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Wow, thats gonna be a sweet ride! I remember being jealous when Sr. brought it home from the Turkey run. I wouldnt know what to do with such a rust free project!!! Looking forward to watching this build!

Originally Posted by stovens

Definately like brighter lights. I have had a few older modes of transportation that have had poor lighting. My 72 Honda 750, lighting issue culminated in a 55mph crash in my youth, lesson learned there. My 89 Harley also has an old style tombstone taillight, with a thick glass lens. It tends to be too dim unless I use a super bright bulb. Tried using leds, because they don't break filaments like the incandescent do with all the vibration on the bike, but they were too dim in comparison for people tailgating me to see the brake light come on. So I guess what I'm saying is modern Halogens are probably safer at night than age appropriate stuff. Just my 2 cents worth!

I think you are right that LED's have a little way to go before they compete with a halogens brightness. I heard the military are starting to use them on their vehicles so perhaps the technology and brighness will trickle down to us someday. Yes, your bike needs the brightest bulbs possible as people just do not look for motorcycles at all.

Originally Posted by J. Robinson

Don Jr. - I second the motion on brighter lights. I had '50 Pontiac blue-dots on the back of my coupe. In bright sunlight they were invisible. I tried spraying the insides with glass frosting to diffuse the light - didn't help. I tried a bunch of different bulbs including LEDs - still didn't help. Finally I bought new '50 Pontiac style lights with 41 LEDs in each one. No more blue-dots, but at least I have brake and turn lights that can be seen.
I have 50 Pontiac tailights in my T Bucket and I decided NOT to do blue dots for the same reason. They are invisible at times of bright light.

Stovens - My '02 Harley Deuce and my wife's '05 Sportster use the rear turn signals as additional brake lights, so when ya step on the brakes they light up. Makes the bikes a lot more visible when stopping.

Seems like a cool idea. I bought a flasher module at last years Turkey Run for the T Bucket that has an adjustable flash of the lights when you hit the brakes. It flashes them about 5 times real quick to get someones attention before coming on solid as normal. I need to get that installed soon.

Originally Posted by T42

Wow, thats gonna be a sweet ride! I remember being jealous when Sr. brought it home from the Turkey run. I wouldnt know what to do with such a rust free project!!! Looking forward to watching this build!

Thank you very much. The only rust is in the trunk pan area and in the rocker boxes so with Dan and Dads help that should be no problem at all.

Originally Posted by Mr Blue

Seems like a cool idea. I bought a flasher module at last years Turkey Run for the T Bucket that has an adjustable flash of the lights when you hit the brakes. It flashes them about 5 times real quick to get someones attention before coming on solid as normal. I need to get that installed soon.

The tail lights I picked up from Technostalgia http://www.cool-leds.com/2009_Product_Catalog.pdf have what they call their RapidFire feature. You can wire them to simply come on when energized, or optionally by switching one wire they give a fast three pulse flash each time you press the brake. Super bright and definitely gets attention with the flash mode selected which is good for those people who are so excited about seeing the car they don't pay attention to traffic...

Roger,
Thanks for the heads up. I will be using their LED tailights for this project. Looks like they throw off a ton of light.
Don Jr.