EDIT: here is someone else's similar Adding a light strip to a newer Vespa top case

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Sadly the photo and video don't show the real brightness of the LED strip. I could take a photo in the dark but that's cheating.
EDIT: here is someone else's similar Adding a light strip to a newer Vespa top case ![]() Last edited by SteelBytes on Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:03:34 +0000; edited 6 times
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Nice size and placement. I preferred the boxes with the lenses, even if they were fake, because it was a no-brainer as far as adding lights. But your application looks does look sharp.
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Some construction pics
![]() Making a bracket by bending some scrap metal ![]() Brackets painted and covered in black cloth tape and screwed to the seat pad ![]() Cable routing with connector so I can remove the box ![]() Hacking into the wiring Last edited by SteelBytes on Sun, 01 Jan 2023 05:16:39 +0000; edited 3 times
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This is the light I used. I chose to only wire the brake and not the tail or turn.
AU $4.61 45%OFF | Flexible 48LED Motorcycle Light Bar Strip Tail Turn Signal Tail Rear Brake Stop Bulb Lamp Brake Light SMD Motorcycle Light Strip https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrVgygm ![]() |
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I would have thought that from a car driver's seated position the brake light strip would be partially obscured by the 'hump' of the top box lid?
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Touring300 wrote: I would have thought that from a car driver's seated position the brake light strip would be partially obscured by the 'hump' of the top box lid? Putting it above / below the licence plate like I see many others do seems pointless to me. I did consider some sort of bracket to mount it at bottom of the box right at the rear but couldn't come up with a design I liked. Since it's a secondary I'll be content without 100% visibility. Edit: also remember the box is curved and the light is near enough to the peak of the curve ... Maybe more visible than you suspect? |
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Good project since many car drivers now watching their phones instead what is front of them. Any additional brake light rise (y)our safety.
Helmet brake light would be good add-on too. Now just searched Alibaba and they already made this under name "Motorcycle Helmet Turn Signal Light Helmet Brake Light for Night Riding Safety" |
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SteelBytes wrote: Sadly the photo and video don't show the real brightness of the LED strip. I could take a photo in the dark but that's cheating. EDIT: here is someone else's similar Adding a light strip to a newer Vespa top case Bought the same LED module and wired it in as a stop/tail. Glued to my Givi base plate, so it remains on the bike if riding without the top box. 👍 PS the LED module slides inside of its housing, so had to centralise it after taking that pic. Now I have to do the ET2. ![]() |
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