Triumph Trophy More Lights

Several years back I had some nice amber fog lights. They provided some nice infill but weren't very bright. I've been making some fork mounted light brackets and decided I'd use a pair for myself. I found some nice amber LED driving lights on Amazon for $26.00 with free prime shipping. They came in short order.

Now I had the problem of switching these lights. Mounting a switch is a real pain. I used to have an AutoSwitch but it seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle.

With a bit of searching I found this cute little thing. A PWM dimmer with a remote control. At the $2.00 price (free shipping) I figured it was worth the gamble.

The actual unit is very small so I just wired it into the harness going to the lights. Some connectors to allow light removal and several hours of wiring later I was in business.

 The remote provides 3 levels of dimming: 100%, 50%, and 25%. The item description had no indication of what the "modes" were so I was anxious to get them working to see what would happen. Well there are 3 speeds of standard flashing, plus some pulsating flasher modes. Looks like these modes have the potential to get you pulled over so I'll likely not use them.

I plan on just sticking the remote in a handy location with some velcro.

The final element was some type of pilot light. Nice to know if these are on or off in the daytime. I happened to have a bunch of 12V LED pilot lights and was able to tap one in and put it on my dash shelf.

With the lights, dimmer, and wiring I have these lights for less than $35 all in.

I'm off for a long trip soon so I'll try to update with a ride report.

Vacation Time

Hello to all my clients and potential clients.  

It's been a busy year and I appreciate the tremendous support I've received. I've finally caught up on my external obligations and now need to turn to some internal obligations. The list has grown long: familial, household maintenance, travel, and my motorcycle says I haven't had it on a trip since October.

As such, we will be shutting operations down until August 1st, 2017 to catch up. Some web pages at www.maplefarkles.com may be down for maintenance.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Mike

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Just got my March WSJ Women's Style Magazine wrapped inside the newspaper. Normally this hits the trash pretty quickly but the cover caught my eye. I guess this is fashionable but I'm curious about how good it would look with some road rash.

Naturally I had to flip through the rag to see what other images were there. Only one bike related.