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Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
It has recently come to my attention that my brake is hard to see at night (much less the day) The running light and brake light don't have much of a difference.

Does anyone know if there is an LED bulb I can run without blowing a fuse? I just want the brake light to be a bit brighter for safety issues.

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Re:Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
not a $5 bulb but i hear its bright as http://customdynamics.com/Yamaha_tail_retro.htm
 
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Re:Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9l74WnBDCM

Here's what I did with mine.
 
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Re:Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
Can't watch the youtub video till I get home from work...stupid websense

I like the one you gave me in the link smokescreens. I think the one for $50 would work just fine. Anythings better than what I have now
 
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Re:Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
I've got these on the rear of my bike.... http://hyperlites.com/

You can see them on the rear of my bike in this picture...on either side of the license plate
 
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Re:Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
Those are pretty cool, but I have the license plate set up with turn signals already (thank you curt)
 
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Re:Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
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Can't watch the youtub video till I get home from work...stupid websense

I like the one you gave me in the link smokescreens. I think the one for $50 would work just fine. Anythings better than what I have now

http://www.jpcycles.com/product/ZZ32152

These are the one's that I used.If you have the run/turn/brake controller you don't need a load equlizer. Any way food for thought.
 
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Re:Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
i run the custom dynamics 100 led that i put in with a clear lens and chrome cover about a week ago, the diffrence is amazing both durring the night and day the light is so much brighter that i dont know why they didnt do this from the factory
 
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how about this one
 
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Re:Brighter taillight? 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
Are you running a run/tail light brake controller? http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/734/Plug-Play-Run-Turn-Brake-Controller... pulsates the tail light and turns if you want it to. Also comes with load equalizer for adding LED bulbs... I'd rather have a flashing light than a brighter light but both would be even better/safer...
 
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