Boot light is SO bright'n'white eh??

Ooohhh...I see you have a proper mountain bike too...I have a Klein Attitude Race, which can often be seen hanging from the back of "Vicky" (The FL2!, Reg ends in VKE = Vicky)

& you beaat me to the LED Side repeaters...Still havnt got round to ordering them myself..... '57 FL2 GS
Sumatra Blk, Tints, Winterpack, Dodgylooking TowBar, roof rails, Front & Rear LED Indicators, Clear Side repeaters(Led), LED Rear Position/Brake lights, Additional Power-point in the boot & Brighter luggage Illumination fitted

Boot light is much brighter - just hope it doesnt melt the plastic!

Klien Attitude? Classic bike respect.  '57 GS TD4 in Stornoway. Privacy, Leather, Tred Cills. From ebay etc.. 18" 12 spoke HSE alloys, rear spoiler, clear side repeaters with clear leds, led interior light to replace bulbs, sports exhaust trim, TomTom 720.
Favourite Off road vehicle, still my Santa Cruz Mountain Bike! http://www.team-banana-racing.com

scotster wrote:

Boot light is much brighter - just hope it doesnt melt the plastic!

Klien Attitude? Classic bike respect.

The LED will stay MUCH cooler than the bulb you removed...  '57 FL2 GS
Sumatra Blk, Tints, Winterpack, Dodgylooking TowBar, roof rails, Front & Rear LED Indicators, Clear Side repeaters(Led), LED Rear Position/Brake lights, Additional Power-point in the boot & Brighter luggage Illumination fitted

I notice that quite a few of us are changing there indicator bulbs for leds to get rid of the 'fried egg'look,has anbody changed there side lights for leds?This is my 1st posting so please be gentle if i am running over old ground,i've been through most of the posting regarding lights/leds.As my main lights have bi xeon blue glow and the side lights are the muddy yellow.

Thanks for any information
Cliff

Cliff wrote:

I notice that quite a few of us are changing there indicator bulbs for leds to get rid of the 'fried egg'look,has anbody changed there side lights for leds?This is my 1st posting so please be gentle if i am running over old ground,i've been through most of the posting regarding lights/leds.As my main lights have bi xeon blue glow and the side lights are the muddy yellow.

Thanks for any information
Cliff

Hi MBurton2,

Thanks for the info on the leds i shall just have to make do with the indicator leds for the moment!.

Cheers
Cliff

Finally got round to replaceing the orange bulbs in my clear side repeaters to Clear LEDs, Pic addedd to Gallary '57 FL2 GS
Sumatra Blk, Tints, Winterpack, Dodgylooking TowBar, roof rails, Front & Rear LED Indicators, Clear Side repeaters(Led), LED Rear Position/Brake lights, Additional Power-point in the boot & Brighter luggage Illumination fitted

hi mburton2 , you know the orange bulbs you replaced in your front and rear indicators are they the same bulbs which you put in the side repeaters ,i was just looking at your pics and i like the look of yours without the orange bulbs, many thanks ,shar

shar wrote:

hi mburton2 , you know the orange bulbs you replaced in your front and rear indicators are they the same bulbs which you put in the side repeaters ,i was just looking at your pics and i like the look of yours without the orange bulbs, many thanks ,shar

mburton2/scotster

How do you get the boot light out to replace the bulb with the LEDs?
The present bulb is quite dim and I prefer having the bright LEDs.
Cheers

I must confess, I just prised it out with the tip of my pen-knife... just get under the edge of one end & itucame out easy...but I couldn't quite do it with my fingernail... '57 FL2 GS
Sumatra Blk, Tints, Winterpack, Dodgylooking TowBar, roof rails, Front & Rear LED Indicators, Clear Side repeaters(Led), LED Rear Position/Brake lights, Additional Power-point in the boot & Brighter luggage Illumination fitted

Thanks again mburton2
You are our LED guru!

Once you have the main light unit out....you then need to "split" it into the two halfs....just squeeze gently with your finger-tips on the two arms and the two clear plastic bits will part, making it MUCH easier to actually put the new bulb in (That comment will make sence when you try!)

Again, make sure all is working before putting back together.....if it doesnt, flip the LED end-to-end, and then it shoudl work....As you know, LEDS will only work "one-way"...unlike a standard fillament bulb.  '57 FL2 GS
Sumatra Blk, Tints, Winterpack, Dodgylooking TowBar, roof rails, Front & Rear LED Indicators, Clear Side repeaters(Led), LED Rear Position/Brake lights, Additional Power-point in the boot & Brighter luggage Illumination fitted

So I gave in and bought the clear ones today on ebay £27 inc p&p roll on 1st Mar

now look what has happened
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Seitenblinker-Blinke...dZViewItem

but they do need bulbs so the final price will be a bit more than that