Tri Glide LED Tail Lights
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Yea, I saw them, why I was asking if anyone else has seen them. You don't think they are too much tis?
Rob
Rob
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man there is a time when you have to say enough with the Bling Bling...
I HAD THE DEALER REPLACE MY TAIL LIGHTS ON MY TRI-GLIDE TO "bad ass tail lights".
You can see them from a mile away in bright sunlight. You use a magnet to pass under the tail lights to change the frequency of flashinh when you apply the brakes.
Jerry Hobbit
Nam Vet & retired P.O. (30 years with Miami-Dade Police)
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You can see them from a mile away in bright sunlight. You use a magnet to pass under the tail lights to change the frequency of flashinh when you apply the brakes.
Jerry Hobbit
Nam Vet & retired P.O. (30 years with Miami-Dade Police)
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Thank you for your service to our country Jerry Hobbit! Personally I think the BA lights are probably better than the HD lights that I ordered, by the way they came in yesterday and Ron is out there installing now. The BA lights also have a warrenty which is good. I would have purchased the BA lights if they were available with the Bar & Shield logo on them. I am splashing the Bar and Shield logo around on my trike for obvious reasons in random areas. These new HD trike tail lights might prove to be somewhat better than the single LED lights. They come with an improved wire system designed for trikes. Will get pictures of the before and after and the progress along the way.
I'm eager to hear and see your results, TNT. I have my TriGlide LED tail lights on order.
Installed the new LED Light's this morning. Install was simple, took about 30 min. Here's a video of the before and after result's. We are doing these mods to the rear because my wife rides solo and didn't want the tour-pak on. You lose a lot of lighting with it removed. We are waiting for her led light bar's from Kuryakyn.
Ron
New LED Tail Lights on 2012 HD Tri Glide - YouTube
Cool!!! They look just like mine!!! People will see what you are doing now fer sure.
Ron,
Those lights look fantastic and I cannot wait to get mine.
In your video, you had a note saying the stock light was incompatible with the converter.
Can you expand on that a little bit? Do the LED lights come with some sort of converter module that either replaces an existing one or is put in-line in the lighting harness somewhere? Or are all of the electronics built in to the LED light assemblies?
Those lights look fantastic and I cannot wait to get mine.
In your video, you had a note saying the stock light was incompatible with the converter.
Can you expand on that a little bit? Do the LED lights come with some sort of converter module that either replaces an existing one or is put in-line in the lighting harness somewhere? Or are all of the electronics built in to the LED light assemblies?
They come with a converter specifically for the TG LED's. Picture attached. Sorry for the delay, but I thought I sent this earlier, but must have sent it to the wrong thread or something.
The converter that comes with the new light's is about three times the size as the stock one. I installed the new converter under the seat first, then installed the right LED light. I took the video to try and show the difference in the two. That's when I realized the stock light wasn't compatible with the new converter.
Ron
You were right about the blue wire Trent. I don't understand why HD didn't have the wire pushed in the Deutsch connector if these are specific to Triglides????
I got everything through Kuryakyn for my 2012 tri glide front. turn signals and rear lights, had to get a relay also. took about 20minutes to install . call Kuryakyn they have the whole kit.
Hey 10...Yeah..I think you prob got the same light as me, just with the different harness and converter,,, that's what my dealer sez anyway. I am assuming the light has the blue wire unplugged for some other bike model that it possibly could go on. I reckon if it was specifically for the TG, it would already be plugged in huh?!!
I dunno..I replaced all my tourpac lites with the HD LED package that was 489.00...did not have a conversion kit...
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They should I have the Bad ass tail lites with the tour pack turn signal lights and they all work fine once I intsallled the load equalizer for the tail lites
Read some ealier posts on here...Mine were the same way...you gotta plug that blue wire in on the INSIDE of the new light before you install it. Dunno why they did that.
I had the HD LED tour-pack lights put on when I converted from bike to trike.Very happy with them and the wrap around turn signal in traffic.Also had a lighted license plate frame from Signal Dynamics Corp dual intensity for running and brake lights very happy I did.
Had the new 67800133 led lights installed. The problem is the HD Tech did not not use the big black unit that came with it. He said when he pluged it into the wire harness nothing worked. He also said it's not needed. What is the black unit, and what does it do? Thanks...
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wonder which side of the converter he hooked it up to could make a difference..
do your turn signals work ok??
That black box maybe a load equalizer?
That black box is a load equalizer for use with the LED tail lamps. Sounds to me like the tech doesn't know what he's doing.
All the lights flash at the same rate and look good. And yes, the black unit is a load equalizer. I did pull the seat to look for myself, and threr's only one cable to plug the equalizer into. So hopefully the tech coulden't screw it up. I wonder if it can cause any damage? Any thoughts???
I have all the HD LED lights that HD makes, with smoked lenses, all the way around my TG. Including the tourpac rack light and a 40 light front fendertip light. The only lights not LED are the front turn signals. About $2,200 worth. Never had a single problem with any of them not working correctly and have no extra equalizers or harnesses or black boxes or anything added. Dealer installed most of 'em and I did a coupla of them myself. Zero problems.
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Housefire, if your turn signal lights do not flash to fast then don't worry about it. That's all the load equalizer does is put enough load in the circuit to have the flasher modual see the correct resistance. If you ever change the front lights to LED then you MIGHT need it. I have had LEDS in the back (BRIGHTASSLIGHTS) for 3 years and have not needed the equalizer.
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I have heard that some bikes it works fine as for others a load equalizer is needed.
You will know when you need one. the turn signals start normal then all of a sudden they go into super sonic speed mode..I even think it messes up the security system in some way..
You will know when you need one. the turn signals start normal then all of a sudden they go into super sonic speed mode..I even think it messes up the security system in some way..
If you follow the wiring harness with the plug on it to the back you will find it connects to a box which has an identical plug coming out the other side, this other plug is normally hidden pretty well but its there and can be found if you follow the wires. I'd lay $100 your mechanic left his seeing eye dog home the day he worked on your trike. The box is a converter to split the normal single tail light signal of a 2 wheel bike too 2 tail lights with stop and turn function for the Triglide, the plug on each end is identical.
UPDATE: Met with the service Mgr. and he called an other dealer that works on alot of TG's. They said the same thing you guys indecated. Some might need the LE and some may not. If your turn signal and emergency lights flash at the correct speed, your good to go. And yes, I do have the LED head and Aux lights. I also had them install a Kuryakyn brake light and Tour Pak brake flasher. Works great... Thanks to everyone for the feedback.
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