supplemental/replacement brake/tail lights?
- Thread starter rldixon
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I'm using the NRC under tail turn signals. They are very bright but as for the brake light, it's a circuit board with led's soldered directly to it so it is very difficult to make changes. I have heated one up and seperated the reflector from the lense to attempt to make an integrated turnsignals brake light housing that was actually bright(the integrated ones are not very bright ) but I gave up on it due to the limited space within the housing
Interesting question! Do you wish for more visiblity in the tail-light or mainly when you brake? In the past, I've grafted LED bulbs into the sides of my standard Ducati ST4 tail-light to supplement both, but just fitting LED alternative bulbs into the primary filament housings rarely works, because the makers design-in very little difference between tail lighting and brake lighting. I put Osram long-life filament stop/tail bulbs in all my bikes because the difference between 5w tail and 21w stop is really striking. Letting following traffic know you are slowing down is the highest priority IMO.
Nick
Nick
Other than brighter Rizoma turn indicators I've left the lighting stock, I think the stock brake light is pretty good.
Fair question, I left out the motivation for raising this. Last Saturday evening, after exiting the 405N at Santa Monica, a CHP flashed me to pull over, and I laughed to myself because I couldn’t recall my last ticket. Anyway, the officer told me she pulled me over to let me know I was hard to see from behind in the general visual noise of the freeway. On Sunday evening, I had a friend video me under similar conditions, and yeah, except for the highlights on my jacket, the bike does get lost, especially to somebody who might be impaired, busy, inattentive, or just stupid. So I’m looking for a brighter all-the-time solution from the tail light. I’ve read about motion-sensitive solutions that trigger the brake light when the bike slows, but haven’t found an actual product--but haven’t looked intensively yet, tbh.
Well, it won't really help you because we are thousands of miles apart, but I'd have a solution for that! I often fit white eagle-eye LEDs about 25mm diameter to the front of my bikes to make them more visible, but one batch I bought in from China turned out to be red. My mistake, and I haven't used them yet, but a couple of them as outriggers to the standard rear light would certainly show up, and the OEM brake-light should still make an impact. I'm sure there are other solutions to your problem, but I'd emphasise the need to maintain a significant contrast between the tail light and the stop light intensities.
This is the flasher I purchased off amazon: Amazon.com: Brake light blinker, four flashes then solid. Safety Flash Light Alert. Universal: Automotive
has been working flawlessly for last 2 years. I purchased an LED bar on ebay that was about 6" long or so so that I could place under my plate (steady burn, as an auxiliary brake light).
has been working flawlessly for last 2 years. I purchased an LED bar on ebay that was about 6" long or so so that I could place under my plate (steady burn, as an auxiliary brake light).
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