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Hello!
So I'm wanting to switch out all the old lighting and replace it with newer stuff. The headlight needs to be replaced any way and turn signals I'd like to change to LEDs mounting the front one on both sides of the Head light bucket. I also changed the seat and am using a cafe seat so I'm deciding what tail lights/turn signals to use back there. I've heard that I need to be aware of power running to the LEDs as they can blow if not hooked up right? Is this correct? If anyone could help me through the wiring or some resources for it that would be awesome. Thanks!
Turn signals and tail light should be very straight forward.
Only thing you will need is electronic flasher to make LED's blink. Without it they more than likely just stay on. Go to superbrightleds.com. They have a good flasher for $10. Only thing i found odd with it was that the wiring had to be reversed. Black to gray instead of black to black and gray to gray. This is on cb750.
Not sure what you mean by being careful about power. You will be using factory connections so you should not be running into power issues. If everything is wired properly. You can use a meter and check voltage on those wires to make sure, if you want.
Also, find a wiring diagram for your bike online. Thats going to make things a lot easier for you.
LED's are diodes so they are polarity sensitive. Can't say I've heard of them blowing out if connected the wrong way - they usually just don't work.
You'll need a no load flasher relay to make LED indicators work - your stock relay works on current draw which the LED's have very little of. You can use resistors to bring the current back up to the original load, but the whole point of LED's is to reduce the load on the charging system IMO.
If you are going to use your front indicator stalks as your headlight mounting bolts I recommend you get metal threaded ones. The cheaper indicators have plastic threads and they aren't the best when it comes to supporting anything more than their own weight.
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