Going to install Vololights

[PortlandZinMan]

Does anyone know offhand what color wires going into the tail/license plate lights that are a switched positive/negative? (not the brake light)

I am no electrician so I need wire colors (grin!)

Brakeless Deceleration Indicator - Vololights: Enhanced Motorcycle Visibility

Thanks!

 

[dduelin]

Pink/Blue is running light/taillight. Green is ground, green/yellow is brake light.

 

[PortlandZinMan]

Pink/Blue is running light/taillight. Green is ground, green/yellow is brake light.

Dave,

Thanks, mate!

Don

 

[bigmark]

Does anyone know offhand what color wires going into the tail/license plate lights that are a switched positive/negative? (not the brake light)

I am no electrician so I need wire colors (grin!)

Brakeless Deceleration Indicator - Vololights: Enhanced Motorcycle Visibility

Thanks!

Have you seen this warning light in action? Looks very interesting to me!

 

[PortlandZinMan]

Have you seen this warning light in action? Looks very interesting to me!

Only in YouTube videos - I'll be installing it this weekend and will post a report once I have them on.

 

[PortlandZinMan]

Installation and Testing

How hard can it be - a positive and negative wire and a license plate frame. Well... We start with stripping one of the hex head bolts that hold the taillight assembly to the bike. Then finding that getting a drill in there to drill it out was a huge challenge - then the easy out snapped and after all that, I finally got it hooked up and mounted (3 hours).

THEN... I could not get the accelerometer to calibrate. I seemed like such an easy procedure - I spent hours on the internet trying to find the answer. Nothing - I was doing everything correctly or so it seemed. The I am staring at the thing and notice that the license plate light on the new Vololight frame was on the bottom pointing up. I had put the license plate upside down and thus the poor electronics were totally 180 out and thus my calibration problem. We won't mention the fact that fixing that mess also required that I re-do everything including the wiring over again. Finally, after a few more hours of funage, it was done. Now it calibrated fine and when the wife followed me around the neighborhood, she said it worked well.

(If you buy one - a easy way to test it is to raise your hand every time you decelerate and have the wife confirm that the plate lit up)

I have a few group rides coming up and I'll do more reviews after I get feedback. The light is bright!! and I don't think it looks bad on the bike...