I received the final parts to complete my full LED lighting installation
on Thursday and finished all the wiring and tidying today!
I took the coil cover off and then undid the coil holder itself and secured it out of the way with some wire tying it in the air from the clutch lever. Allowing me free access to between the cylinders, i fed the new Flex Strip along the spine of the frame and left the strip hanging between the cylinders so i could do all the wiring and then best position the LEDs once I knew they worked.
Wiring of the Power Distribution Module and the Wireless Remote was really quite easy. I undid all my previous LED connections and ripped my old switch out and threw it away. I had to re-strip some of the wires to make the connections easier, but it was simply a case of putting the red wires into the red holes on the PDM and the black wires into the black holes. The clips are springloaded so you just open the hole using the little thumb tab, feed the wire in and release the tab... and hey presto! the wire is now held securely in place!
Once I'd connected all the LEDs into the Power Distribution Module, i soldered the original power wires (which went to the battery) to the wires coming from the Remote Power (which would otherwise go directly to the LEDs), wrapped the joints with electrical tape to insulate them. I then moved to the other wires coming out of the Wireless Remote which would go to the battery, and I soldered the in-line fuse (i'd cut out from my original switch) into the red wire from the, then connected the red and black wires to the battery and i was done!!
((the strange object between the battery and rear fender is the relay and fuse for my triple headlight... it's waterproof, but i wrapped it with a disected finger from a latex glove just to make it a little more water resistant. Everything is super-tidy under the seat now!))
After 5 minutes of amusement turning my LEDs on and off with the remote, i set about finding a place to put the wireless remote control box and decided on a perfect spot to the side of the battery box just beside the fuses. I then fed the white antenna wire through from behind the ignition and following a few minutes of running around and using the remote control from various angles and different positions trying to turn the lights on, i figured the antenna was best located in the space between the rear cylinder and the seat, so i just securely cable-tied it into some other cables.
the antenna is the white wire barely visible just poking out behind the ignition
Moving back to the Flex Strip, it didn't take long to cable-tie it to some of the hoses ensuring that it was a decent distance from the cylinders themselves. The flexible strip was fantastic for bending and twisting into place. It would have been better if it was a little more flexible and if it would hold the position you manhandled it into.... but we can't have everythingcan we!? ...
Securing it in place with some more of
the little cable-ties, I screwed the coil back into place
and then the coil cover... and voila! All done!
(for those who aren't aware) Originally: I installed the StreetFX Electropods complete Blue LED kit; which contains 3 pairs of LED pods (6 pods, each with 6 LEDs) and 2 LED strips (6 LEDs in each). I put 2 pods under the rear fender and 2 under each side of the tank, then the 2 strips under the frame to illuminate the road beneath me.
I loved the look, but I felt there was an absence of light between the cylinders so i went back online and bought a StreetFX Blue LED Flex-strip. I wanted everything under my seat to be neat and tidy (& safe) so I also bought a StreetFX Power Distribution Module which basically lets you connect all the LEDs together securely and then wire them all to the battery.
Whilst looking at available Street FX products i saw a Wireless Remote Power Unit The location of my current on/off switch was annoying; hard to reach and left messy wires everywhere, so i decided to get a wireless remote too!!