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Do you ride alot at nighttime?? I do, so this addition is great for me. www.lunasee.com is the website. Thanks to CommuterNT for finding this farkel, as it increases safety visibility and adds to the WOW factor. The lights emit an off - white light during day, a greenish - white light at night. There is a blueish glow under fender and swingarm where light pods are. Many pics below and a :58 video at end of post showing my NT700 traveling about 15-20 mph to take some video's. After the headlight passes the camera, you can easily see the light on wheels.
So to Lunasee or not?? Here is an example.... not my pic, but one off internet.
The system uses LER tape on the rims(light emitting rim), its photo luminescent, with a LED light pod on each side of rim. Tape is 4mm wide. I sent an email to Lunasee explaining that our rim was wide enough to accommodate a double width of tape(8mm), and should this be done or needed. Answer was just 1 application was needed as at night it appears wider than the 4mm. The instuctions are good and printed on heavy paper, just read them slow. I did a speed read on them, didn't see at first that the black wire with the white streak was to be connected to the + side of controller. Usually that is the negative side of electrical wiring. That was about a 20 minute setback and re-read the instructions to find that black wire with white streak goes to the plus side on controller, no harm done, it just doesn't light up. I started with the front first, it was the easiest. They include a thick heavy paper template to cut out the brackets and try bending them first to check fit, then bend the actual bracket.
Here is a pic of the fender raised where the brackets will attach to a lug on the fork.
here is the front brackets
I used the 1/4 spacers also behind the brackets, made a good fit while bending a 3" bracket. Spacing is 1/2" away from rim with LED light focused in center of tape. Each time a tire change is needed, they will have to be taken off. The light pod is inside of the tire sidewall, but 1/2" away from rim. The fender flange bolts were not long enough to secure a nut on other side, so I replaced them with button head socket head cap screw 6mm x 30mm long with washer, of course stainless steel, looks just like the flange head bolt.
I ran wires around the brake lines and tied together, ran inside just above radiator, right side of bike to to controller under seat near my fuze block. It will clear the seat pan. Fuze block is where the tool kit will go, Lunasee controller in front.
The rear was a little harder. They provide a rubber part that can attach with a hose clamp to swing arm final drive housing. I decided not to do it that way. The non used shock mount lug seemed to be a better fit for me. It was not tapped, so I drilled it 17/64 and tapped it 8mm x 1.25 pitch thread. It was already preformed with a 1/4 hole in it. The longest bracket was 5", so I needed a longer bracket. Went to Lowes Home Improvement to get a 1/16 x 1 1/8 wide x 3' long piece of aluminum. I needed about a 6" long bracket. Here is both rear brackets.
here is the left bracket attached to lug with pod light on.
The right rear bracket was attached using the angle bracket supplied with a 5" bracket. I used a manufacturing locating hole on under side to tap a 6mm x 1 pitch thread. It was already the correct tap drill size. Since thickness of swingarm is only about 1/8", I drilled and tapped another hole on angle bracket, used the fender flange bolt to bolt both brackets together, using 6mm SHCS to bolt angle bracket to swingarm.
here is the right side looking thru the area above footpeg with light pod on.
They have a weather resistant switch that I put on left side plastic. Easier to attach there, its black to blend in with side cowl. Then didn't have to run 2 wires up to dash area, that breaks the ground wire for on/off.
here is a pic on center stand, just spinning wheel by hand, almost dark at end of install
here is the video.....................
my son who is taking video can't resist making to ohhhh sound as I pass.
So to Lunasee or not?? Here is an example.... not my pic, but one off internet.
The system uses LER tape on the rims(light emitting rim), its photo luminescent, with a LED light pod on each side of rim. Tape is 4mm wide. I sent an email to Lunasee explaining that our rim was wide enough to accommodate a double width of tape(8mm), and should this be done or needed. Answer was just 1 application was needed as at night it appears wider than the 4mm. The instuctions are good and printed on heavy paper, just read them slow. I did a speed read on them, didn't see at first that the black wire with the white streak was to be connected to the + side of controller. Usually that is the negative side of electrical wiring. That was about a 20 minute setback and re-read the instructions to find that black wire with white streak goes to the plus side on controller, no harm done, it just doesn't light up. I started with the front first, it was the easiest. They include a thick heavy paper template to cut out the brackets and try bending them first to check fit, then bend the actual bracket.
Here is a pic of the fender raised where the brackets will attach to a lug on the fork.
here is the front brackets
I used the 1/4 spacers also behind the brackets, made a good fit while bending a 3" bracket. Spacing is 1/2" away from rim with LED light focused in center of tape. Each time a tire change is needed, they will have to be taken off. The light pod is inside of the tire sidewall, but 1/2" away from rim. The fender flange bolts were not long enough to secure a nut on other side, so I replaced them with button head socket head cap screw 6mm x 30mm long with washer, of course stainless steel, looks just like the flange head bolt.
I ran wires around the brake lines and tied together, ran inside just above radiator, right side of bike to to controller under seat near my fuze block. It will clear the seat pan. Fuze block is where the tool kit will go, Lunasee controller in front.
The rear was a little harder. They provide a rubber part that can attach with a hose clamp to swing arm final drive housing. I decided not to do it that way. The non used shock mount lug seemed to be a better fit for me. It was not tapped, so I drilled it 17/64 and tapped it 8mm x 1.25 pitch thread. It was already preformed with a 1/4 hole in it. The longest bracket was 5", so I needed a longer bracket. Went to Lowes Home Improvement to get a 1/16 x 1 1/8 wide x 3' long piece of aluminum. I needed about a 6" long bracket. Here is both rear brackets.
here is the left bracket attached to lug with pod light on.
The right rear bracket was attached using the angle bracket supplied with a 5" bracket. I used a manufacturing locating hole on under side to tap a 6mm x 1 pitch thread. It was already the correct tap drill size. Since thickness of swingarm is only about 1/8", I drilled and tapped another hole on angle bracket, used the fender flange bolt to bolt both brackets together, using 6mm SHCS to bolt angle bracket to swingarm.
here is the right side looking thru the area above footpeg with light pod on.
They have a weather resistant switch that I put on left side plastic. Easier to attach there, its black to blend in with side cowl. Then didn't have to run 2 wires up to dash area, that breaks the ground wire for on/off.
here is a pic on center stand, just spinning wheel by hand, almost dark at end of install
here is the video.....................
my son who is taking video can't resist making to ohhhh sound as I pass.
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