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CThunder-blue · July 12th, 2011, 02:00 PM

That looks awesome Walt!

muzkur · July 12th, 2011, 02:05 PM

How you made the connections?
I'm thinking in a way to put all the LEDs and still can remove the fairings without unplug nothing more than the turn signals.

Penguin250 · July 12th, 2011, 08:52 PM

For now I'm using bullet-style connectors to connect the lights from the fairings, eventually I'm gonna swap them for the OEM style turn signal connectors so they're easier to disconnect. I have the LEDs just like Kevin's in the very first post.
The red glowing lines are where the strips are placed, and the arrow direction is the direction the tops of the strips are facing. The left side is nearly identical placement.

Kevin2109 · July 12th, 2011, 10:40 PM

Thats where mine is! but i think yours looks so much better

ducducgooseit · July 12th, 2011, 11:49 PM

That is rather neato.

CThunder-blue · July 13th, 2011, 08:41 AM

Reminds me of Tron

Penguin250 · July 13th, 2011, 10:06 AM

Haha, well I now have all the fairing lights of the blue bike taped on and wired up, I'm just being a little lazy with the rest of it. Actually watching the world cup right now so I might go start putting the rest of the lights on the frame by the seat when it's over.

Penguin250 · July 16th, 2011, 12:42 PM

Seems like I have the LEDs beside the seat on the blue bike right-side-up instead of upside-down..

oops

Tri if the red reminded you of Tron, check the green out

More in my albums. Didn't feel like overloading with pics this time

Here's both though

PS: Camera doesn't do them justice, they look so much better than these pics show.

DarkNinja52 · July 17th, 2011, 02:50 AM

Oh. My. God.

Looks amazinggg. Great work! Definitely a project I'm going to have to do after seeing how those bikes came out!

CThunder-blue · July 17th, 2011, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin250

Tri if the red reminded you of Tron, check the green out

Dang it Walt. Now I'm gonna have to install all those LED's. It's all your fault!

I REALLY like the green on the blue bike, and it should be legal to ride with the lights on all the time too

. I wonder how white would look instead of green on it. Now that I think about it though, the light coming up from the front fairings would probably be really bad for night time riding.

Kevin2109 · July 17th, 2011, 09:07 PM

you showed me up on my own thread!!! Now I gotta work on mine
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Penguin250 · July 18th, 2011, 02:09 PM

Haha, never meant to show you up.. I've just been wanting to glow any vehicle I've ever owned, and you showed me how cheap it could be.

And it's really weird, I think a decent amount of the green light gets absorbed by the blue paint and its not nearly as bright as the .. red would be if it wasn't red... I dunno, red isn't bright.. since, to me anyway, it's less taxing on the eyes. Anyway, green isn't as ..dominant.. and the red is, or white would be. I had them on the other night and, I am assuming, any green going forward gets washed by the headlight/s, and it's not lighting up anything higher than where knees would be on the tank.

CThunder-blue · July 18th, 2011, 02:15 PM

I'm more concerned about the light coming up thru the front cowl in the handle bar area. Having a bright glow in front of of the gauges would be bad. I guess I'll just have to admire from afar. I also take off my fairings pretty regularly so installing all those LED's would make it a hassle to remove later on.

Penguin250 · July 18th, 2011, 02:20 PM

Its not bad coming up through that way either, at least I didn't seem to notice it getting in the way. And I have the fairings on disconnects, eventually I'm gonna get around to using the same connectors as the turn signal connectors. So just 2 wire pulls instead of 1.

CThunder-blue · July 18th, 2011, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin250

Its not bad coming up through that way either, at least I didn't seem to notice it getting in the way. And I have the fairings on disconnects, eventually I'm gonna get around to using the same connectors as the turn signal connectors. So just 2 wire pulls instead of 1.

Dammit Walt. Stop tempting me.

Have you ridden with it at night yet?

