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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Motorcycle LED Tail/Turn/Plate ALL-IN-ONE Light 09/02/12 at 21:33:15 Hi I have just brought a all in one rear LED tail, break and turn signal. It has a Red,Black,Orange,White,Blue and Yellow wires and no wiring guide. Can anyone please enlighten me as to which wire goes where. Cheers Paul
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wambr Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 610 Russia, Samara Gender:	Re: Motorcycle LED Tail/Turn/Plate ALL-IN-ONE Ligh Reply #1 - 09/02/12 at 22:07:20 hi! I can't say exactly what wire do I need... but judging by your pictures black wire-negative pole, red-positive brake signal, orange-positive from the right rear turn signal light, yellow-from the left, and the white wire-rear tail signal... something like this...
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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Re: Motorcycle LED Tail/Turn/Plate ALL-IN-ONE Ligh Reply #2 - 09/02/12 at 22:52:31 Thank you sooo much. That helps heaps.
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Reply #3 - 09/03/12 at 04:08:02

I'd go with the suggestion on the thread from the Cafe... Wire black to ground, then grab a positive wire and hit each of the others to see what lights up and mark is accordingly.

Looking forward to seeing it installed on the bike. I considered one of these on mine before bobbing it, but went with a turn signal conversion kit that made them running/turn/brake lights.

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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Motorcycle LED Tail/Turn/Plate ALL-IN-ONE Ligh Reply #4 - 09/03/12 at 06:31:06 This is about the same as the unit supplied in the RYCA kit. If you want to see for yourself which wire is which, get a common 9v battery, hold the black wire on the negative terminal, and touch the other wires, one by one, on the positive terminal.
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Reply #6 - 09/02/12 at 21:40:19

Hello I have asked this question in Rubber side too. Hi I have just brought a all in one rear LED tail, break and turn signal. It has a Red,Black,Orange,White,Blue and Yellow wires and no wiring guide. Can anyone please enlighten me as to which wire goes where.
I have made a nice little bracket to mount this at the end of the mud guard. Will post pics once I get the wiring sorted.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Motorcycle LED Tail/Turn/Plate ALL-IN-ONE Ligh Reply #8 - 09/03/12 at 02:48:16 mpescatori wrote on 09/03/12 at 02:16:19: Chances are the black is the ground wire... Take it from there, obtain a +12V DC source and connect the black to ground, then by trial and error see what the other ones do. & the trumpets blare...
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Reply #9 - 09/03/12 at 05:38:43

The LED lamps usually don't need a lot of current. You can probably just use any convenient 9 volt battery instead of looking for 12 volts. As mpescatori said, odds are the black wire is negative.

The all-in-one idea sounds great, but remember the purpose of turn signals. They are supposed to alert other drivers of your intentions. If the turn signal is too close to the other lights - running light and especially the brighter brake light - it doesn't stand out and thus doesn't serve its purpose very well. That's why DOT regulations specify how wide the turn signals are supposed to be.

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Reply #10 - 09/03/12 at 07:59:04

Charon wrote on 09/03/12 at 05:38:43:

The LED lamps usually don't need a lot of current. You can probably just use any convenient 9 volt battery instead of looking for 12 volts. As mpescatori said, odds are the black wire is negative.

The all-in-one idea sounds great, but remember the purpose of turn signals. They are supposed to alert other drivers of your intentions. If the turn signal is too close to the other lights - running light and especially the brighter brake light - it doesn't stand out and thus doesn't serve its purpose very well. That's why DOT regulations specify how wide the turn signals are supposed to be.

That is why I am using bar-end signals on my RYCA.

One way to find out which wire is which is to hold the black wire on the negative contact of a common 9v battery, and touch the other wires, one by one, on the positive contact.

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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Motorcycle LED Tail/Turn/Plate ALL-IN-ONE Ligh Reply #11 - 09/03/12 at 08:02:44 If the taillight is made from LEDs, chances are those LEDs will only trigger (=light up) when fed +12V. In other words, +9V may not be enough. As in... you may jump all you want, but if you can't get the ball through the hoop, you ain't playing basketball
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Reply #13 - 09/03/12 at 09:37:22

mpescatori wrote on 09/03/12 at 08:02:44:

If the taillight is made from LEDs, chances are those LEDs will only trigger (=light up) when fed +12V.

In other words, +9V may not be enough.

As in... you may jump all you want, but if you can't get the ball through the hoop, you ain't playing basketball Wink

+9v is enough. I used a 9v battery just as I outlined to figure out which wire did what on the RYCA install.

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Reply #14 - 09/03/12 at 09:53:19

I had a sport bike with a similar tail light change lanes in front of me the other day. Because I was focused on his bike.....I saw the turn signal. It was not very visible in daylight however.....and it convinced me that they probably are not very safe. The one I saw was not going to get anyones attention if they were not staring at the back of the bike.

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