I got my reflectors changed

[Hummingbird]

to LED's. I bought 1 1/4" X 3 1/2" LED's from J & P Cycle, REAL nice people, the entire experience with them was first class.

 

The rear LED's fit perfectly inside the existing reflectors. Just popped the reflectors out, drilled another hole to accept the wires and ran them thru the crash bar.

 

On the front I replaced the reflectors totally with the new LED's. I had to make a backing plate out of aluminum with a stainless flat head screw thru the lower portion. Not wanting to make the wires bulky I merely taped them with black electrical tape and ran them with the brake line. I didn't attach them to the line but I think I can find some stand offs to keep them in place if they start moving.

 

The LED's are 1 1/4" wide and the smallest aluminum flat I could find was 1 1/2" so I cut them down with my band saw, knocked the corners off and went to work with 180 girt paper. With some patience and a lot of rubbing I managed to come up with 4 smooth edges on each one and nice radius on the corners.

To set the stainless ( 12/32 X 3/4" ) screw in the plate I drilled, put a champfer in it and locked it in place with it's nut then used a nail set to 'marry' the aluminum to the screw head. Then just for insurance I put a drop of crazy glue on the head and the underside.

I neglected to take a picture of the front mounting plate but it's pretty simple once it's shaped to the LED.

 

Thanks to all that have already done this conversion, it ended up a fairly easy chore.

 

So - thanks for posting your methods and results

[mike_kelly_68]

I have been wanting to do the same. Where did you get your LEDS??????

[Hummingbird]

I got them at J & P Cycles - here's a link to them

 

Good luck

 

Almost forgot - there are 15 LED's in each one.

 

 

http://www.jpcycles.com/Search/ProductDetail?sku=3300773&Ntt=3300773&Ntk=product_number&Ne=0&N=0&Ntt=3300773&Ntk=sku_search&results=10

 

http://www.jpcycles.com/Search/ProductDetail?sku=3300774&Ntt=3300774&Ntk=product_number&Ne=0&N=0&Ntt=3300774&Ntk=sku_search&results=10

[Snaggletooth]

Did pretty much the same thing on my '84. Really makes the bike stand out even on cloudy days. Get a lot of comments on them.

 

You did a nice job. Looks good.

[Hulk]

:clap2:Bloody brilliant job!

[fishinjer]

Look's great i want to do that to mine:thumbsup:

[N3FOL]

Adventure_1943, are the markers bright enough even during the day?

 

Oh yes, congrats on the nice neat job.

[CMIKE]

Man they look great. You did a great job

 

I did this same mod to my bike a while back...this really adds the final touches to the bike.

[Hummingbird]

Adventure_1943, are the markers bright enough even during the day?

 

Oh yes, congrats on the nice neat job.

 

There are 15 LED's in each marker and YES they are bright enough to show during daylight hours. But wait til you see them at night - wow !!