LED! Many of them :D

Kevin2109 · June 4th, 2011, 11:21 AM

So These came in the mail today!

Yes there are 17 of them, each strand had 24. Thats 408 LED's

I'll take pics of the progress when I start next week

whiteboy · June 4th, 2011, 12:24 PM

Wow, and what's your with all those?

Kevin2109 · June 4th, 2011, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whiteboy

Wow and what's urbplan with all those?

Fancy underglow

alex.s · June 4th, 2011, 12:53 PM

haha holy jebus kevin. hook them up to the horn and you'll have a combination aural/visual horn that will deafen and blind anyone nearby!

can't wait to see them hooked up.

Kevin2109 · June 4th, 2011, 01:13 PM

Haha that would be sweet! I think ill have to do that with the Audi style lights I plan on doing

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xDxSx34 · June 4th, 2011, 01:23 PM

Holy LEDs batman

Cazper · June 4th, 2011, 11:51 PM

We are takin' your ride to the club... or rather... makin' your ride the club

Snake · June 5th, 2011, 02:44 AM

What color are the LED's?

Kevin2109 · June 5th, 2011, 06:36 AM

Red, I had white for glow before and it just want as cool as going with a color match
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rockNroll · June 5th, 2011, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Fancy underglow

Serious?

Kevin2109 · June 5th, 2011, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockNroll

Serious?

Hey now. Not like underglow glow but body glow.
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CmichRider · June 5th, 2011, 08:41 AM

Jesus..those must have cost a ton. I've seen the single strand of LEDs sell for 30 bucks.

Little_Ghost · June 5th, 2011, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Hey now. Not like underglow glow but body glow.
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Cool! I would love to do that with green LEDs to my bike someday!

Kevin2109 · June 5th, 2011, 08:59 AM

It was like $20 for all of them!

eBay for the win

The green looks so good too

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bdavison · June 5th, 2011, 09:04 AM

I ran leds throughout mine a while back...green to match the bike. You can see the results here

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52184

Kevin2109 · June 5th, 2011, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdavison

I ran leds throughout mine a while back...green to match the bike. You can see the results here

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52184

I love the windscreen, too bad mines painted

bdavison · June 5th, 2011, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

I love the windscreen, too bad mines painted

You might still be able to do it...is it painted on the front, or the rear side?
If its the rear side, it will still work.

Snake · June 5th, 2011, 12:14 PM

I can't wait to see the pics when you are done. I want to mount Blue led's on mine to match the bike.

Penguin250 · June 19th, 2011, 07:19 PM

Have a question on this and didn't want to necro-bump the other thread I saw with this same info.

I saw in that other thread about wiring the LED's separately to avoid possibly frying the bike's wiring harness if something goes wrong. Would wiring in a fuse between the LED's and any wire you tap into protect the bike's wiring or no? Simply because I am worried about someone possibly walking over and playing with stuff, finding the switch to turn them on, then leaving them on and draining the battery.

greatwhiteninja · June 19th, 2011, 07:30 PM

nice.. i got 2 more strands of white led's going on the inside of my fairings.

bdavison · June 19th, 2011, 07:57 PM

Yes, you can fuse it and tap it into existing wiring.

Just make sure the fuse is in the line going to the LEDs, AFTER the tap.

You dont have to worry about the LEDs themselves drawing too much amperage...most of them draw less than a single amp. But LEDs usually come with really light guage wires attached to them, and its really easy for the insulation to get broken or suffer from abrasion. So you want the fuse as close to where you tap in as possible. That way if it does short, it shorts after the fuse, and not before it.

Kevin2109 · June 20th, 2011, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdavison

Yes, you can fuse it and tap it into existing wiring.

Just make sure the fuse is in the line going to the LEDs, AFTER the tap.

You dont have to worry about the LEDs themselves drawing too much amperage...most of them draw less than a single amp. But LEDs usually come with really light guage wires attached to them, and its really easy for the insulation to get broken or suffer from abrasion. So you want the fuse as close to where you tap in as possible. That way if it does short, it shorts after the fuse, and not before it.

