Can't do LED headlights in my Tour Glide but would like to change at least the tail and front turn/marker bulbs to low current led bulbs. I tried a pair in the front about 12-14 years ago and I had to strike a match to see if they were burning Threw them in the trash.
I figure bulbs have come a long way since, but even the non-colored "white light" versions of 1157 say for use behind a clear lens. So, have any of y'all had any luck with 1157 or 1156 led bulbs that are bright enough to actually run?

 

I installed the Fuel Moto FM-A6K Moto LED H4 headlight replacement bulb. $70.00... I think you can find the same headlamp bulb on eBay for less.

straight forward installation, it comes with four adapter plates and a spring. Does not come with instructions.
I used the adapter plate that matched the old bulbs back plate, it twist-locks into place, then put the bulb in just like the stocker. (No spring needed on my ‘97 FLHR.


Its much brighter than the stock bulb, but It’s a little odd hearing a tiny fan operating when you turn on the ignition switch!

i haven’t found anything for the brake or turns and I never use the spots.

 

I don't have any direct experience with LEDs for the tail lights or brakes, but have you tried contacting superbrightleds.com? They have the widest selection of LED's. I don't think they would steer you wrong.

 

I put plain old auto parts store LEDs in the front and rear signal lights and the brake lights on my Electra Glide a year or two ago.

Work fine. Bright as hell. Instant-on.

I don't remember the brand, but I got them at autozone.

The only wrinkle was that they don't draw enough to activate the stock turn signal module. I swapped it out for a Badlands.

 

Great to hear!
I’m going to check out autozone for my turns and brake light... I believe I can strap a resistor across the LED, so the turn signal module recognizes the bulb.

 

Yeah, none of the headlights will work without butchering up my headlight bucket and/or remodeling it to use a Road Glide version. (too much work if even possible). The Road Glide setup is totally different from my Tour Glide, though they do look similar at first glance.

I looked at Superbrightled and was sorta hoping to pick something up at the fast-food parts store.

I'll stop by the Zone and browse, maybe drop 20 bucks and see if they work better than the ones I tried years ago. I don't have a turn module - just thumbs and 2 prong flasher so if they blink to fast, I know how to fix that.

Thanks for the input guys!

 

You can, but then you give back some of the benefit (ie, lower draw on the charging system) of the LEDs.

 

Haha I remember those!

 

Thats true, but I’m not too concerned about the current draw, I just want to be seen!!

 

Yours may be a different contact base but did the light part of the bulb look like photo 1 or photo 2?