AdMore Lighting kit for Givi V35 bags - Page 3

Papa_Complex · 11-25-2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

Speed the music up. REALLY mess with people.

Speeding up the Ramones would make it sound like a yelp.

Papa_Complex · 01-09-2012, 06:17 PM

It's strange that they don't make a brake light kit for the Givi E340 bag, since it has all of the necessary cut-outs on the bottom plate. I'm going to try hacking something together with the light set for the E370 and a strip of automotive LEDs, that I'm getting for $10.00. There's a perfect place to set up the light, in the grab handle. I'll just have to set up a reflector for them.

Papa_Complex · 01-18-2012, 08:41 AM

Almost done wiring up the top box. I ended up using one entire strip of automotive LEDs, under the reflector on the top box, and they're damned near blinding. They're embedded in flexible rubber so I was able to run them right across the back, then bend them into the grab handle area. They're also 3M tape backed, which made it that much easier.

I tested them by hooking them up to a 12V security system battery, that I had laying around. Being in the top box will put them just about at the eye level, of the average vacant driver, so that's perfect.

Papa_Complex · 01-18-2012, 07:11 PM

There we go. Wiring is all done on the box. The bike side of things shouldn't take me more than maybe 15-20 minutes, once it warms up.

And how's this for a kick in the teeth, in the dark?

Gas Man · 01-18-2012, 08:49 PM

Looks good!!!

Papa_Complex · 01-18-2012, 09:28 PM

I'm really happy with the way that it turned out. From the outside the case looks completely stock, because I used the actual Givi wiring. Having the cut-outs for it made it easy but still has me wondering why they were there, since they never intended for it to have a light.

The inside turned out pretty clean too, with all of the wiring hidden under black 3M cloth tape and wiring sheathing, that I cannibalized from an ethernet cable.

The LEDs in the box will only come on under braking but that's OK, because it'll make them stand out all the more.

Gas Man · 01-18-2012, 09:58 PM

I was going to suggest running brake light only anyway.

Papa_Complex · 01-20-2012, 07:30 AM

Once I get the wiring done on the bike side of things, I'll make another video to show the overall results.

Papa_Complex · 03-16-2012, 11:04 AM

Here's the final result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2mWMTXsv6M

askmrjesus · 03-16-2012, 01:18 PM

Damn skippy, every time you brake, it's going to show up on a NASA satellite.

Nice work.

JC

01-09-2012, 06:17 PM	#22
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	It's strange that they don't make a brake light kit for the Givi E340 bag, since it has all of the necessary cut-outs on the bottom plate. I'm going to try hacking something together with the light set for the E370 and a strip of automotive LEDs, that I'm getting for $10.00. There's a perfect place to set up the light, in the grab handle. I'll just have to set up a reflector for them. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

01-18-2012, 08:41 AM	#23
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Almost done wiring up the top box. I ended up using one entire strip of automotive LEDs, under the reflector on the top box, and they're damned near blinding. They're embedded in flexible rubber so I was able to run them right across the back, then bend them into the grab handle area. They're also 3M tape backed, which made it that much easier. I tested them by hooking them up to a 12V security system battery, that I had laying around. Being in the top box will put them just about at the eye level, of the average vacant driver, so that's perfect. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

01-18-2012, 07:11 PM	#24
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	There we go. Wiring is all done on the box. The bike side of things shouldn't take me more than maybe 15-20 minutes, once it warms up. And how's this for a kick in the teeth, in the dark? __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/ Last edited by Papa_Complex; 01-18-2012 at 07:13 PM..

01-18-2012, 08:49 PM	#25
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Looks good!!! __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

01-18-2012, 09:28 PM	#26
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	I'm really happy with the way that it turned out. From the outside the case looks completely stock, because I used the actual Givi wiring. Having the cut-outs for it made it easy but still has me wondering why they were there, since they never intended for it to have a light. The inside turned out pretty clean too, with all of the wiring hidden under black 3M cloth tape and wiring sheathing, that I cannibalized from an ethernet cable. The LEDs in the box will only come on under braking but that's OK, because it'll make them stand out all the more. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

01-18-2012, 09:58 PM	#27
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	I was going to suggest running brake light only anyway. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

01-20-2012, 07:30 AM	#28
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Once I get the wiring done on the bike side of things, I'll make another video to show the overall results. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

03-16-2012, 11:04 AM	#29
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Here's the final result. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2mWMTXsv6M __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

03-16-2012, 01:18 PM	#30
askmrjesus Soul Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Everywhere, all the time. Moto: '0000 Custom Turbo Cross (with jet kit). Posts: 6,481	Damn skippy, every time you brake, it's going to show up on a NASA satellite. Nice work. JC __________________ The way things are going, they're gonna crucify me.