^This

I put all the led's in, I'll post up pics of it soon

Penguin250 · June 20th, 2011, 07:55 PM

I'm definitely interested in this thread, as I'm doing her's in red/fuschia testing out my 4 test strips. Don't have nearly as many LED's as you, only 40 tops, but I only bought them to try and find the best placement for max light diffusion and coverage through the fairing side vents. Then I'll probably get more to increase brightness. Any good placement recommendations? Also let me know how good those work, especially if you got 400 LED's for only $20!

Edit: How long would a set of say ~200 LED's take to drain the battery if they did get left on? I'm clueless about most electronics, but I can wire things to other things with usually no problem, so I don't know much about how much it takes to drain a battery, except incandescents in cars ... stuck in a bad bad part of town...

Kevin2109 · June 20th, 2011, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin250

I'm definitely interested in this thread, as I'm doing her's in red/fuschia testing out my 4 test strips. Don't have nearly as many LED's as you, only 40 tops, but I only bought them to try and find the best placement for max light diffusion and coverage through the fairing side vents. Then I'll probably get more to increase brightness. Any good placement recommendations? Also let me know how good those work, especially if you got 400 LED's for only $20!

Edit: How long would a set of say ~200 LED's take to drain the battery if they did get left on? I'm clueless about most electronics, but I can wire things to other things with usually no problem, so I don't know much about how much it takes to drain a battery, except incandescents in cars ... stuck in a bad bad part of town...

These are the ones I got

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_3841wt_905

There really bright, and much more durable then the slim strips out there (I used them before on the bike and they broke

I'll take pics tomorrow if I remember, I had a bunch on my GoPro but I deleted them

And take your airbox out

great place for LEDs

And I have no idea about if you left them on, but I know they dont draw much current, also with all the LED's it would be hard to not know they were on

Penguin250 · June 21st, 2011, 11:33 AM

Got me some green for my bike, and red for hers, 15 sets of 24 for each, just under $50

Now to wait for them to ship, then install directly to battery. I just found someone who posted they left theirs on for 48 hours (accidentally) and bike started no problem. Pics to come whenever I get them for sure, though it'll be close to a month I'm guessing.

wtfh4xx · June 23rd, 2011, 02:43 PM

MOAR PICS.

Im interested in the glow effect, researched it in Cali a few years back for a car.
I believe their legal as long as they dont flash/strobe/etc and the BULBS themselves are not visible to the eye.
Hence the term underGLOW, not underBULB.

And usually a good idea to steer clear of red/blue colors or cops will hate you.

Kevin2109 · June 23rd, 2011, 02:49 PM

I love this picture so much!

muzkur · June 27th, 2011, 06:10 AM

Nice results.
Seeing your bike I've got inspired and bought 5 LED bars in ebay. I will mount in amber color. Let's see the result as soon as possible.

Some answers:
- Where did you fixed that led bars?
- How are you switch button?

Kevin2109 · June 27th, 2011, 11:53 PM

I'll have to take a pic of the switch but its in the plastic caps on the side

As for the strips I put them everywhere! Just zip tied them to the frame and hope they didnt get in the way lol When I take her back apart to tune the carbs some more I will take pictures

As a note: When you do put the LEDs in make sure when they are on you cant see the LED its self, its distracting and doesnt look good. Ask me how I know!

muzkur · June 28th, 2011, 04:31 AM

I'm thinking in use 5 bars:
2 bigger, one in each side.
3 little, one in the front and 2 over the seat.

My major concern is fix all the bars without need replug when need to remove the fairing.

Penguin250 · July 2nd, 2011, 10:23 PM

Yay, first 5 strings of the red that I ordered came in today. Hoping to be able to tackle the first fairing sometime soon. Family coming up this week, so I'm not sure when, but I hope to have it done and waiting for the next set to come in.

