I was very interested in the post (elsewhere on the forum) about indicator mods. I understand that there is a mod for adding baking foil to the back on the internal housing to redirect 'lost' indicator light out through the front lense (on my ToDo list) (if you could post me to the mod link it would be much appreciated) and I considered the other suggestion of low profile replacements (maybe later).
But I wanted to have a go at something a little different. Many of you will know that you can get LED replacements for most lights on your bike and I had done this with my previous bike with good results. I also had an idea about cutting a slide slit window on the outer edge of the indicator and fitting a clear window in order to add a little side presence to the indicator (much like car have on the near-side and offside wings).
I started by ordering a couple of these from eBay;
They arrived in due course and are impressive looking beasts. I fitted them and realised that they flash at a faster rate than those of the original. Quite a bit more (imagine a car with a failed indicator and the others flashing faster as a result). I thought about this and wondered if it was just down to having so much additional current available (these draw far less than the original bulbs).
I was also not convinced that they were that much brighter than the originals.
Today I was looking at an alternative when I came across the statement "
note: You may need LED Load Resistors when changing from Standard to LED Indicators"
Ka-Ching! The light clicked on.
So I don't know anything about this stuff. The "LED Load Resisters" apparently look like this;
I am therefore looking for a little guidance from the more 'sparky' inclined members. I assume that I place one of these in-line between the new indicator circuitry and the indicator feed, thus reducing the flash rate?
Des