Penguin250 · July 18th, 2011, 03:21 PM

Haha, yea the other night actually. It didn't seem overly bright to glance down at the speedo. I could see all of the numbers backlit on it. I think the forks get in the way of the light and the underside of the cluster gets the brunt of the rest of it. I'll pay more attention to how it looks the next time I take it out at night. Was riding the blue bike, so I can't comment on the red, not to mention red grabs a bit more of the wrong attention.

CThunder-blue · July 18th, 2011, 03:58 PM

Yeah, you can't ride with any red or blue lights in CA. It's a quick way to get a citation for impersonating a peace officer. I wonder if Alex will let me change my user name to Tron. LOL

BTW, if you need female/male turn signal connectors and don't want to buy from Japan, I usually have them in stock.

Penguin250 · July 18th, 2011, 04:35 PM

Oh man, that would be great, cause having a minimum balance at eastern beaver was the only thing stopping me from getting them.

And as far as I know (girlfriend asked a po' that is a client at her vet) in SC it's all illegal, but they don't really care and will usually only get you if they feel like being an

Of course I got the impression there are color ranks lol:
1.Blue
2.Red
3.Other

muzkur · August 12th, 2011, 09:34 AM

My LEDs just arrived.
I'm doing to install in this weekend

koenigcitizen · October 14th, 2011, 11:30 AM

This is awesome!
I would love red LEDs on my bike!

Kevin2109 · October 14th, 2011, 11:36 AM

Wait till I get green LEDs next week for my 636. There will be almost 600 LEDs when im done

and green is legal (I think) to have on when I ride. Talk about safety

choneofakind · October 14th, 2011, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

There will be almost 600 LEDs when im done

That's not underglow, that's under-beacon! You'll hardly need a headlight anymore!

Kevin2109 · October 14th, 2011, 12:08 PM

Lol my headlights will soon be all LED

If you havent noticed... I like LEDs lol

Kevin2109 · October 28th, 2011, 03:43 PM

This has to be my #1 favorite LED project to date. The bike looks like a UFO because its so damn bright

cuz · October 28th, 2011, 06:16 PM

awesome noting else to be said

choneofakind · October 28th, 2011, 06:46 PM

^^ +10 for visibility!!

Kevin2109 · October 29th, 2011, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

^^ +10 for visibility!!

Its so ****ing bright!! I rode around with it last night, it was pretty sweet

And I passed a bunch of cops, no prob

cuong-nutz · November 10th, 2011, 02:53 PM

So how did you wire up the lights together?

Battery + Fuse + switch + light + light + ....

Kevin2109 · November 10th, 2011, 05:21 PM

Exactly. Hook them up parallel no series (Google for definitions)
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DreamN · November 10th, 2011, 07:49 PM

Could you take some profile and angled shots, but a little further away? Would really like to get a full grasp on how the whole bike lights up at night.

Looks amazing from what I can tell though.

GreenNinja · November 17th, 2011, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Wait till I get green LEDs next week for my 636. There will be almost 600 LEDs when im done

and green is legal (I think) to have on when I ride. Talk about safety

You know Kevin, most people step on their gas pedal when they see green lights. You might want to rethink that "safety" portion again

Ytse Frobozz · November 20th, 2011, 07:46 PM

I didn't need LEDs until I saw this thread.

nit8690 · November 20th, 2011, 09:45 PM

dude that looks so awesome good work on that

DSpinler · January 23rd, 2012, 10:39 AM

Yeah, going to do this very soon. (Don't worry, I'll trow some pics up when I get it done) Thanks for taking the time to outline where you ended up installing the strips.

Quick question - How do you secure the led strip to the fairing? 3M tape, glue, what?

muzkur · January 23rd, 2012, 10:59 AM

3M Silicone tape fix fine.

choneofakind · January 23rd, 2012, 10:15 PM

how deuche-y would this look on a pre-gen?

