so ive been trying to figure out the problem ive been having trying to hook up my switchback led's
this is how they are supposed to work...
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there is one ground wire, one positive for the amber led's, and one positive for the white led's

the whites are supposed to be hooked up to the drl positive, and the ambers get the turn signal positive. when i hook it up as described, the white lights do not light up during the "turn" phase. my best guess is that when you click the turn signal, it disables the power going to the drl's...

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then i changed the power source for the white led's to the low beam headlight positive. the signals now work like they should, but when the bike is running they start to flicker like crazy after a short time.

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ive tried installing 1n4001 diodes in the positive wires, but they dont help anything. does anyone have any ideas of what i could do to get these working as they should?

 

It seemed to flicker with the idle of the engine. What R/R do you have on the bike ? Is it original, or aftermarket ? Is it from a GSX/R ?

 

its not the original one. its bigger. ill take a pic quick and post it up..i have a back up one that i believe to be original...

 

here's the one on the bike now.





this is a second one i have. the bike doesnt really run as good with this one in, but im not sure if its bad or not...

 

l.e.d lights pull very low amp draw, so that shouldn't be the problem, but with the extra lights try to raise your idle slightly and see what happens...


Looks sweet btw man.... where did you get those lights from?

 

when then start flickering, it doesnt seem to matter what the idle is, i tried raising rpms by throttle...i dont get it. anyways, i got them from ijdmtoy i blended all the spot on my front fairing from where the signals were. i plan to install these on the lower v fairing...ill post a pic..they fit perfect

 

they are not permanently put on yet, but this is the idea. i think its gonna look sick one it gets figured out..

 

I hope you can figure it out, they will look sweet once you do..... I'm not sure without standing there with you and going threw all the electronics as to what the problem could be. These things are hard to figure out over the internet

 

thats a sweet idea

do you mind if i copy your idea????

 

meh not really, thats more the reason why i wanted to try keeping the pics limited before it was actually finished..i wanted it to be more of an "unveiling" from the idea of it to finished product. but who am i kidding, ill probably never get this damn bike finished anyways...lol. go for it