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Are these Whelen's held on with two way tape, mount bolts, or screws?
The one I bought is held on with #6 hardware (2 screws).pqsqac said:Are these Whelen's held on with two way tape, mount bolts, or screws?
The Hyperlights are definitely effective; I have had them on four of my last five motorcycles. I have had issues with the last two sets, however. The left side of the amber signal Hyperlights for my Bandit 1250S stopped lighting up half of the LEDs and half of the LEDs on the Hyperlight I used for an extra brake light on my DL1K stopped shining as well. Something particular to the 16 LED Hyperlights? Both sets were over a year old when they crapped out and I did not get any satisfaction from the company.Dirt_Dad said:Hyperlights work.
Justbob,justbob said:Heres a picture of the LED I mounted on my Concours 1400. I used a resistor to drop the voltage input so that it is on constantly at a lower intensity for a tail light and then it comes on full brightness when the brake is applied.
http://s184.photobucket.com/albums/x118/bm1327/2010%20Concours/?action=view¤t=IMG_2014.jpg
Holy cow.....that's......bright.....and kind of fugly....just like the ST!ainsworth said:I installed a pair of trailer lights (for trucks) is not "polite" but is effective. There are 10 cm (4`)
And in adition at extra rear lights I puted a reflective material in the side cases
That was not my experience with Hyperlights. I moved my Hyperlights from my Vee over to the S10. They were probably 4 years old. While riding through Hurricane Irene last summer my wife told me my Hyperlights were acting weird. Going on and off when my brakes were not activated, then just on all the time. I finally had to wrap some silicone tape around them to hide the light. The ended up blowing my tail light fues (not brake light fuse). I contacted the manufacture and asked them where I could get a new controller. I told them how old the lights were and they said no problem and sent me a new controller free of charge. They wanted the failed controller back so they could check it.Maxified said:Both sets were over a year old when they crapped out and I did not get any satisfaction from the company.
If I remember correctly I dropped he input voltage to around 9 volts to get the intensity I was wanting for a constant burning taillight.stevepsd said:Justbob,
Thinking about the Whelen TIR3 myself....what value/wattage resistor did you use? Did you also put a diode in place between the tail light/brake light leads to the Whelen to prevent backflow as some have done?