It's not my style. Just wondering.

saxnbass · January 24th, 2012, 09:00 AM

Man, this makes me want to get LEDs again. I'd like colour matched red, but I can't ride with red. And the only colour changing ones I've seen are like $100-$150 for the kit, but it does strobes and flashes and such too.

choneofakind · January 24th, 2012, 10:21 AM

Flashing lights are generally a nono when driving. Unless you just plan on using the cool flashing and color changing for show, then that's totally cool

saxnbass · January 24th, 2012, 10:36 AM

Yeah, the flashing and strobe would just be for show, would be solid while riding. Can't have red or blue while riding though either, hence the multi colour ones.

smackenz · January 27th, 2012, 08:29 PM

gotta figure this out for my bike, 2009 blue, i would do blue lights, im pretty sure its all illegal here so id have it when im just posing lol or riding out in the country it would be sick at night with no lights anywhere other than myself. id wanna have it all set up so i can still easily take off the fairings if i have to instead of pulling multiple wire plugs and for sure have a switch. ive heard to wire it into the headlight so they cant be turned on without keys so no one can come screw with the bike but i understand that leds wont kill a battery for a long time. will have more questions once i get some leds but first we need to warm up cuz the garage is way too cold

July 12th, 2011, 02:00 PM	#41
CThunder-blue ModMy250.com Name: Tri Location: St, Louis Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R, 2005 R6 Posts: A lot.	That looks awesome Walt! __________________________________________________ The www.ModMy250.com guy

July 12th, 2011, 02:05 PM	#42
muzkur ninjette.org member Name: Fred Location: Brazil Join Date: Jan 2011 Motorcycle(s): 10' Ninja 250R Posts: 164	How you made the connections? I'm thinking in a way to put all the LEDs and still can remove the fairings without unplug nothing more than the turn signals. __________________________________________________

July 12th, 2011, 10:40 PM	#44
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	Thats where mine is! but i think yours looks so much better __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

July 13th, 2011, 08:41 AM	#46
CThunder-blue ModMy250.com Name: Tri Location: St, Louis Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R, 2005 R6 Posts: A lot.	Reminds me of Tron __________________________________________________ The www.ModMy250.com guy

July 17th, 2011, 02:50 AM	#49
DarkNinja52 ninjette.org sage Name: aj Location: New York / PA Join Date: Jul 2009 Motorcycle(s): Red 09 Ninja 250r aka Sheila (RIP), Red '10 Ninja 250r aka Sasha (Sold), White '13 Ninja 300 (To be Purchased) Posts: 855	Oh. My. God. Looks amazinggg. Great work! Definitely a project I'm going to have to do after seeing how those bikes came out! __________________________________________________

July 12th, 2011, 08:52 PM	#43
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	For now I'm using bullet-style connectors to connect the lights from the fairings, eventually I'm gonna swap them for the OEM style turn signal connectors so they're easier to disconnect. I have the LEDs just like Kevin's in the very first post. The red glowing lines are where the strips are placed, and the arrow direction is the direction the tops of the strips are facing. The left side is nearly identical placement.

July 12th, 2011, 11:49 PM	#45
ducducgooseit Name: ... Location: ... Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): ... Posts: 999	That is rather neato.

July 13th, 2011, 10:06 AM	#47
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	Haha, well I now have all the fairing lights of the blue bike taped on and wired up, I'm just being a little lazy with the rest of it. Actually watching the world cup right now so I might go start putting the rest of the lights on the frame by the seat when it's over.

July 16th, 2011, 12:42 PM	#48
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	Seems like I have the LEDs beside the seat on the blue bike right-side-up instead of upside-down.. oops Tri if the red reminded you of Tron, check the green out More in my albums. Didn't feel like overloading with pics this time Here's both though PS: Camera doesn't do them justice, they look so much better than these pics show.

