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Old 11-25-2011, 12:03 PM   #21
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Speed the music up. REALLY mess with people.
Speeding up the Ramones would make it sound like a yelp.
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Old 01-09-2012, 06:17 PM   #22
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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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Old 01-18-2012, 08:41 AM   #23
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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.
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Old 01-18-2012, 07:11 PM   #24
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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.




And how's this for a kick in the teeth, in the dark?

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Old 01-18-2012, 08:49 PM   #25
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Looks good!!!
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Old 01-18-2012, 09:28 PM   #26
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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.
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Old 01-18-2012, 09:58 PM   #27
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I was going to suggest running brake light only anyway.
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Old 01-20-2012, 07:30 AM   #28
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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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Old 03-16-2012, 11:04 AM   #29
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Here's the final result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2mWMTXsv6M
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Old 03-16-2012, 01:18 PM   #30
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Damn skippy, every time you brake, it's going to show up on a NASA satellite.

Nice work.

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