Anyone have pics of their valk lit up with LEDs

[NighthawkVTX]

Just wondering the best placement to light up my valk with LED accent lights.
Please post pics and what brand of lights you bought. Plus any suggestions on getting the most bang per buck. Those big flat sixes look a  little tougher to light up than a V twin

Thanks

[Dr K]

On my tour I mounted very small led s in the bottom rear of my  front turn signals. They shined right down on the carbs and valve covers one in each side cover to hit rear shocks and wheels two under the seat through the rear fender to hit rear wheels he bike was orange and black the lights were orange 8 little lights and it looked pretty good

[MarkT]

I guess you may have seen this.  Maybe not.  The trick is to move the LED around, in your hand & watch the reflection, in the dark.  Then figure how to put it there discretely.  Also you need to run multiple circuits so when a wire gets pinched and shorts you lose only a few lights and the short is easier to find.  Deerslayer here has 9 LED circuits individually fused.  You can't see all of them in any one shot - lots on the back, have blinking ones inside the velocity stacks.  Use a lot of shrink tube and gussets to protect against shorts.  Solder everything - no crimp connectors.



Replaced the National bags and didn't add the string lights again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnVHvs_H_IM

[baldo]

I guess you may have seen this.  Maybe not.  The trick is to move the LED around, in your hand & watch the reflection, in the dark.  Then figure how to put it there discretely.  Also you need to run multiple circuits so when a wire gets pinched and shorts you lose only a few lights and the short is easier to find.  Deerslayer here has 9 LED circuits individually fused.  You can't see all of them in any one shot - lots on the back, have blinking ones inside the velocity stacks.  Use a lot of shrink tube and gussets to protect against shorts.  Solder everything - no crimp connectors.



Replaced the National bags and didn't add the string lights again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnVHvs_H_IM

Lol.....that's pretty sharp.

[Gavin_Sons]

I put some joeflorida.com ones on my bike several years ago. Now I think they look gotty. I do like the ones I have underneath as ground effects. I have them on both sides of my hitch, under both saddlebags,  on the cross member for the kick stand, both sides of the frame and one on the bottom of the crash bar under the radiator. Also have some on the back of my forks to light up the radiator, inside my pods, under the tank on the frame to light up the carbs, and on tbe back side of the saddlebags to ligh up the bap between the saddlebags and rear fender. I dont use them much.

[baldo]

I put some joeflorida.com ones on my bike several years ago. Now I think they look gotty. I do like the ones I have underneath as ground effects. I have them on both sides of my hitch, under both saddlebags,  on the cross member for the kick stand, both sides of the frame and one on the bottom of the crash bar under the radiator. Also have some on the back of my forks to light up the radiator, inside my pods, under the tank on the frame to light up the carbs, and on tbe back side of the saddlebags to ligh up the bap between the saddlebags and rear fender. I dont use them much.

Do you feel they make a difference in making you more visible at night? Does it interfere with your night vision?

[Gavin_Sons]

I put some joeflorida.com ones on my bike several years ago. Now I think they look gotty. I do like the ones I have underneath as ground effects. I have them on both sides of my hitch, under both saddlebags,  on the cross member for the kick stand, both sides of the frame and one on the bottom of the crash bar under the radiator. Also have some on the back of my forks to light up the radiator, inside my pods, under the tank on the frame to light up the carbs, and on tbe back side of the saddlebags to ligh up the bap between the saddlebags and rear fender. I dont use them much.

Do you feel they make a difference in making you more visible at night? Does it interfere with your night vision?

Yes, at night I use just the solid white. Mine are RGB and have many functions. The way they are positioned does not interfere with my night vision. Possibly positioned by accident 

[BobB]

Sorry, no pictures.  I had installed an array of green LEDs on the carburetor frame shining on the top of the desmoged engine.  This basically back lite the carburetors and provided a unique effect.  This install although labor intensive, requiring air box removal, was very inexpensive.  The lights were switched on by a hidden micro switch. 

