I'm hooking up led blinkers up front and a new led tail in the rear. I have the tail working just fine, but when i hook the front up they don't work properly. I know the led have less resistance and so i need to add a load equalizer or resistor in the line. I wondering if anyone has had this problem before and what they did. I've talked with the bike shops and they say some $29.99 part will work for that, but i know there is cheaper ways. looking forward to some feedback.

Its not that they blink fast sometimes they don't blink at all or barely blink on one side.

 

Pretty sure that equalizer is the only option. I don't actually mind the faster blinking so I just left mine.

 

+1 I actually think cagers see me quicker w/ the faster blinking.

 

Exactly why I left it how it is. Anything that grabs a little extra attention is fine with me.

 

Sounds like somethings up with the wiring. I was under the impression that the load equalizer just fixed the flash rate. Or you might try an electronic flasher, the thermal ones won't work with LED's sometimes. You can try wiring a potentiometer in series with one of the sides and playing with the resistance, see if it helps.

 

What do you mean by 'not properly'? Are they blinking super fast? Are they not blinking at all? Are they shutting off? Need more info..

Try disconnecting one side (front) test.. then the other side, test.. isolate the side that potentially makes the problem happen. then check your wiring... did you get the pos and neg correct? Dunno.. remember stock wiring has 3 wires, but most LEDs are 2 wire..