NathanUc · July 2nd, 2011, 11:32 PM

I was interesting in running some LEDs on mine, but I can't get a solid answer from the law enforcement in my town whether or not-exposed/non-flashing red LED would be legal. From what I understand, there isn't a direct law that says I can't have them, but they could be consider a distraction and thus ticket-able. No idea so I'll just play it safe.

Either way, looks really nice!

greatwhiteninja · July 3rd, 2011, 06:42 AM

i would think anything red or blue especiaslly easily viewable from the front or even rear would be illegal since it would resemble the lights on a cop car ?? anything just wire them up to a switch so you can turn them on and off whenever.

Penguin250 · July 4th, 2011, 12:16 PM

I always switch my glows, bikes or cars. Don't know if it's illegal? Then make it so you can turn them on/off whenever you want. Red going on the white bike and green going on the blue bike. 14 stings each, still only the 5 in so far, but my family is still in town so I won't be doing much for a little while.

choneofakind · July 4th, 2011, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

haha holy jebus kevin. hook them up to the horn and you'll have a combination aural/visual horn that will deafen and blind anyone nearby!

can't wait to see them hooked up.

yeah and hook them up to a brake light modulator and you'll really catch people's eye's when you slow down!!!

NathanUc · July 4th, 2011, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin250

I always switch my glows, bikes or cars. Don't know if it's illegal? Then make it so you can turn them on/off whenever you want. Red going on the white bike and green going on the blue bike. 14 stings each, still only the 5 in so far, but my family is still in town so I won't be doing much for a little while.

If it's illegal, they'd need to be off all the time anyways; thus, defeating the purpose of spending my time and money haha.

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

yeah and hook them up to a brake light modulator and you'll really catch people's eye's when you slow down!!!

Now I know for sure that would be illegal in any state with red lights haha. No blue/red flashing lights allowed on non-emergency vehicles.

amsterdam212 · July 4th, 2011, 09:17 PM

that looks sweet

choneofakind · July 5th, 2011, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NathanUc

Now I know for sure that would be illegal in any state with red lights haha. No blue/red flashing lights allowed on non-emergency vehicles.

Maybe not. A brake light modulator isn't illegal so long as it only blinks for a short time when the brake is applied. Wiring in the underglow might be overkill, but as long as they aren't constantly flashing you might be ok-ish. ish is the important emphasis here

Penguin250 · July 12th, 2011, 07:52 AM

Alrighty! The white bike with red LEDs is done, I'll take pics tonight. Now I get to do the blue bike with the green LEDs. At least I now know where everything goes and how it gets wired from the white bike experience.

Although I think I ran out of zip ties..

Penguin250 · July 12th, 2011, 01:27 PM

I couldn't wait for tonight to take them, so i just sat it in the garage and closed the doors.

Being interested in volcanoes since an early age

I actually was pleasantly surprised the way the light wants to explode out between the seat/tank/fairing cracks, kinda the same way magma splits and cools under water..

June 4th, 2011, 11:21 AM	#1
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	LED! Many of them :D So These came in the mail today! Yes there are 17 of them, each strand had 24. Thats 408 LED's I'll take pics of the progress when I start next week __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

June 4th, 2011, 12:24 PM	#2
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June 4th, 2011, 12:53 PM	#4
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	haha holy jebus kevin. hook them up to the horn and you'll have a combination aural/visual horn that will deafen and blind anyone nearby! can't wait to see them hooked up. __________________________________________________

June 4th, 2011, 11:51 PM	#7
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June 23rd, 2011, 02:43 PM	#26
wtfh4xx Opinionated individual :) Name: SecretNinjaMan Location: Nor Cal Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninjette Special Edition (red/black) Posts: 342	MOAR PICS. Im interested in the glow effect, researched it in Cali a few years back for a car. I believe their legal as long as they dont flash/strobe/etc and the BULBS themselves are not visible to the eye. Hence the term underGLOW, not underBULB. And usually a good idea to steer clear of red/blue colors or cops will hate you. __________________________________________________ Yoshi slip on, shimmed 2 washers, zip tie throttle mod, pre-load #2, snorkel delete 2010 SE 250R! Miles in the saddle: 1000

