As always Shewie hits the nail on the head and keeps the rest of us in line.

Originally Posted by shewie

Easy big guy, their LED's not ruby lasers...

Might be a bit of fun if they were.......

Originally Posted by shewie

Easy big guy, their LED's not ruby lasers...

hey kitchen-master do you remember our discussion about cree leds?
so what do you say what sort of leds would be a good add on for the fender for having a good light at night in the corners?

i´ve managed to punch out small diameters exactly in the carbon fabric.
in the right position it might give a good light in corners or while camping.

first layer punched, put it into the mould, fixing the leds in place with a divice, resin in, vacuum - first layer with light finished.

followed by wiring, soldering and additional layers, and the rest of lamination...

in short: what sort of led?!?!

Originally Posted by heisti

so what do you say what sort of leds would be a good add on for the fender for having a good light at night in the corners?

i´ve managed to punch out small diameters exactly in the carbon fabric.
in the right position it might give a good light in corners or while camping.

first layer punched, put it into the mould, fixing the leds in place with a divice, resin in, vacuum - first layer with light finished.

followed by wiring, soldering and additional layers, and the rest of lamination...

in short: what sort of led?!?!

That's an interesting idea, heisti. While I love my HID for straight line riding at night, the corners are a different story and I have wondered what the solution would be. The problem with mounting LED's to cast usable light while cornering is that they would be aiming quite high while riding straight. Perhaps they could be tied in to a bank sensor so they would only illuminate when the bike leaned a few degrees either way. The cree units would be a possibility there.

Originally Posted by shewie

Perhaps they could be tied in to a bank sensor so they would only illuminate when the bike leaned a few degrees either way. The cree units would be a possibility there.

Yamaha have just patented this with their new headlight design - it uses a GPS system so it knows what corner is comming up to aim the light around the corner.

Originally Posted by shewie

...Perhaps they could be tied in to a bank sensor so they would only illuminate when the bike leaned a few degrees either way...

does not work with bikes caused by the leaning angle, wouls work with cars and trikes. or am i wrong here?

Originally Posted by CBRDEAN0

Yamaha have just patented this with their new headlight design - it uses a GPS system so it knows what corner is comming up to aim the light around the corner.

exactly what i thought about how the bike can know where it is.

Originally Posted by CBRDEAN0

Yamaha have just patented this with their new headlight design - it uses a GPS system so it knows what corner is comming up to aim the light around the corner.

So it's not just a crackpot idea. Didn't Tucker do this too?

tucker the man and his dream?

afaik tucker was the first one with asyncronic lights. (my knowledge base is the film - nothing more.)

That's the one. The Torpedo had a centre headlamp that steered with the front wheels.

oh, i didn´t know that it was moving.

Yeap seen that movie too in my youth!
Good movie for a teenager btw!

Originally Posted by heisti

exactly what i thought about how the bike can know where it is.

Except that commercial GPS is not that accurate!

It's out by somewhere between +/- 10 to 20 metres.

Tilt sensor would be a better idea I think.......

tilt sensors don´t work... ir-led for measurement to the ground each side will be the solution. and it has to be affordable.

update:
if anyone knows a better led, please tell me.
i´ve found this Seoul Semiconductor, Inc after 2 weeks of forum work (man that´s boring to deal with electronic nerds who aren´t into bikes...)

it has 700lm (900lm max) and is affordable. the price is around €10,- to €15,- if you buy it on ebay or a store. i have still no price from seoul inc. for a strip of 100/500/1000pcs.
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