new tail/brake light w/ pictures!

[TWISTED DINLI]

looks good.

[rdsiler]

Thanks EX LONERIDER!

Thanks to you I had to get on ebay and win a R6 brake light! I had to go to the local HONDA shop and buy the two brake light switches you spoke of!

Seriously, that is way cool!!!!!

Now I am waiting for all the parts to arrive so I can get started. I can hardly wait. Is there any other tips you can share with me that I might need to know before I start?

Since I am new here I should say I have a 2002 TRX400EX with a few add on improvements.

[EX LONERIDER]

your welcome buddy. best tip i can give you is dont rush through it. measure it 20 times if you have to in order to cut and drill in the right spots. once you are done it almost looks factory and 2 times cheaper than the 450R upgrade.

the front brake switch should just bolt right on and you can run the wires fairly clean along side the wiring harness of the bike.

if you need any more help just reply to this thread and ill help you with anything you might run across.

[ti2ibal1]

The light looks awesome!

Is your next mod going to be installing a chain?

[EX LONERIDER]

nah...... chains add weight and slow you down

[rdsiler]

Hey EX LONERIDER

Just got my brake light installed. It took some time, just because I'm like you and wanted everything to look factory. It looks really great! I cut the top tab off of my R6 light just to clean it up. I hooked up both the front and rear brake light switches. Thanks for sharing your mods with us. Here is some pics of my 2002 400EX and the new light...

[EX LONERIDER]

yo, looks awesome man!! nice job

your welcome. anytime.

[ae13291]

i wanted to ask, so how was the wiring done? did u use the existing 2 wires from the quad? how many wires are coming out of the brake light and did u have a pigtail connected to the light or did u direct soldier them?

[ae13291]

btw will you sell your stock rear tail light? thanks

[EX LONERIDER]

Originally posted by ae13291
i wanted to ask, so how was the wiring done? did u use the existing 2 wires from the quad? how many wires are coming out of the brake light and did u have a pigtail connected to the light or did u direct soldier them?

for wiring i used 16ga. i connected one wire from the battery, directly up to the switch on the front brake. from there, i ran 1 wire from the switch all the way back out to the til light to power the brake light. there are 3 wires that come from the tail light itself.

1) tail light
2) brake light
3) ground

2 of those wire connect to the original wiring harness of the bike where your stock tail connected to. ((this will power the tail light just like it did for the stock one))

the extra one is the one you have to run for the brake light to light up. ((extra power source))