[baldo]

I put some joeflorida.com ones on my bike several years ago. Now I think they look gotty. I do like the ones I have underneath as ground effects. I have them on both sides of my hitch, under both saddlebags,  on the cross member for the kick stand, both sides of the frame and one on the bottom of the crash bar under the radiator. Also have some on the back of my forks to light up the radiator, inside my pods, under the tank on the frame to light up the carbs, and on tbe back side of the saddlebags to ligh up the bap between the saddlebags and rear fender. I dont use them much.

Do you feel they make a difference in making you more visible at night? Does it interfere with your night vision?

Yes, at night I use just the solid white. Mine are RGB and have many functions. The way they are positioned does not interfere with my night vision. Possibly positioned by accident 

The PO had installed red strips on the carb slide covers on mine. I wasn't crazy at the look so I tried to remove them...I ended up cutting the wires because I couldn't remove the strips from the slides. I don't know what they were glued on with, some serious cling.

I might try some whiter lights soon. I like the idea of more visibility....

[John Schmidt]

No pics but I have a number of purple lights on mine operated by both a hidden switch and a remote which will vary the frequency of their flashing. Some years ago on a breakfast ride an old friend, Charlie, asked if I had finished installing the lights so I showed him where the switch was. He turned them on, walked around the bike, ooo'd and aaah'd, then hit the switch to shut them off. As he walked away, I hit the remote and told him he forgot to turn them off. He gave me a funny look, walked back and was about to hit the switch when I hit the remote and turned them off. He stepped back, wiggled the switch a little with no effect on the lights, shrugged and walked away. By this time, I'm standing there with the remote being held openly in my hand, so I made the same comment again...."Charlie, did you turn them off this time?"  I had hit the remote but set it to flash at a different rate. Charlie is getting frustrated by now so I hand him the remote and tell him to try it himself. After he realized he had been pranked, he had a good laugh at his own expense, and I was referred to with some rather flowery language. 

[Gavin_Sons]

I put some joeflorida.com ones on my bike several years ago. Now I think they look gotty. I do like the ones I have underneath as ground effects. I have them on both sides of my hitch, under both saddlebags,  on the cross member for the kick stand, both sides of the frame and one on the bottom of the crash bar under the radiator. Also have some on the back of my forks to light up the radiator, inside my pods, under the tank on the frame to light up the carbs, and on tbe back side of the saddlebags to ligh up the bap between the saddlebags and rear fender. I dont use them much.

Do you feel they make a difference in making you more visible at night? Does it interfere with your night vision?

Yes, at night I use just the solid white. Mine are RGB and have many functions. The way they are positioned does not interfere with my night vision. Possibly positioned by accident 

The PO had installed red strips on the carb slide covers on mine. I wasn't crazy at the look so I tried to remove them...I ended up cutting the wires because I couldn't remove the strips from the slides. I don't know what they were glued on with, some serious cling.

I might try some whiter lights soon. I like the idea of more visibility....

I'm sure mine will be next to impossible to remove. Mine came with 3m body molding adhesive tape.

[MAD6Gun]

 I have multiple blue lights on mine. Under both sides of the tank facing down. Singles under the kuryaykn trans covers. This effect makes it look like the light is going through the covers and coming out of the vents. Also under the air box,behind both saddle bags and under. I also put a single inside the headlight. I wasn't sure if that one would live due to the heat of the h/l bulb but so far it has. Makes the headlight glow when its sitting. Can't see it if the bike is on. I have others all over but can't list them all. The best part is when they are off you can't see the fixtures. They are all pretty much hidden.

[Farside]

  My red LED's do look good positioned on tank inner lip which light up the engine bay refelcting well. Then on the back bag-rails on my Tourer. I don't get pulled over for the red lights and they do not hinder my vision while riding. Lights up the road pretty well too.   I can text them to you if you'd liket to see? PM me. None on my IS though, yet!