June 4th, 2011, 01:13 PM	#5
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	Haha that would be sweet! I think ill have to do that with the Audi style lights I plan on doing Posted via Mobile Device

June 4th, 2011, 01:23 PM	#6
xDxSx34 ninjette cager Name: Dom Location: Michigan Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): soon to be 250r Posts: 17	Holy LEDs batman

June 5th, 2011, 02:44 AM	#8
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	What color are the LED's?

June 5th, 2011, 06:36 AM	#9
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	Red, I had white for glow before and it just want as cool as going with a color match Posted via Mobile Device

June 5th, 2011, 08:41 AM	#12
CmichRider ninjette.org member Name: Jacob Location: Michigan Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2000 Ninja 250 Posts: 227	Jesus..those must have cost a ton. I've seen the single strand of LEDs sell for 30 bucks.

June 5th, 2011, 08:59 AM	#14
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	It was like $20 for all of them! eBay for the win The green looks so good too Posted via Mobile Device

June 5th, 2011, 09:04 AM	#15
bdavison Wartown, USA Name: Bryan Location: Warner Robins, GA Join Date: Nov 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2007 Ninja 650R, and assorted other bikes Posts: A lot.	I ran leds throughout mine a while back...green to match the bike. You can see the results here http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52184

June 5th, 2011, 12:14 PM	#18
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	I can't wait to see the pics when you are done. I want to mount Blue led's on mine to match the bike.

June 19th, 2011, 07:19 PM	#19
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Have a question on this and didn't want to necro-bump the other thread I saw with this same info. I saw in that other thread about wiring the LED's separately to avoid possibly frying the bike's wiring harness if something goes wrong. Would wiring in a fuse between the LED's and any wire you tap into protect the bike's wiring or no? Simply because I am worried about someone possibly walking over and playing with stuff, finding the switch to turn them on, then leaving them on and draining the battery.

June 19th, 2011, 07:30 PM	#20
greatwhiteninja Ridin Dirty Name: Ed Location: Delaware Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 white se 250r , 2008 zx6R Posts: 921	nice.. i got 2 more strands of white led's going on the inside of my fairings.

June 19th, 2011, 07:57 PM	#21
bdavison Wartown, USA Name: Bryan Location: Warner Robins, GA Join Date: Nov 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2007 Ninja 650R, and assorted other bikes Posts: A lot.	Yes, you can fuse it and tap it into existing wiring. Just make sure the fuse is in the line going to the LEDs, AFTER the tap. You dont have to worry about the LEDs themselves drawing too much amperage...most of them draw less than a single amp. But LEDs usually come with really light guage wires attached to them, and its really easy for the insulation to get broken or suffer from abrasion. So you want the fuse as close to where you tap in as possible. That way if it does short, it shorts after the fuse, and not before it.

June 20th, 2011, 07:55 PM	#23
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	I'm definitely interested in this thread, as I'm doing her's in red/fuschia testing out my 4 test strips. Don't have nearly as many LED's as you, only 40 tops, but I only bought them to try and find the best placement for max light diffusion and coverage through the fairing side vents. Then I'll probably get more to increase brightness. Any good placement recommendations? Also let me know how good those work, especially if you got 400 LED's for only $20! Edit: How long would a set of say ~200 LED's take to drain the battery if they did get left on? I'm clueless about most electronics, but I can wire things to other things with usually no problem, so I don't know much about how much it takes to drain a battery, except incandescents in cars ... stuck in a bad bad part of town...

