I'm about 95% done with getting the KDX actually street legal. I've got the brake lights wired for both front and rear brakes. I wired them as their own circuit separate from the headlamp/tail lamp circuit. They work great.
I need to wire the new head lamp. It has a dual filament bulb. One filament is more "flood" and the other is more "beam". I have a new head lamp switch coming that with allow me to switch between the two.
The only thing left after the headlamp is to decide how incorporate a horn. I'd prefer to find a battery (9 V) operated "noise maker" that I could wire up with the horn button. We use to be able to get a way with the squeeze horns, but it appears that the AZ DMV has changed it's policy. Unfortunately, I get a different answer from each person I talk to at DMV. Anyway, I don't really want a horn in the bike wiring system...I looked at tearing apart a fire alarm and using the "beeper" and wiring it up to a switch, but, I couldn't figure an easy way to do it. Any ideas?
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Robb
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You should be able to find a small battery operated horn at some place like radio shack.
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It is in the way... you will have to grind some of the mounting tab away to clear the switch if your using a hydraulic and use washers to set the res out a little further and then it works fine.
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Here are some photos of my AZ street legal KDX (minus the horn)
UFO Sahara headlamp
Baja Designs Tail Lamp
High/Low head lamp switch...the "Kill" button will eventually be wired to the horn.
I made a bracket to raise the brake res. I don't really like the "adjustment" I had to make to the guard. I'm having a buddy make me a new guard.
Looks like I need to find a Honda MC. I'm not to pleased with how exposed the break light switch is in this configuration.
To wire the brake lights, I split the yellow "hot" wire and ran a separate lead to each switch (frt and rear) then I ran a wire from each switch to the brake lamp wire. I put a voltage regulator on this wire. The brake lights work totally independent of the head lamp/tail lamp circuit. It's actually a mirror image of what Kawasaki did for the lighting circuit. Works great. As you can see from the photos, there are a few things that need to be cleaned up...but the system is in place.
Later
Robb
UFO Sahara headlamp
Baja Designs Tail Lamp
High/Low head lamp switch...the "Kill" button will eventually be wired to the horn.
I made a bracket to raise the brake res. I don't really like the "adjustment" I had to make to the guard. I'm having a buddy make me a new guard.
Looks like I need to find a Honda MC. I'm not to pleased with how exposed the break light switch is in this configuration.
To wire the brake lights, I split the yellow "hot" wire and ran a separate lead to each switch (frt and rear) then I ran a wire from each switch to the brake lamp wire. I put a voltage regulator on this wire. The brake lights work totally independent of the head lamp/tail lamp circuit. It's actually a mirror image of what Kawasaki did for the lighting circuit. Works great. As you can see from the photos, there are a few things that need to be cleaned up...but the system is in place.
Later
Robb
Robb
*Sold* but not forgotten '03 KDX220R
'02 KX250
PW80 for the Gman
XR50R with Zuk yellow plastic and pink starlet stikers...soon to be Katiebugs ride.
AMA
Off Camber M/C
BRC
AZOHVC
*Sold* but not forgotten '03 KDX220R
'02 KX250
PW80 for the Gman
XR50R with Zuk yellow plastic and pink starlet stikers...soon to be Katiebugs ride.
AMA
Off Camber M/C
BRC
AZOHVC