July 17th, 2011, 09:07 PM	#51
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	you showed me up on my own thread!!! Now I gotta work on mine Posted via Mobile Device

July 18th, 2011, 02:09 PM	#52
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	Haha, never meant to show you up.. I've just been wanting to glow any vehicle I've ever owned, and you showed me how cheap it could be. And it's really weird, I think a decent amount of the green light gets absorbed by the blue paint and its not nearly as bright as the .. red would be if it wasn't red... I dunno, red isn't bright.. since, to me anyway, it's less taxing on the eyes. Anyway, green isn't as ..dominant.. and the red is, or white would be. I had them on the other night and, I am assuming, any green going forward gets washed by the headlight/s, and it's not lighting up anything higher than where knees would be on the tank.

July 18th, 2011, 02:15 PM	#53
CThunder-blue ModMy250.com Name: Tri Location: St, Louis Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R, 2005 R6 Posts: A lot.	I'm more concerned about the light coming up thru the front cowl in the handle bar area. Having a bright glow in front of of the gauges would be bad. I guess I'll just have to admire from afar. I also take off my fairings pretty regularly so installing all those LED's would make it a hassle to remove later on. __________________________________________________ The www.ModMy250.com guy

July 18th, 2011, 02:20 PM	#54
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	Its not bad coming up through that way either, at least I didn't seem to notice it getting in the way. And I have the fairings on disconnects, eventually I'm gonna get around to using the same connectors as the turn signal connectors. So just 2 wire pulls instead of 1.

July 18th, 2011, 03:21 PM	#56
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	Haha, yea the other night actually. It didn't seem overly bright to glance down at the speedo. I could see all of the numbers backlit on it. I think the forks get in the way of the light and the underside of the cluster gets the brunt of the rest of it. I'll pay more attention to how it looks the next time I take it out at night. Was riding the blue bike, so I can't comment on the red, not to mention red grabs a bit more of the wrong attention.

July 18th, 2011, 03:58 PM	#57
CThunder-blue ModMy250.com Name: Tri Location: St, Louis Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R, 2005 R6 Posts: A lot.	Yeah, you can't ride with any red or blue lights in CA. It's a quick way to get a citation for impersonating a peace officer. I wonder if Alex will let me change my user name to Tron. LOL BTW, if you need female/male turn signal connectors and don't want to buy from Japan, I usually have them in stock. __________________________________________________ The www.ModMy250.com guy

July 18th, 2011, 04:35 PM	#58
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	Oh man, that would be great, cause having a minimum balance at eastern beaver was the only thing stopping me from getting them. And as far as I know (girlfriend asked a po' that is a client at her vet) in SC it's all illegal, but they don't really care and will usually only get you if they feel like being an Of course I got the impression there are color ranks lol: 1.Blue 2.Red 3.Other

August 12th, 2011, 09:34 AM	#59
muzkur ninjette.org member Name: Fred Location: Brazil Join Date: Jan 2011 Motorcycle(s): 10' Ninja 250R Posts: 164	My LEDs just arrived. I'm doing to install in this weekend __________________________________________________

October 14th, 2011, 11:30 AM	#60
koenigcitizen Russian Ninja :) Name: Andrei Location: Ocean City, MD Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Triumph Street Triple R, 2009 Yamaha FZ6, 2010 Kawi 250r (sold) Posts: 335	This is awesome! I would love red LEDs on my bike! __________________________________________________ 2009 Fazer (2009 Yamaha FZ6), 2012 Triumph Street Triple R

October 14th, 2011, 11:36 AM	#61
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	Wait till I get green LEDs next week for my 636. There will be almost 600 LEDs when im done and green is legal (I think) to have on when I ride. Talk about safety __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

October 14th, 2011, 12:08 PM	#63
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	Lol my headlights will soon be all LED If you havent noticed... I like LEDs lol __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

October 28th, 2011, 03:43 PM	#64
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	This has to be my #1 favorite LED project to date. The bike looks like a UFO because its so damn bright __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

October 28th, 2011, 06:16 PM	#65
cuz cuz Name: Israel Location: Houston (me) Galveston Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): 09 ninja 250r Posts: A lot.	awesome noting else to be said __________________________________________________ THE GOOD LIFE

October 28th, 2011, 06:46 PM	#66
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	^^ +10 for visibility!!

