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The components
Left 1 x 430 ohm resistor, Right 2 x 1N914 100v 75mA Signal Diode, Bottom Left 1 X 10mm white led, Bottom right 1 x 10mm capless led holder
Note the long leg on the led, that's the positive (anode)
The resistor soldered to the anode, note how closely fitted to the led, not much room in the capless holders.
Fitted inside the holder, i've doubled the resistor leg, to identify the positive (anode) which will connect to the diodes.
The diodes soldered to some makeshift wires, imagine they are the blinker wires from the harness/loom side (light/Green dark/Green some US models, dark/Green Brown other models)
Will need to cut the wires on the rubber push in blinker warning lamp holder (light/Green dark/Green some US models, dark/Green Brown other models) diodes will solder to the 2 blinker wires harness/loom side, difficult to see here but there's a thick black band at one end of the diodes, bottom end in photo (your diodes could differ, so check with a ohm meter, or multi meter in the diode position) they should face the wires on the rubber holder and be soldered to either wire, make sure the positive (anode) goes in that side of the holder. The remaining warning lamp wire, will need connecting to a suitable ground. (will add photo's when i get round to doing the mod) was difficult to explain without, does it make sense?
All wired up. I've used White/Orange for ground, Blue/White to 1 diode, White/Blue to the other. Simply cause it was lying around :)
White/Blue connected to battery positive, led illuminated
Blue/White connected to battery positive, led illuminated
After pi**ing around putting the led together, i remembered i had 4 pre-made ones :duh: got them off eBay for around £2, was going to use them for my dash lights, but opted for Red led's (bikes Red)
pulled 1 open to identify the anode, the resistor (left leg) is the anode, diode (right leg) is the cathode, diodes there to protect against reverse polarity (led could blow)
So all you need is 4 leds around £2 $3, may as well change the oil, high beam, and neutral warning light's, 2 diodes a pack of 25 is around £0.75 $1, some heat shrink, or electrical tape,
Those led's come in all colour's and are a direct replacement for your dash (speedo, tach, and temp) gota make sure anode (positive) connects to the positive wire (think it was Blue) mine where 3 x 10mm leds 1 x 5mm led, if the dash is dim, you need to open the dash, there's covers over the stock bulbs that need removing, i fitted an extra 10mm led under the 30 MPH position, fixed it with double sided foam tape to the speedo body (mine was dim in the low MPH area).
LED's don't get hot use less power, have a long life span, and do not have filaments which when hot can burn out and suffer from vibration stress. coloured ones look pretty in the dash :) But stick to white for the warning lamps.
Does that all make sense? :)
Mawler (English Chapter of FZROnline.com)