June 21st, 2011, 11:33 AM	#25
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Got me some green for my bike, and red for hers, 15 sets of 24 for each, just under $50 Now to wait for them to ship, then install directly to battery. I just found someone who posted they left theirs on for 48 hours (accidentally) and bike started no problem. Pics to come whenever I get them for sure, though it'll be close to a month I'm guessing.

June 23rd, 2011, 02:49 PM	#27
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	I love this picture so much! __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

June 27th, 2011, 06:10 AM	#28
muzkur ninjette.org member Name: Fred Location: Brazil Join Date: Jan 2011 Motorcycle(s): 10' Ninja 250R Posts: 164	Nice results. Seeing your bike I've got inspired and bought 5 LED bars in ebay. I will mount in amber color. Let's see the result as soon as possible. Some answers: - Where did you fixed that led bars? - How are you switch button? __________________________________________________

June 27th, 2011, 11:53 PM	#29
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	I'll have to take a pic of the switch but its in the plastic caps on the side As for the strips I put them everywhere! Just zip tied them to the frame and hope they didnt get in the way lol When I take her back apart to tune the carbs some more I will take pictures As a note: When you do put the LEDs in make sure when they are on you cant see the LED its self, its distracting and doesnt look good. Ask me how I know! __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

June 28th, 2011, 04:31 AM	#30
muzkur ninjette.org member Name: Fred Location: Brazil Join Date: Jan 2011 Motorcycle(s): 10' Ninja 250R Posts: 164	I'm thinking in use 5 bars: 2 bigger, one in each side. 3 little, one in the front and 2 over the seat. My major concern is fix all the bars without need replug when need to remove the fairing. __________________________________________________

July 2nd, 2011, 10:23 PM	#31
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Yay, first 5 strings of the red that I ordered came in today. Hoping to be able to tackle the first fairing sometime soon. Family coming up this week, so I'm not sure when, but I hope to have it done and waiting for the next set to come in.

July 2nd, 2011, 11:32 PM	#32
NathanUc B-Town Ninja Name: Nathan Location: Bloomington, IN Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): Black 2013 Ninja ZX6R ABS Posts: 609 Blog Entries: 3	I was interesting in running some LEDs on mine, but I can't get a solid answer from the law enforcement in my town whether or not-exposed/non-flashing red LED would be legal. From what I understand, there isn't a direct law that says I can't have them, but they could be consider a distraction and thus ticket-able. No idea so I'll just play it safe. Either way, looks really nice! __________________________________________________ Downgraded to a 2013 636. Previous owner of a 2010 250r --------------------------------- My moto-vlog YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/bloomingtonninja

July 3rd, 2011, 06:42 AM	#33
greatwhiteninja Ridin Dirty Name: Ed Location: Delaware Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 white se 250r , 2008 zx6R Posts: 921	i would think anything red or blue especiaslly easily viewable from the front or even rear would be illegal since it would resemble the lights on a cop car ?? anything just wire them up to a switch so you can turn them on and off whenever.

July 4th, 2011, 12:16 PM	#34
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	I always switch my glows, bikes or cars. Don't know if it's illegal? Then make it so you can turn them on/off whenever you want. Red going on the white bike and green going on the blue bike. 14 stings each, still only the 5 in so far, but my family is still in town so I won't be doing much for a little while.

July 4th, 2011, 09:17 PM	#37
amsterdam212 ninjette.org member Name: Amsty Location: Texas Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): Ninja ZX-6R Posts: 13	that looks sweet

July 12th, 2011, 07:52 AM	#39
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Alrighty! The white bike with red LEDs is done, I'll take pics tonight. Now I get to do the blue bike with the green LEDs. At least I now know where everything goes and how it gets wired from the white bike experience. Although I think I ran out of zip ties..

July 12th, 2011, 01:27 PM	#40
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	I couldn't wait for tonight to take them, so i just sat it in the garage and closed the doors. Being interested in volcanoes since an early age I actually was pleasantly surprised the way the light wants to explode out between the seat/tank/fairing cracks, kinda the same way magma splits and cools under water..