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It's strange that they don't make a brake light kit for the Givi E340 bag, since it has all of the necessary cut-outs on the bottom plate. I'm going to try hacking something together with the light set for the E370 and a strip of automotive LEDs, that I'm getting for $10.00. There's a perfect place to set up the light, in the grab handle. I'll just have to set up a reflector for them.
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Almost done wiring up the top box. I ended up using one entire strip of automotive LEDs, under the reflector on the top box, and they're damned near blinding. They're embedded in flexible rubber so I was able to run them right across the back, then bend them into the grab handle area. They're also 3M tape backed, which made it that much easier.
I tested them by hooking them up to a 12V security system battery, that I had laying around. Being in the top box will put them just about at the eye level, of the average vacant driver, so that's perfect. |
There we go. Wiring is all done on the box. The bike side of things shouldn't take me more than maybe 15-20 minutes, once it warms up.
http://www.morallyambiguous.net/mult...E340_light.JPG And how's this for a kick in the teeth, in the dark? http://www.morallyambiguous.net/mult.../E340_dark.JPG |
Looks good!!!
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I'm really happy with the way that it turned out. From the outside the case looks completely stock, because I used the actual Givi wiring. Having the cut-outs for it made it easy but still has me wondering why they were there, since they never intended for it to have a light.
The inside turned out pretty clean too, with all of the wiring hidden under black 3M cloth tape and wiring sheathing, that I cannibalized from an ethernet cable. The LEDs in the box will only come on under braking but that's OK, because it'll make them stand out all the more. |
I was going to suggest running brake light only anyway.
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Once I get the wiring done on the bike side of things, I'll make another video to show the overall results.
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Damn skippy, every time you brake, it's going to show up on a NASA satellite.
Nice work. JC |
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