This is probably a ridiculous question for those of you who know how to wire, but I am a new bike owner and in no way an electrician (I was hoping to pick a lot of this stuff up along the way because I come from a family of riders) but I picked up an 06 GSX-R600 and ended up having to replace the tail light because it cracked, so I bought an integrated one and have NO idea how to hardwire it, if anyone could help it would be much appreciated, I cant ride until I get my bike back together :hammer
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This is probably a ridiculous question for those of you who know how to wire, but I am a new bike owner and in no way an electrician (I was hoping to pick a lot of this stuff up along the way because I come from a family of riders) but I picked up an 06 GSX-R600 and ended up having to replace the tail light because it cracked, so I bought an integrated one and have NO idea how to hardwire it, if anyone could help it would be much appreciated, I cant ride until I get my bike back together :hammer
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so i'm assuming you have a brake light and turn signal in one light now? I'm not exactly sure how to wire it up but I was looking to do something similar to my truck taillights and you'll need some relays. Essentially it would take the one light and make it work like two. Let me google something real quick.
check this out: http://rswarrior.com/forums/t/133718.aspx you don't need the resistors since your not using LEDs but the rest should pretty much be the same
check this out: http://rswarrior.com/forums/t/133718.aspx you don't need the resistors since your not using LEDs but the rest should pretty much be the same
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thanks a lot guys ill take a look at that thread and mess around with the wires for a while and see what comes of it, i wasn't sure if i needed the resistors or not, i figured id just toss them on anyway even though they will be a pain to mount
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if your kits not LED then you don't need the resistors. You only need them for LED lights cause they pull so little power. Easiest way to think of it is like your turn signal circuit holds 80lbs. Each regular bulb (front and back) are 40 lbs a piece. So when one burns out the circuit runs twice as fast which is why when you have a turn light out on your car, it blinks really fast. When you fix the busted bulb is slows back down to normal speed cause you added that weight back onto the circuit. With that in mind, regular bulbs weigh 40lbs, your LED bulbs weigh like 5lbs, so a resistor adds more weight so that its even to a regular bulb. Therefore your signals blink at normal speed, rather than warp speed. That make any sense?
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got 'em all wired up guys thanks a lot, and yes they are LED's, ill throw up some photos once i get my camera back for you guys to see, i had to connect the turn signal wires from the tail light to the actual turn signals themselves (just needed some 3-way or "T" wire crimps), which turned out to be really easy and now i feel like a complete moron haha, i chose not to use resistors, because they were poor quality and oddly enough once everything was all wired up it all blinked at a slow, consistent pace, instead of rapid blinking so all in all this was a success and it looks fantastic
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i got it off d2moto.com they sell them in sets smoked and clear, good luck!
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Don't hold your breath for those pictures as this is a 4 year old thread!
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Use the resistors that more then likely came with the taillight.
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