November 10th, 2011, 02:53 PM	#68
cuong-nutz RIP Alex Name: Cuong Location: Houston, TX Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): '10 250r, '09 265r Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 2	So how did you wire up the lights together? Battery + Fuse + switch + light + light + .... __________________________________________________ HalfFast Racing Team Serving Greater Houston Area Riders:WFO Riders MotoHouston HPC CMRA Ride Smart Fastline Lone Star Track Days

November 10th, 2011, 05:21 PM	#69
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	Exactly. Hook them up parallel no series (Google for definitions) Posted via Mobile Device

November 10th, 2011, 07:49 PM	#70
DreamN Beer Me! Name: Jimmy Location: SoCal 818 Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 Car(s): '09 Cube, '93 240SX (Coupe & 'Vert) Posts: 144	Could you take some profile and angled shots, but a little further away? Would really like to get a full grasp on how the whole bike lights up at night. Looks amazing from what I can tell though.

November 20th, 2011, 07:46 PM	#72
Ytse Frobozz Not dead yet! Name: Rob Location: Marlborough MA Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R Posts: 315	I didn't need LEDs until I saw this thread.

November 20th, 2011, 09:45 PM	#73
nit8690 ninjette.org member Name: Aaron Location: Oregon Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250r soon Posts: 75	dude that looks so awesome good work on that __________________________________________________ Getting a ninja 250 asap

January 23rd, 2012, 10:39 AM	#74
DSpinler Your Lord Funny Bits Name: Darrell Location: Fort Collins Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 250 Posts: 95	Yeah, going to do this very soon. (Don't worry, I'll trow some pics up when I get it done) Thanks for taking the time to outline where you ended up installing the strips. Quick question - How do you secure the led strip to the fairing? 3M tape, glue, what?

January 23rd, 2012, 10:59 AM	#75
muzkur ninjette.org member Name: Fred Location: Brazil Join Date: Jan 2011 Motorcycle(s): 10' Ninja 250R Posts: 164	3M Silicone tape fix fine. __________________________________________________

January 23rd, 2012, 10:15 PM	#76
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	how deuche-y would this look on a pre-gen? It's not my style. Just wondering.

January 24th, 2012, 09:00 AM	#77
saxnbass ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Eric Location: Nashville, TN Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 CBR600rr Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1	Man, this makes me want to get LEDs again. I'd like colour matched red, but I can't ride with red. And the only colour changing ones I've seen are like $100-$150 for the kit, but it does strobes and flashes and such too.

January 24th, 2012, 10:21 AM	#78
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	Flashing lights are generally a nono when driving. Unless you just plan on using the cool flashing and color changing for show, then that's totally cool

January 24th, 2012, 10:36 AM	#79
saxnbass ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Eric Location: Nashville, TN Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 CBR600rr Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1	Yeah, the flashing and strobe would just be for show, would be solid while riding. Can't have red or blue while riding though either, hence the multi colour ones.

January 27th, 2012, 08:29 PM	#80
smackenz ninjette.org member Name: Simon Location: Toronto Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Kawi 250 Posts: 118	gotta figure this out for my bike, 2009 blue, i would do blue lights, im pretty sure its all illegal here so id have it when im just posing lol or riding out in the country it would be sick at night with no lights anywhere other than myself. id wanna have it all set up so i can still easily take off the fairings if i have to instead of pulling multiple wire plugs and for sure have a switch. ive heard to wire it into the headlight so they cant be turned on without keys so no one can come screw with the bike but i understand that leds wont kill a battery for a long time. will have more questions once i get some leds but first we need to warm up cuz the garage is way too cold