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Thread: new tail/brake light w/ pictures!

  1. #1
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    Lightbulb new tail/brake light w/ pictures!

    so i got a heck of a deal on a LED tail lamp from a yamaha R6 this past week and got to work. made a little bracket to adapt the tail light, ran some wires and turned out pretty trick. its diffrent then any other tail light im gonna see out there and once i get my new white plastics it should set it off real nice.

    heres some shots of it.

    05 Yamaha R6 tail lamp


    here's what the bracket started out as.


    using a brake, drill press, and a rotary gun and the braket is almost finished.


    install the bracket to the tail with some stainless nylock harware.


    install to the stock rubber mounts with more stainles nylock.


    ooooh!! ahhhh!


    running light.


    brake light.


    now for night time... running light


    brake light... i could barely stand behind it it was so bright!


    i still need to wire in the interrupter switch for the brake light on the front master but that'll come in this week. i think its a pretty cool mod. i like how it came out too... almost looks factory.
    02' 400ex

    -440 wiseco kit
    -11:1 compression
    -stage 2 hotcams
    -mild port work w/ matched intake
    -sparks advance key
    -K&N filter kit w/uni outter cover
    -air box lid w/ 1 3/8" hole drilled
    -duncan racing fat boy 4 system exhaust
    -front works tripple remote rezzies by Bob Bell
    -oneal bars
    -rcd oil tank
    -05 R6 LED tail
    -trail tech lights
    -maier race cut white plastics

    HOW TO install an R6 tail light to your 400EX


    HOW TO install a brake light switch

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    Loving it. How much in total have you spent on it? Was it hard hooking up the brake light part?
    '03 400EX
    '98 KX250

    '03 250EX Sold!

    ATV's don't kill people, stupid people kill themselves on ATV's.

  3. #3
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    thus far ive spent $20 on the tail light, and 15 on the front brake switch. the bracket i made myself.

    hook up was easy. just needed a test light to find out what power was from the two original plugs for the tail lamp off the bike. i then cut the stock plug off the R6 tail lamp, stripped the wires and found wich was running light power, wich was gound and wich was brake light power. hooked em up accordingly with a couple of sealed spade connectors and done.

    the switch will be easy. ill connect a hot fused lead from the battery (so theres always power to the brake light whenever the brake is applied) and hook up the power lead from the switch to the power lead from the tail lamp on the brake connector. ill post some more pictures of it once i get the switch to wire in.
    02' 400ex

    -440 wiseco kit
    -11:1 compression
    -stage 2 hotcams
    -mild port work w/ matched intake
    -sparks advance key
    -K&N filter kit w/uni outter cover
    -air box lid w/ 1 3/8" hole drilled
    -duncan racing fat boy 4 system exhaust
    -front works tripple remote rezzies by Bob Bell
    -oneal bars
    -rcd oil tank
    -05 R6 LED tail
    -trail tech lights
    -maier race cut white plastics

    HOW TO install an R6 tail light to your 400EX


    HOW TO install a brake light switch

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    That turned out really nice. Thanks for sharing it with us.
    2000 Honda 426ex - mx equipped
    '86 250r - mx equipped **sold

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    That is by far the coolest mod, great job on installing it looks like a factory job to me very clean.
    ~Dallas~

    03' Roll Design/IMS-Roll/Custom Axis/C&D Racing 416ex

    Special thanks to...
    Colby@C&D Racing
    Hardkor Engineering
    G4 Graphics
    Team2powersports
    RockyMountain ATV
    Chino886
    K&K ATV
    JL ATV
    Magic Racing
    Blais Racing
    Metro Powersports
    IMS/Roll Design
    Motosportoutlet
    Badger Cycle
    And To my wife

    Motor mods- JE 11:1 comp,Stg 2 Hotcam,C&D Race ported head,Stock carb jetted,White Bros pipe. Ran on Turbo Blue 110

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    thanks guys. compliments much appreciated.
    02' 400ex

    -440 wiseco kit
    -11:1 compression
    -stage 2 hotcams
    -mild port work w/ matched intake
    -sparks advance key
    -K&N filter kit w/uni outter cover
    -air box lid w/ 1 3/8" hole drilled
    -duncan racing fat boy 4 system exhaust
    -front works tripple remote rezzies by Bob Bell
    -oneal bars
    -rcd oil tank
    -05 R6 LED tail
    -trail tech lights
    -maier race cut white plastics

    HOW TO install an R6 tail light to your 400EX


    HOW TO install a brake light switch

  7. #7
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    That looks like it comes like that good job..thta like is bright as he11
    05' 450r with secrets

  8. #8
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    that was my biggest issue was making it look stock. i measured how much drop the stock light had and tucked it up 1/2 inch.

    there was no lights on in the patio and it is about 30x20 feet..... it lit up everything and i could see everything in the patio perfect. should be bright enough for out in the middle of no where.

    now, im thinking i may also do another similar mod. heres the idea..

    im going to be getting some new race cut fenders here soon and also run some trailtech lights up front. being i wont have a stock headlight, im only going to use one power plug out of the 3 there (high beam, low beam, and ground) im gonna hook up my trailtechs to my high beams. now, with the low beam plug, im thinking im gonna go to the local bike shop and snag a set of some cat eye turn signals like the stubbie one's you see on the crotch rockets like these

    and place em near the front as "running lights". these will work off the low beam plug. being they will only use 194 type bulbs or LED's (if i can find the right one's), they are pleanty bright yet low enough amp draw that it would be fine while parked at the top of a sand dune to light the front of the bike up some. kinda the same idea behind a lighted whip. when i go to ride, i flick the high beams and my headlights turn on.
    02' 400ex

    -440 wiseco kit
    -11:1 compression
    -stage 2 hotcams
    -mild port work w/ matched intake
    -sparks advance key
    -K&N filter kit w/uni outter cover
    -air box lid w/ 1 3/8" hole drilled
    -duncan racing fat boy 4 system exhaust
    -front works tripple remote rezzies by Bob Bell
    -oneal bars
    -rcd oil tank
    -05 R6 LED tail
    -trail tech lights
    -maier race cut white plastics

    HOW TO install an R6 tail light to your 400EX


    HOW TO install a brake light switch

  9. #9
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    Location
    Ontario, Canada
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    look's awesome man, how much did the light cost you? did you get it off eBay or right from a yamaha dealer?
    2004 400EX

  10. #10
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    actually bought it from cragslist.com. i was looking around on ebay though to see what looked good. bought it for $20.
    02' 400ex

    -440 wiseco kit
    -11:1 compression
    -stage 2 hotcams
    -mild port work w/ matched intake
    -sparks advance key
    -K&N filter kit w/uni outter cover
    -air box lid w/ 1 3/8" hole drilled
    -duncan racing fat boy 4 system exhaust
    -front works tripple remote rezzies by Bob Bell
    -oneal bars
    -rcd oil tank
    -05 R6 LED tail
    -trail tech lights
    -maier race cut white plastics

    HOW TO install an R6 tail light to your 400EX


    HOW TO install a brake light switch

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