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Breeze
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« on: June 05, 2011, 09:23:03 AM »

I am contemplating doing either halogen or LED's as replacing my signal and brake lights. Has anyone had electrical issues doing this? Any heads up? I know with my computer/FI bikes there are electrical load issues to deal with. I was just wondering about the Valk.  Thanks  Breeze
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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2011, 10:24:34 AM »

I have all my lights and bulbs except my head light LED and have no issues. Some would see as a problem is my turn signal blinking faster as a problem but I don't. It makes me stand out so people notice me and don't get run over. Other then that I like it.

Dan
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2011, 11:18:12 AM »

All my turns, running lights and brake light are led.  You can install load equalizers which bring the resistance back up to stock at the expense of added heat or you can install a turn signal relay made for leds. If you go the load equalizer road you might as well have not installed the leds in the first place.  Using the led turn signal relay will solve the fast flash and let you lower the load on the electrical system.

Marty
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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2011, 07:25:05 PM »

Thanks for sharing both of the above statements. You never know what will affect these motorcycles. I put LED's on a custom bike I built and got the click of death as it is called. Once I put a few regular lights on it underneath the bike it helped. I had to put the bike in neutral and only turn the key off or it still would feed back to the battery. Adding a resistor was an option but the bulbs I added worked just fine as long as I didn't use the kill switch. Thanks again for the input.
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